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I have been Riverfly monitoring a number of sites on the Frays and Colne for the last 4 years. On my training course I caught a Lamprey and a rare stonefly never caught at that site before, talk about beginners luck. Our club did two free Riverfly taster days at Rickmansworth Festival this year...

This is Aerial ,she loves to flaunt herself under carp anglers rods , just over 20lb. She is a real traveller I caught her 3 miles downstream of here on a river back in 2018. The lakes outflow is broken and she comes down every Summer to visit.

Neil its a very soft through action rod, and would have been ideal for big gravel pit Roach at distance on the feeder, whoever had repaired it had covered the damage really well, so a bit gutted

Back in the early 90's they did a 12ft Specialist two piece rod about 1.5 lb. It had the same looking blank as the Big ,medium and light feeder but is softer. I bought one cheap in a tackle auction but after getting it home found the bottom section just above the cork had a split that was...

I have always found if you drag the bait along the bottom you often foul hook many more Barbel in their pectoral fin than you would if just above bottom. These then either badly disturb your swim whilst playing or come off. Barbel unlike most species mostly swim with their pecs open so provide...

One thing to think about is with such a long powerful rod will a small Rapidex, Trudex or Speedia possibly feel too small for the rod. I would go for a pin with 4.25+ inch spool like you find on the newer model reels, the Okumas, Youngs already mentioned will all do the job and will also have...

First lets say the Trent is unlike any other river these days with numbers and size . I suspect if your friend fished with a second snide rod and bigger bait left down the edge 25yds downstream he might well pick up the odd better fish avoiding all the competition. Back in the 90's early season...

Last Winter we bought 28 very big Tench 6lb + for one of our smaller club lakes. At £18.50 a pound they are the most expensive fish to stock. They were all very long and lean fish ,some will be doubles come May. They were unwanted fish from a Carp Fishery which to me is really sad. Carp anglers...

Trouble was Joe, Pooh was catching all the evidence so had to go

Hi Robert I will have the reel if nobody has beat me to it, I have Pm you

Have you tried the Drennan clear Pike floats with the tube down the middle. They are ideal top and bottom sliders for deep water with a big bulk down and a bead and stop knot. You can also hold them back and control them against the flow easily because of the higher bulk weight used. Do not be...

I always look at the Government check for flooding river level site when doing any sort of distance most of the level sensors now do readings every 15 minutes. I look at level sensors just upstream of where I fish. After making a 200 mile mistake with a gallon of maggot 10 + years ago down to...

After a session I always remove the dust and put maggot in bags, maximum 2 pints, squeeze all the air out and tie the top. I then put them in a bait box as second level security and into the fridge. A week later or the day before wanted I open the bag sprinkle some maize flour on and let them...

Lapwing ?

Have a look at the J W Yonngs site it lists all the Youngs reels and their uses. It says the Seldex was designed for Salmon and Pike. Its open spool diameter is smaller than the Rapidex and Trudex which means more line capacity but each turn of the handle brings in a lot less line.

I recently sat in on a presentation by a local fishery manager who is a research scientist. He has been sampling the silt in our local river Colne in details never been done before. The tests are frightening even more than the Raw Sewage that keeps getting dumped. You name it its in the river...

Here is another Invasive , the Demon shrimp, just appeared in small numbers on my Riverfly test sites on the Colne and Frays over the last couple of months. About twice as big as our normal Gammarus it first appeared in the UK in 2012 and is supposed to predate on our invertebrates

Saw photos of 3 Gibel caught in the lower Lea a couple of years ago seems they are there in numbers . The London docks also seem to have plenty. Like Ide why do we keep importing Alien species into the country. Why would any reputable fishery or dealer want to stock these aliens.

Derek, do you know there is a Jack Hargreaves Facebook page run by his step son , a number of us are on there. A good mix of country, ferrets, working dogs , fishing stuff etc. Search Facebook for Out of town with Jack Hargreaves

Bit off the wall but what about The Mightiest Mahseer book by Harper fine angling books just out. You might find he has most of the others