Maybe you've lobbed a grenade (lol) . . but who said I was 'new' to barbel fishing . . .?
Just the impression I got from some of your posts. If I’m wrong I apologize. It just doesn’t strike me that your top area of fishing experience is catching barbel.
Your age didn’t even come into that assumption as I believe it’s not irrelevant.
I’m going to make my position quite clear. Like Terry said what people do or don’t use doesn’t bother me unless I see something that I don’t believe to be safe with barbel. ie fixed lead clips. I think they can be dangerous things depending fully on the amount of pressure applied to the rubber.
Now I think the reality is yourself and Chris T are doing exactly what your accusing everyone else of and it’s funny because you can’t see it. The pair of you are getting stroppy and quite personal because your not agreed with by people who like to keep things rather simple.
I don’t want to use short, rigs with many components. I don’t see there to be an additional advantage for me. Now you might be struggling to accept that but that’s not me saying I’m better than you!!! That’s me saying I don’t need your rigs to catch fish thank you very much!!!
I’m not the best angler in the world but I can hold my own and I have some nice ideas of my own to improve my own catch rate but non of which have anything to do with my (perfectly acceptable safe) rigs.
Now you’ve touched briefly on “actual fishing knowledge” your choice of words not mine. And another strange thing to say that makes me question experience but I’ll not worry about that because you’ve told me it’s not the case
“Actual fishing knowledge” exceeds far beyond that 24inch length of stuff hanging from your main line. While combi rigs were the order of the day and a good debate on them we’ve had ....... before it got silly, why does one lack “actual fishing knowledge” because they are not interested in changing their already existing rigs?
You are absolutely right Chris, I do not possess the knowledge to tie some of these things you mentioned. Not taking the Micky I really don’t. If I was having problems with what I’m using I’d of asked you to help me to tie one. I’m not.
Doesn’t for a second mean I lack actual fishing knowledge.
let’s conclude..... I’m not trying to offend anyone but just accept it if I don’t agree.
If I say something completely untrue then call me out. Opinions and facts get often mixed up sometimes. We cool?