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More than I could pay, I will be fishing upstream from there tomorrow as a guest of a member, guest ticket is a whole lot less than that for better water.
Its a good if for some uncomfortable read, its not a place I would choose to fish, indeed I did belong to a club that had the opposite bank, I fished it for 2 hours before leaving because of the antics such as kicking a football about on the opposite bank started.
No matter what some anglers...
This is from a site that explains what goes into Salmon feed.
Fish feed also contains vitamins, minerals, pigments and amino acids. The antioxidant astaxanthin is added to salmon feed to boost the fish's immune system and to protect their tissue. It is also a source of vitamin A. Astaxanthin is...
I think you are suffering from what I call bread flake syndrome Matthew :) Is it still on or not?
I have used hook lengths of 6ft and more with no problems, I have a friend that goes to the extreme with hook lengths using them up to 12ft on the Trent, not something I would do but he has been...
I have to agree that weights of Barbel are difficult to tell from a photograph although some claims are obviously exaggerated.
I have found that Barbel from different rivers and sometimes the same river can be deceptive in their size to weight ratio.
Personally I don't care if anglers want to fool themselves, there are anglers that I would believe without photographic evidence there are others that I would struggle to believe if they told me day followed night.
David my post was tongue in cheek as I don't believe they have paid much attention to the WFD at all, the amount of our rivers classed as good bear that out.
I don't think the BS view is taken as gospel but I do think that any organisation should be doing what they can to get information out to anglers in the weather conditions we have been experiencing. I am not a member.
I know of a few Trent Barbel anglers that wouldn't fish for them (or other...
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