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The Drennan wide gape specialists are fine in smaller sizes with lighter gear but too thin in the wire for serious Barbel fishing with heavier lines. So many types of hook already recommended

Cheers Derek , crap at links. A couple of years ago one vendor was putting a very similar one up daily for auction and a few of us managed to get a number of them for 99p delivered before they became popular . The price has gradually gone up but the product is very good

Try punching this number into a search on Ebay 303970107783 and select the large size, the medium will probably be tight ( check the height depth and width). Its a thick, soft £ 5 99 Neoprene reel case that is very forgiving if dropped. You night have to wait up to a month for delivery though.

Paul, you will find there are a number of storm drains and sewage outfalls feeding into the Lugg. Possibly one of them is at fault. Have a look at the website 'Is my river fit to play in' it shows all the outfalls into the Lugg and its tributaries. Lots are permits from places other than Water...

I got a Youngs purist 11 for 20 years at the company I worked at many years ago. A great reel and I personally like the colour and the solid back and winding area to the spool rather than the Open spool back of the river specialist with all its bits visible and a slotted winding area. To me...

Richard can you please tell me how much it was to sort

One of our local Sewage works (we really should never call them treatment works ) Chesham was dumping hundreds of wet wipes, pads and raw sewage into the River Chess a local chalk stream. The local River Chess association were picking up hundreds from the river. Thames denied everything , but...

My local sewage works Maple Lodge dumped raw sewage into the Colne for 1109.9 hours over 83 days last year. Last month I was advised by WASP (Windrush against Sewage pollution) on how to ask the correct questions under the freedom of information act. I sent the questions via Emails to Thames...

Steve, I did a weigh up for you on my Relums, Kingpins and Swallows close to hand. My MK11 Hans J Swallow reel weighs 295g, mk1 swallow 252g, the standard Relum 316g, a Bob james Relum 340g, Green kingpin 321g, Silver kingpin 296g both 6 round holes and look the same ? , kingpin with 6...

To be honest Steve with the pre covid selling price of Swallows being up to and over £300 pounds and Arnolds over £240 on some sites I always thought the Relum reels were a bargain in comparison but recently the prices have escalated. I bought a Relum for £60 and one for £90 but those prices...

Rhys, I think its down to people questioning the number of tame Otter around with them not being legally released into the Wild since the 1990's, (someone correct me if the date is incorrect). I think they they can release injured and recovered Otter or Cubs found ,raised and returned back...

The code TT15 does not seem to work Derek but TACKLE10 gets you 10% off

Not really sure Chris, the groundwater levels have been higher than for years around this area, which sadly means the STW's dump excess. My emails under the freedom of information act to Thames and the EA will hopefully give us some answers to what is happening. We suspect a lot of illegal...

Just saw a post that said he had passed away on the 16th, RIP Bill.

I was told the 2020 figures should have been out over a month ago. With what I saw locally last year do not be surprised if the 2020 figures are so much worse than 2019. I am seeking information on my local Sewage works ,Maple Lodge from the EA and Thames at the moment. Its been dumping all...

I use the tubes but top and tail them so the bodies and tips are at both ends ,you get more in that way.

Yes I had a Tank Aerial rod as my first rod too. The top section was a screw in piece of solid fibreglass. Great Tip action, actually only tip action, it bent to the ferrule only. I do wonder if the screw in ferrule was original and the original aerial for the tank was two piece metal . Would...

That area of the Thames was alive in those days. I did very well fishing Matches at Radley the next section downstream in the 80's. I won a couple of 120 peg Winter leagues and had a second and two thirds. Vince from Davies tackle used to do the pay out and used to always take the mickey. It was...

Match anglers will be obsessed with Bream because you can build big weights with them easily and big weights mean a big cash pay out. They rarely fight , snag you or come off and they usually travel in big shoals. Back in the 80's Thames matches could be won with Chub or Bream ,maybe the chub...

Never used hemp casters and maggot at the same time but was mostly targeting Chub, Roach and Dace were rare so only used maggot. Also never clipped up and would usually be using Floating maggot on the hook. Do like the three maggot on the hook touch. A real bonus bait and one that really...