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Maui Jim prescription lenses will be the wrong side of £400 retail. Especially if you have ‘readers’ fitted for knot tying. But in my opinion they are the best. Here is a salutary tale of thriftiness gone bad….I had some MJ prescription lenses and they were great. But my eyes deteriorated...

Try a Krey loop (aka non-slip mono loop). In my experience it is by far the best (most efficient) loop knot, I nicked it from saltwater fly fishing where knot tieing is almost a religion. I have used it for decades for most of my fly fishing and that includes using fluorocarbon tippets. It is...

So good; you read it twice !

I would echo JM’s thoughts - a coated braid is more abrasion resistant and Jelewyre is good stuff. For ‘real’ braid either Gardner Trickster or Bank Tackle Kevlar infused. The latter is a reasonable price….

I’ve just discovered the ‘Carper tackle’ speed flex cradle mat. Silly name - as it’s a mat with sides, rather than a cradle. It’s a folding 36”x 18” well padded base with pop-up sides. Weighs 1kg dry. It is a little bulky when folded but a good size for a big fish when operational. Std price...

Make your own and put spirulina in it. It is actually very dark green.

Not a lot wrong with the Okuma 6000’s that you already have.

Cadence supply rods in really nice narrow oval tubes.

Same here. I have 2 lightweight tubes. I takes 1x trotting rod, the other takes 2x for the few occasions I want to take 2 rods. Either goes in an old Nash super basic quiver.

Same here. Hydrotuff or Gt80+ for me. I tried Synchro XT (not loaded) after all the hype and didn’t like it at all.

Probably Drennan/ESP.

Just for balance; 5 kilos of Rollin’Baits Optimum bait is £70 and JB ‘Supermilk’ is £25 a kilo for just the base mix. I’ve used Hydro-flow since it was released and it catches plenty of fish of all species. I’ve also used a version of Supermilk (as paste) and that caught plenty too. I’ve...

Cadence run quite a few ‘road show’ events through the winter where their gear is available at discounted prices - as per Evesham. So if you aren’t in a hurry…..

Good work.

RODS SOLD. Pair of Harrison Chimera 3 rods. 12ft, 2 1/4 test curve. 2 piece. Chestnut tinted blanks. Built by Dave Lumb. His standard build: Full cork, Fuji reel seat (screw up). 15.5” cork below fitting and 3” above (shortish handles). 3 leg Fuji rings, 8 and a tip. 25mm butt ring, 2...

On the Thames we have used baits up to about 45mm and we still catch bream ! Tiger nuts are recommended as an anti-bream bait by carp anglers. But on the few occasions we have tried them on the river we haven’t caught any barbel on them. But then again we don’t catch many barbel full stop…..

Great stuff Richard.

That looks like a Ballista or GTI blank to me….. That also squares with the age of the Tricast Legend. Kev B’s more recent specialist rods were often called ‘Sniper’ - which were predominantly built on Torrix blanks

Very sad to hear. He was a great guy, a brilliant rod builder and one of the funniest people I have ever met.

Diverdave in Scotland (google it) does wader repairs /resizing /adjusting etc etc. He also sells a small selection of manufacturer returned reconditioned breathables at very low prices. He pressure tests them, fixes any pinhole leaks and then seam seals them so they are actually waterproof (not...