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I have been looking at that site for a few years now and two local sites stand out. Gerrards cross STW is now dumping into the Misbourne its always been clean suddenly changed to 82 times over 1320 hours in 2020. There was also a terrible site, High Wycombe STW that dumped into the tiny river...

I emailed Boris my MP and he sent me a reply before the vote, it looks like Boris did not vote. Just wondering if anyone got a reply and if the one I received was the standard one.

We had a junior fishing match recently, the kids fished for 2 hours . In our club under 12's fish free with an adult member, 12-16's have to join but are £1 for the season . last season we had 85 junior members. The kids had a great time all got a medal and for a few it was their first time...

Plenty of variations in Barbel bites over the years and I tend to hold the rod . I would say that the majority are a tap or two (I hold the line) and then the tip pulls round hard. One variation is when a wary Barbel picks up the bait , gets nicked by the hook ,does not run and then tries to...

Yes Paul, Keith told me those stories of losing mates. He told me he tried to teach Keith Sellick how to swim but he never got good at it. I knew Keith Sellick very well through Ruislip club and Middlesex Angling Centre. He was one of the top carp anglers at the time, light years ahead of...

His daughter was expecting twin girls and Keith was really looking forward to the birth. So sad he never got to meet them. At his Funeral we were told to wear our fishing clothes, lads were in camo, some even had waders on, it was a great send off. I really miss those chats on the riverbank...

I wonder how many others watching it remembered the black and white Robinson Crusoe series from the 60's when the music came on during the waves coming up the beach part. What next the flashing Blade music ?. Yes Bob is a tit when it comes to casting or playing fish but that adds to the fun. We...

Hi Paul, sorry missed this post when I was away, are you doing silt samples or swishing up silt when taking your samples. The EA do water samples on my stretch and only do the flowing water. After recently moving some silt with a pole saw to show the HS2 protesters how bad the river is they...

I did hear a rumour that the workers on the farm on the opposite bank were taking fish, I was not surprised. Around 2010 I found a massive weighted professional net stretching from one bank to the other on the Bath Road bottom boundary when I fished Staines moor. I took it out, dragged it across...

Years ago someone suggested that porpoising Barbel were usually moving from deep water into shallows. Is it possible the fish are adjusting their swim bladders whilst on the move. Some of the larger rivers will have areas that drop from a couple of feet down to 20ft or more. Maybe coming up such...

Peanuts of a fine compared to the damage caused . Probably limited by the fact the Farmer and worker was not making a large income. To me it reads like a 'Green' Biogas company gives its waste to a Farmer to dispose of and they did it irresponsibly. Why not go after the 'Green' biogas company...

Yes it could have done without the Poem and Song from Benjamin and Charlotte. I liked the Wharf people getting Bathing Water Status on their local river and forcing it to be cleaned up. I will be looking into that and testing for E. coli. I get hundreds of people swimming in the bit of river I...

Rapala line stripper works well, put the line in the right direction, press the button and aim into a bin.

The CEO'S and directors need to be Jailed. Send a message to all the other companies that this sort of thing will not be tolerated. The money needs to go on Fishery work and things like Sea horse restoration projects.

Got a call late Tuesday night our club offered to lend pumps to the Fisheries Angling club. The sewage main near West Hyde got blocked and had burst a few days before. The main had apparently blocked all the way to Amersham around 6 miles. Thames water were pumping the sewage into tankers and...

Not sure how it works Joe but West Hyde is an Affinity site and the water goes to Eden spring. Eden springs list West Hyde as one of their two sources on their website. Affinity water is now seeking to increase the water under its abstraction license to mitigate HS2 work. After complaints that...

The French connection, tankers going abroad with our Colne aquifer water was a rumour for a very long time Paul. I managed to collar some Affinity workers at Colnecan 2019 about the West Hyde aquifer and one mentioned Eden spring. If you go on their website they are the company taking massive...

The best one I was sent was an email that seemed to come from Facebook. The email looked like two Facebook friend requests, you were advised to click on the person to see who they were. The sneeky buggers had made up people or got lucky that had the same surname as remote family members in...

I posted this April last year. This tatty bottle of Hutchinson Mulberry Florantine sold on Ebay for £350 plus postage , real Madness . About 3 years ago I saw one in a reduced box for £5 in a tackle shop along with a Southern Fried Chicken. I bought the Southern Fried Chicken and left the...

A really good idea Andrew working with them to get what you want. I have some of their starlight and lighter floats and they are very well made. The white Starlight seals work very well and are very secure I always wondered why they did not make more floats suited to the UK market, now the do.