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by chance I spoke to Neil a couple of years back. He left the team well before that and now resides in London. Really nice guy.

Back left Pepe Luxa, back middle Martin Foulkes, back right John Cockayne. Front left John Coats, middle Geoff Salisbury and bottom right Steve Jackson. I replaced John Coats in the line up when he passed away well before his time.

The need for a spliced tip went out with advances in carbon fibre technology in the 1990’s. In the 1980’s and through the 1990’s river fishing was all about light lines, 12oz bottoms and the like. Early carbon fibre was good for light and stiff so a vast improvement on glass fibre but was not so...

How time flies, a post I did in 2013 giving some background. https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/normark-avenger-3000.8659/#post-138524

Cheers. Unless you want to offload a few we can see what Neil wants?

No problem! Can you PM me your requirements for tip colour (orange or yellow), email and delivery address please. Do you need any olivettes? Please bear with me ref delivery as I’m not back at work, I’m going to try and sort all the orders out in the next two weeks Cheers Andy

Hi Neil, I do an 11gr. It is best fished with a 10gr olivette and the rest is bait / droppers

It doesn’t look that much smaller and it has that same shape. Great looking barbel

Not sure how to tell a male from a small female? I caught a 5-08 on Thursday, yesterday there was a 7-08, 10-10 and 12-02 caught. The 12-02 is 100% a different fish. We take a photo of all the barbel and log them. The aim is to build up a data base and an idea of population. So far the 12-02 I...

Cheers Andy

There seems to be quite a few around there 5-8lb as well as the bigger ones. A mate caught that fish at Christmas and I weighed it for him, it was the same, just seems a strange shape

Definitely won’t! I just think it’s sad and not worth any attention. Cheers Andy

Cheers Steve. Looking forward to being fully mobile!

You really do come across as a self righteous keyboard warrior Chris, truly a mu*****

It was a barbed Drennan barbel hook. Both came out easily with forceps. The one that broke of was in a strange position.

I've been there :)! 2nd knee replacement now. It is awkward, I look at where I have to go and say to myself 'right, off you go' and hope I don't drop/spill it. 😂

I'm sure we have all lost a big fish we never saw and we keep living that feeling and experience? Well, I cannot get out much or go far because of my recent op but the weather Sunday was such that I had to - for a few hours at least. I managed on my crutches to get my gear to a very safe peg on...

I’ve used a set of those for a few years and find them superb. I like the 9V battery and although I carry a spare I’ve never needed it. They are very accurate and easy to use. I also carry a set of 9000’s as spare and test both regularly. I’d definitely recommend them

I'm looking forward to that as well! Some nice barbel and chub coming out ATM. We can sort out a date in March or if you can't wait before the 24th Jan as I'm having my other knee replaced.

It is a lovely car Joe, hard to find a negative.