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Cheers Derek

Mainly Mark, I fish the Thames occasionally too, but the Loddon is still my favourite ;) great to be back !

Cheers Graham :)

Hi all, just dropping in to say hello after almost 4 years of abstinance ! :rolleyes: and looking forward to chatting to all my old friends on here ( though i've kept in touch one way or another with a few of you ) and with all the new members on here that have joined in the last 4 years, I've...

You would have to have the brain of a flea to interpret that as a threat Chris. I'm not going to entertain you with an explanation, if you can't figure out the meaning for yourself. That,s the first time i've had a post moderated on these boards, and it'll be the last. Ian.

There's something else needs to be said if we're going on about this - 'one mans food can be another mans poison' If you like or prefer catching big Barbel - fine ! If you like or prefer catching smaller barbel - fine ! If you couldn't care less what size of Barbel you catch - fine ! and if you...

Andrew ... are you telepathic ? you read my thoughts ! :p

I agree Howard, i think Barbel are far more likley to feel something wrong by a sense of touch, or by sensing the weight of the hook in that respect it's another argument for smaller hooks ! But there are many pieces that make up the jigsaw :p I do believe that Barbel if not actually 'feeling'...

These are the hooklengths i generaly use Joe, if you click the bar on the top of the picture it will show them pretty much full size. I have to admit your reasoning is very plausible, if it were correct would be the answer to why most of my Barbel come at night. But having said that we...

My yahoo account was hacked last year with an almost identical story, except he was stuck in a hotel in Madrid, and needed £1600 to pay his bill :mad: If only i could get my hands on them just once ! He'd need £1600 then ! A mate of mine tracked the e-mails to a computer from Yorkshire...

Well it depends on the time of year Joe, it's only in the depths of winter that all of my fishing is in darkness, summer months it gradually increases, but right now at least half the session is in daylight, but the fish do tend to come after dark. As far as the Barbel spooking in daylight...

You're dead right Neil, one size of hook won't fit all sizes of bait, but i always use a size of bait that will suit a size 6 or 4, even so the size may vary a bit, but as i said if i'm using a bigger bait than usual i increase the length of hair to compensate, there's a limit to how far you can...

I think Stephen asked a fair enough question Crooky :rolleyes: bit of a pointless reply i think ! ;) I assume you mean the size of the bait in use ? in your reply, but actually you can use various sizes including what most would regard as small hooks with a bigger bait than you would normally...

A few donkeys have gone missing from a field near Woodley - do you know anything about that Crooky ? :rolleyes: All sounds lovely - but i'll be bringing my own burgers for the BBQ thanks ;) Ian.

No No David, but he hates getting dirty ! Ian.

The Crooky monster Very unfairly maligned Keith ! :( But whilst we are on that sort of subject i should warn anyone partaking in the the day to be aware of the Crooky Monster ! Apparently he's been frequenting the area of the Causeway lake recently, but the likleyhood of food being...

Throughout the whole membership of this site, you get a lot of varied opinions, soi think it's a case of each to his own, so long as you don't harm the fishing of others - on these boards or not i think it's ok, that should be the overriding consideration, even if an angler posting doesn't mind...

I agree with Albert nigel, salt will have the same effcect on fish as it has on the meat, or at least too much will. If you're trying to make your hookbait firmer to stop being ripped off the hair, go for a firm type of meat like salami, if it's being used directly on the hook, i prefer it soft...

This is a bit spooky ! This thread has just come back to the top of the page, and when i looked it said i'd posted at 22.53, but i haven't !

I would agree Crooky, but i would say the same about the Badger culls that are now going ahead if you conducted a Poll of the general public, but i don't see many, apart from the usual protest groups up in arms about it. By the way i'm not advocating Otter culling, but i do feel, at least in...