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Thanks for the feedback guy, will see if I can pick some up.

Been speaking to a few lads on another forum and the general consensus is that the feeder gum must go as it acts as an inertia recoil string and serves to bump fish off, as Mark has also just pointed out. I included this to try and compensate for using a rod that was stiffer than I'd like, but...

Thanks for the sound advise Mark. Someone has suggested recently to try the Matrix Rigger hooks, and so I'm going to have a do with these next time I'm out. I had never considered going smaller in hook size to bump less fish. My next point of call was to go up a size in all honesty, but this...

Funnily enough you are the second person to mention about the hook flexing today Mark, never even considered it possible with smaller species before. I use a kamasan B983 pattern, which is certainly not a strong hook and so the action you describe could well be an issue. I do put a 6inch length...

Started putting more effort into targeting roach on my local river this year. Although i'm landing a fair few between the 1-1.5lb bracket, I seem to be losing a lot of the better fish due to hook pulls. Lost an absolute corker a couple of months back...devastated me for weeks! Can any of you...