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iv got this john alerton premier trotting rod" only used 2 times and still has plastic on handle" mint condition
cost me £300
so give me pm if interested in this top float rod
Never used pva bags till the other day" spent at least 2 hours making 14 bags up the night before" so fidley trying to tie short pva string around the end of a filled bag! then put little loops on end to attach to leger swivel"
Anyways made my 1st cast the next day! only for the bag to come...
When would you guys use a leger and pva bag! Over a traditional feeder approach? and whots the advantages and disadvantages with both?
I normally go for a feeder/groundbait/pellet match fishing approach and cast every 5-10 minutes! But more guys I see on the banks today are chucking a...
Hi guys do you have a korum chair and rucksack and find straps of rucksack so tight and that the padded shoulder traps come past top of shoulder so the pull cord of strap lies on top of shoulder and really digs into you! The cord whot clips across from shoulder strap to the other strap is under...
I went to the tackle shop today for few items and to try some new boilies" Talk about a big kid in a sweet shop :D
I got some CC Moore Pacific Tuna" have noticed few good fish in angling papers falling to these last few months"
But did not notice id picked up 18mm and not 10 mm I wonted"...
well finally gave my local severn a miss" To give the Trent at Gunthorpe lock" a blast! went midweek as don't like to do a usain bolt to get a peg!
Only to find Bivy after Bivy and rods on pods like it was guy forks night :eek:
I did not really wont to walk 3 miles to get a swim as with my...
what paste you guys using?
I use a mix of fibre paste like sonubaits krill and halibut groundbait and mix water and egg to get the paste!
but hard to get it how I really wont it! comes off hook after minute or so!
do you just add another egg to mix?
used my pin for first time last sunday" shows that you can always get better than you thought! you where" :o
Half a days fishing and another half days messing about with the pin and the extra line that had spun off pin around my feet and court in bushes!:mad:
But after a few hours I got...
im free next week and wont to fish the wye and catch my 1st wye barbel"
where is the best place to fish and get ticket? does eneyone know of private run stretch that does day tickets as may join for this summer"
thanks guys
This year iv stopped my winter trout fishing and started fishing the same rivers I fish in summer for barbel but with mixed results :(
I went out before Christmas when it was milder weather and had 4 barbel and lost a few" water temp I checked at 8.6 c
iv fished today in same peg with...
iv only got a 15ft tri-cast john allerton premier rod wich is good for roach and odd chub" but would"nt like to try with barbel on faster water glides"
whot rods you guys using for your barbel trotting? im looking for a float rod to go with my center pin iv just had"
iv looked at the new...
Does it make a difference if you use a Fruit/food blender or coffee grinder for getting your pellets and boilies to powder for making paste!
im looking for something but don't wont to pay to much"
Its time to bring up that" Whot centerpin is Best" Question again :rolleyes:
im looking at buying my 1st centerpin as would like to do a lot more trotting on the severn this summer!
whots best for me as never used pin before! Guard or no Guard?
Also would like to use in winter for...
Just wont your thoughts on using groundbait in winter!
1) do you use it or not in colder water?
2) do you mix your groundbait more sticky to stop in feeder longer?
3) do you put eneything in your groundbait" ie pellets/hemp
4) do you use a smaller feeder and still cast often! or bigger...
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