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This is a local section of the river Colne in West London (please look at the link) its basically turned into an open sewer this Winter. I have seem plenty of sewage sludge over the years but its never been this bad. I have Riverfly tested just below this filth for 4 years but have decided not...

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Went out to my car this morning to find some Scrote had got in and stolen my 20 + year old chub chair, I kept in my boot. What upsets me is it was ideal for roving, you could put it over your head and have both hands free. Like Triggers Broom it was on its third cover since original and had...

Just seen an Arnold kingpin on Facebook marketplace, collection only not posting from Dudley £100. If any member lives close.

Fishing for Roach yesterday and noticed the first two Barbel I caught both had extra Barbules, The other Barbel I caught were all normal. I would not have noticed the 'extras' if I was not looking down into the landing net in the river. Once out on the unhooking mat they seemed to blend all into...

Just started on BBC2 7pm, angling and walking down the wye 3 episodes. Did see him playing a Barbel at the start.

A barbel over the river Colne (Middlesex) record has appeared in the gallery a couple of days ago . The photo is an old one that I seem to remember very controversial about 10 years ago. The fish was claimed from the Lower Thames originally and then others said it was a Colne fish. There were a...

About 20 years ago I was shown a photo of a Golden Barbel just under 10lb it was caught from a stretch of the Thames not far from me. There were a couple of others too but they were smaller. I remember seeing another one in the press caught from either the Teme or a Yorkshire river. There...

Just seen a very old brown100ml bottle of Rod Hutchinson Mullberry Florentine on Ebay with 2 hours to go its up to £350 with 18 bids from a number of bidders. They are also selling another bottle of Majic that is at £67. Is this madness and maybe some of you have some in a cupboard that will...

Following on from the Holy grail thread I wonder if anyone has seen fish that blew your mind but you never caught. Fishing the Bristol Avon at Chippenham free stretch with Barbel gear many years ago I spotted a solitary Roach well over 3lb. I had some 2lb line on me so tired on a hooklength a...

A lad called Brad is asking for help on Ebay to get his two Fox Duolite Floodwater 2.75lb rods in a Trakker rod bag back . He left them in Collingham weir car park back on Tuesday December 3rd, he is offering a reward. Do not know the lad but thought it worth a post here if anyone can help.

Yesterday I attended The Big One at Farnborough and saw with my own eyes a true Celebrity (though he would probably not admit it). Jeremy Wade spent two whole days, one of them his Birthday, signing items, shaking hands, smiling for selfies, listening to their stories and talking like a mate...

A mate Bobby had a surprise catch at the weekend.He did say it was almost impossible to remove

My local river the Colne in West London had a massive population of water voles when I was growing up in the 60's and 70's.The release of Mink from farms devastated the population and they became extinct. This season on one stretch I manage we have started to see a few return. Its like being...

Yesterday afternoon i caught a very friendly Bendy 12lb Barbel. I refuse to use the term 'M**g fish' for this Girl. She has been a lot of anglers PB this season and has made a number of my clubs anglers very happy .The small river section also has another bendy girl around the same size. I...

The club i run a fishery for does not have compulsory work parties. We rely on members turning up and helping .That usually results in 2 or 3 regular members turning up with the rest of the work party made up of bailiffs and other fishery managers/officials,never enough to do the work...

Seeing the Wandle Barbel on the home page reminded me of something i heard recently.Chalk streams rarely run below 10 degrees, so even though the outside temperatures are negative you still have a good chance. I also fish a chalk stream and find that Barbel feed every day of the year no matter...

Last year the EA changed their license policy and it might be possible some might get caught out. Normally the license ran from the 31st march for one year but from last year the license ran from the day it was bought . My license runs out on 2nd april,a friends on the 5th april, i wonder if...

About 2 weeks ago a total fish kill occurred on this 50 acre local lake due to oxygen levels being too low for life to survive.50 plus year old carp,massive numbers of pike,bream, tench,etc and lots of catfish all perished.Some things were seen prior to the kill...

For many many years everyone i knew in the fishing community aspired to retire down to Dorset for the Hampshire Avon and Stour. Recently it seems the Welsh Borders and the Wye have taken over as the place to retire to.As i am looking at retiring i would like some advise on the reasons people...