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maybe its something we all should consider....

thats because he is a total dickhead

top boy is Fergal fights the good fight

The head of natural england(sorry i dont know his name) when questioned about otters and their impact on angling said: anglers will have to get used to catching smaller and fewer fish. That says it all to me.

I have often wondered if the powers that be dont want the rivers to be a live with creatures, and filthy and polluted, so nobody used them recreationly, and so could use them soley as drains to discharge filth without witnesses so no complaints, saving millions of pounds in profits. just a thought.

absolutely disgusting

fish for gudgeon and catch roach. fish for roach and catch gudgeon! brilliant!

people were obviously trying to catch the big fish but there was a healthy population of all sizes of barbel

you dont see them because they sink when full of water. sending photos is a waste of time.

great chub trotting stretch , well worth a look in the winter

totally agree about the state of the rivers ,but alarms?, a friend of mine used to use his pins (sometimes) when barbeling, because the noise they made alerted him to a bite if he nodded off or whatever. Whats the difference? As for hair rigs and bolt rigs<some would argue its just a more...

the stretches i fish you would be watching that tip for a long,long time. Buzzers ,bolt rigs and bivvies, the whole debate started in the 80,s if im not mistaken! Each to there own as long as it doesnt interfere with others.

funny subject this bait thing. i used to catch quite a lot of barbel on milk baits but then most of my bigger fish came on fishmeals. Or maggots.

it doesnt get much better than that!! Congratulations to you both.

litteraly Thames gold!

get on it and start walking and looking before you even wet a line. that would be my advice. that way you make your own mind up. good hunting!!!

Generaly I prefer on smaller rivers the single rod roving approach and my findings are the same Nick sometimes milks sometimes not. I wonder if there are other factors that dictate wether a milk would work one day,the next a fishmeal.(maybe ph levels in the river or something) or maybe I am...

I believe the only reason barbel get stocked on the ouse, and other smaller rivers is to feed the otters!

bit late coming into this one,but I used milks exclusively for barbel a few years back and caught very well.I would put a minimum of flavour in the mix ,it proved to be a very good bait. Thing is all of my better fish came on hnv type baits,balanced food baits incorporating fishmeals ,milk...