I use an avon style float carrying between 7 or 8 BB's (my favourite being the Steve Maher floats) or if the conditions dictate then a larger one. My favourite bait is maggot usually bunches of 8 to 10 red and white mixed on a drennan superspade 14's or 12's tied direct to 6lb sensor. On my last two trips I managed 8 barbel and 8 chub and then 9 barbel, 6 chub and a small dace. The largest barbel topping 7lb and the largest chub topping 5 1/2 lb. The fish had only recently spawned so their weights where drastically reduced, in several weeks they should have put on quite alot of weight, that's if the rivers have'nt dried up first LOL. I use a 13ft drennan im8 specimine float or a normark Avenger combined with a centrepin.
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