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PM for you Andy Neil

I don't have a proble with spam coming off because I use a meat coil on the hair rig and it holds really well.

I have just about recovered from no more Garlic Spam but found I caught just as well on standard Spam. Now I can't get my head around how expensive Spam is in the supermarkets. I therefore bought a tin of Aldi's Bramwell Chopped Pork and Ham before Christmas and I used it yesterday . It...

Thanks for all your responses. I'm going to take a deep breath and PM Chris Cheshire to sound out the Maui Jim option. Cheers Neil

Time for some new prescription polarised suglasses because my 20+ year old metal frames are knackered and the lenses keep falling out - I have sat on them a few times which didn't help. The Pentax polarised lenses in brown glass have been very good.I have got a couple of pairs of Maui Jims...

That's a very kind offer Daniel, I may take you up on it sometime.

Lovely water with fabulous crucians, rudd and tench. However, I was disappointed to find on my recent visit that there appears to have been a rule change and non-members, fishing on a day ticket, have to be off the water by 5pm.🙁 Neil

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I like my Reuben Heaton 9000's but they do go haywire when they get wet - very poor design flaw allows water to get inside - so I seriously considered getting a better pair of digitals and plumped for some Salter Electro Samson digital scales (as recommended by Bob Gill some years back)...

Well that is a very comprehensive answer! I think I will be very busy this weekend looking up all those knots.

You can't stop there Tim... 😫 Please share what knots you use to stop the 'big ugly fish' getting away!

I have followed up on the issue of a USA and European system of labelling Berkley Big Game and there are indeed 2 different spools of 12lb line available for purchase in the UK with the USA version labelled as 0.33mm and European version at 0.279mm. I will be carefully checking the line...

I have been using Berkley Big Game 12lb for years without any problems. I bought a new bulk spool from the same supplier and spooled up one of my centrepins - the line seemed thinner but I thought maybe I was imagining it. In my next session I hooked 5 big fish including a 13lb 10oz fish but...

Many thanks for everyone's suggestions. I have got a number of storage items ordered (and the clam box which Darren kindly offered me) and have put into storage some stuff that I just wasn't using any more. I am now looking forward to being more organised on the bank.

I think its fair to say that in this discussion personal opinion is the key factor. It is definitely not a science, where hard evidence might prove which rod is the best ! 😏

I can't comment on that as I've never fished with a Chimera 2 (or even seen one) but the Chimera must be outstanding.

I've just weighed the 11ft 2lb Torrix and the 11 ft Barbel Seeker and they are both 9oz (on scales that weigh to the nearest ounce) - so nothing in it weight wise (I am going to start a separate post on my Reuben Heaton 9000 scales). The 11ft 2lb Torrix is definitely not a poker and the 11ft...

I should also clarify that I wouldn't use any of my 11ft barbel rods for punching out 4oz feeders. For big feeder fishing I use either my Fox Duo Lite FX Specialist 2.75lb or Peregrine Mk 1 Flood rods.