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Have posted this picture in the thread Richard Issacs has started about his floats. Having not float -fished except on lakes for over a decade; with conditions not being what I wanted for barbel; low and clear river. I decided to try long trotting bread flake for the chub. It was on a very low...

Another interested party. Yesterday with conditions not really being right for barbel, I went float fishing for the first time in years. Long trotting 40yds or so and finding the shop brought tips too hard to see. I caught one fish, and it has made me determined to try more. Any fish like this...

Sorry for the blurred front on image. Well as I am not catching barbel this season, and only just starting to get Chub. I thought I would show this one from the weekend . 7LB 15OZ. Nice to be catching something of worth after all the blanks this year.

Keep guessing..... No, I will tell you. Frost and Flood. Must be the Fenageck😄

Neither......An old favourite!!

No John Baker

Finally, I have found a flavour my wife can stand when I boil a mix.....Just hope the barbel love it too!!!!😅😅😅:D

well done Richard. why not class it a PB, even if caught on "Wrong tackle". Doesn't that only apply if using heavy tackle for say carp and catching a big roach or fishing for barbel on what many use on big rivers (ie 21/2lb tc rods and 15lb plus line !!!) and catching a chub. You were doing the...

Out of interest, this seasons purchase of sensor 8lb bulk spool, the abrasion of the line stinks to what it should be (IMO). I test every spool when I purchase, the original test appeared fine, but the line has been stretching and weakening very quickly. I have retested the line a couple of...

As I just replied to Jim

The rods are the the chimera Avon's. on first impressions, you think it is not powerful enough for big barbel, but as I said, they are deceptive. with balanced tackle I don't feel that they can't do the trick.

All the years I have used a pin, I have never had sore knuckles... I must be using them wrong🤣😂

Roger, it sounds as though you are on the same rivers as me🥹, well similar ones . I did used to find the best results in the past, when numbers of fish were there; hemp and caster or mini (400 cubes to a tin) was the way to go. But over the last three seasons even this has stopped working. As...

Forgot to mention above, I use a centre pin too, as Mark Swaby said earlier, you can wind against pressure and have so much more control than relying on a drag of the fixed spool.

I have a pair of the lighter rod, which are labelled 1.4lb (which is nearer 1lb 6oz than 4oz), they will stop anything. I even use them in high water on the Loddon and Kennet; landing fish to 16lb+. I have never felt under gunned, but to anyone watching it would appear so; the rod is at times is...

Chris, I use the 10lb most of the time, and I am aware that it is an over stated line. my own tests on it (rather Heith Robertson), show an average breakage of 8lb 14oz. However even in bad snag pits, I lose very few fish to the line going. As said the abrassion resistance is amazing (3X better...

I have been a long time (12YEARS) user of Fluorocarbon as a mainline for barbel legering with a centre pin. I have found no trouble in use. My favourite is x-Line a great line; abrassive resistance is better than any other line I have tested, and that is a lot. The only problem i have with it's...

I did mean the Avon, I thought the 11ft 1.4 was the no .1 !

Richard, where would you put the Chimera no.1, 11ft 1.4lb rod against these two. I own these and Torrix 1.75 lb 12 footers. The Chimera is a true Avon rod and the leverage it produces, it could stop anything I am likely to hook. I must admit, the bend does take a bit of getting used to, having...

Thank you Gary, really appreciate your support for my book. If anyone is interested in a copy, I still have a few left. £12 plus postage.