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I have the 14' Supera match. Though it's a standard match rod it's a great rod imo. It will handle big Chub as well as fish like Grayling, Roach etc. I even had a 6lb plus Salmon on mine! ( kelt but fought like stink).

Happy memories of bullheads. Used to catch them with my hands in the local stream. I'd like to think they're still there. 🙂

Many coarse fish deadbaits will float naturally due to the swim bladder still containing air. These are great for popped up presentations.

Short answer is no. I have paternostered dead baits for years on rivers and still waters. I tend to hook baits in the lip and flank but just through the lips for smaller baits. Neutral buoyancy issues I've never even considered! Just hook it on and cast it out! Pike will take it if they're there...

I bought a Preston Supera 14' and it's superb for Grayling. I made a short butt to convert it to a 12' first fishing parts of the Dorset Frome and am very pleased with it. It's great with small hooks and light lines but I beat a 6lb plus ( atleast) Salmon on it so it will handle powerful fish as...

Whatever you get, make sure it has the back wind facility.

I have used closed faced reels for years and caught lots of Chub on them. It's true you can have a few issues with line bedding in after playing a decent fish but a false cast ( preferably not over your taking area) to reset the line will cure it. You can use your finger to feed line to cure the...

Just came across something on a preston innovations site re. Putting maggots 2 or more at a time into a bait band attached to a short hair as you would do when pellet fishing. Obviously the band size is critical but the way he did it ( Andy Power I think it was) really looked effective. Well...

Buzzers Mike. Can't think what else.

Trouble is Paul, that world isn't really there anymore. 😔

Wish I had a picture of my first Barbel ( also from Throop). I can remember it well enough though. Particularly the bite!

He joined the Navy then after that moved to Spain in case you're wondering why I didn't see him much!

I never knew that the Walton phrase came from the bible Alan! My oldest brother was a keen angler and I remember when he caught a 4lb 6oz Brown Trout from our local stream and the fuss it generated ( he caught it on a so called friend's rod who then thought he had a right to it!). Also remember...

Glad you mentioned Zander Graham. Never seen one, let alone caught one. High time I did! 🙂

Started when my Dad took me out in a boat fishing in Portland harbour near Weymouth age 5. By age 8 I was fishing on the local stream catching brownies and later a few Dace and Roach. Like many, done my share of match fishing which gave me a good grounding in simply catching the fish in front of...

Luggage is a very personal thing but whenever I buy something new I'm left thinking 'I could do better than that'. I know what you mean about the multi pocket thing. I bought a Nash rucksack that had so many pockets I could never find anything! Rod holdalls are as bad. Too big, too small, not...

Exactly. Its hard to find the motivation!

A scenario repeated on many rivers. The Dorset Stour for one. When you live an hour away, it's hardly worth bothering with short sessions but definitely that is the way to go if you live close enough.

I agree with that Alan. In low stock rivers what is the point of moving from a swim you either know or are confident there are fish? Better to sit it out I think though a couple of similarly productive swims can be alternated. When you have plenty of fish you can afford to be more impatient...

I think there's a great deal of truth in what you say. I guess at the end of the day we all fish in a way in which we are most confident. I am interested in your approach though Chris. My results have been poor to say the least on the H. Avon this year. It's a case of breaking away and trying...