David. They use to be a real nuisance. Sometimes, despite fishing 100 yards apart we would start getting bites at the same time from massive shoals of fish.
The rod tip would continue to sway even with large baits until one had hooked itself.
Some evenings it was like that as soon as you cast in for 4 hours or more, we just waited for a proper wack hoping it was a barbel.
Even the EE's could not have eaten that many.
Graham