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I sat in on a river Wye Zoom meeting last year where a Welsh / Wye chicken farmer told some truths. Her chicken farm managed, controlled and complied with all rules,regulations etc. She explained that the vast majority of farmers not just chicken ones wanted to do things right. Rather than...

There are a couple of ways to fish it. If using one rod searching swims and staying mobile a lead which just holds bottom and a carbon tip bent so you can easily see a tap and a drop back. Add a bow into the line or slightly bigger lead if you are struggling to hold bottom in a slightly faster...

EA Flood prevention, one department preaches natural flood prevention, the other does this. With their limited funding you would think it could be better spent. John Price did similar to his land on the Lugg to stop flooding the local village. Natural England and the EA took him to court yet...

Think this method was copied from earlier books. Rich anglers would employ JW Martin and a number of other professional Barbel anglers fifty plus years earlier. The clay ball and pre-baiting with thousands of worms were one of the main methods .The Barbel and any other fish caught were eaten...

Returned after a season off and managed to get lucky in a swim I had always avoided because it was too snaggy. Nice start to my Winter Roach campaign 2lb 7.5 oz. A couple of Barbel, lots of Roach to 1lb and about 40 chub, ( including one that looked like Marty Feldman I caught 3 times).

Just seen an Arnold kingpin on Facebook marketplace, collection only not posting from Dudley £100. If any member lives close.

I really liked Big Carp with Ali and the other two lads it seemed genuine. Sadly the Grand Fishing Adventure for me is almost as bad as The Big Fish Off and that's saying something.

I saw an amazing short video last night of some lads I know who recently went with an official boat. They said the Bluefin Tuna were in their thousands the video backed this up. For as far as you could see all around them big tuna were crashing into Mackerel. They were within 3 miles of the...

Seem to remember years back mid 90's someone on the Teme fishing when a Bear came running down the bank. Think it was a circus bear being taken for a wash but ran away from the trainer. The angler must have pooped himself

I remember Fred Crouch saying Barbel do not smell but they must be able to smell to pick up a piece of meat in 12ft of floodwater on the Severn sometimes in minutes. Trevor West mentioned barbel smelling in his book. He also mentioned if dogs have such good smell why do they always smell...

My Dad was a Barbel angler so I was born into it. In the 60's my Dad would night fish the Kennet at Sulhamstead with his mates Phil and Indian Dave. Fishing for Barbel in the Winter back then was not really done. My first Barbel was lucky 8lb 1 oz fish from the Colne in Jan 1975, which was...

I seem to remember a similar thread last year saying exactly the same thing about a section of the Wye. Maybe you should mention the company you booked with and the water so others can avoid making the same mistake. I bet the riparian owner is getting peanuts from the £100 you paid the company.

Seen it so many times over the years and just put it down to catching a number of Barbel on the same rigs in quick time, a bit like a bait blowing. It can happen within a week if you are catching numbers from the same area. Change your rig or bait and your catch rate can go back to normal. Back...

They are two very special people doing work not just for the Windrush but for others that are concerned with the damage water companies are doing to our environment dumping raw sewage rather than treating it. I was concerned with the filth coming out of Maple Lodge STW so contacted them a...

Forget about the Sewage in our rivers the chemical issues are a lot worse than anyone ever thought. A Fishery manager mate has been studying the water quality on the river Colne in West London. A while back he did a presentation, it was very worrying. Last Wednesday he did a follow up...

I remember many years ago on Severals at Ringwood speaking to an angler that mentioned he had found a special flavour for his meat. The smell of Scopex was so strong it was almost overpowering. When I mentioned was it Scopex he was not amused. I did have a naughty chuckle as I walked down the...

RIP Mate ,what a fish. Always a good laugh and great to talk to. A sad day.

Just had another look it was called a Lethal weapon by Hillingdon police, what a waste.

About 6 months ago our local neighbourhood Police reported on their Facebook page they had confiscated a dangerous weapon. They had found an old scythe in an outbuilding, they seemed very proud with their find. I found it really sad that a wonderful tool could be classed as a weapon so emailed...