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When I mentioned ‘Carrot fibre’ earlier I was not joking, it was being discussed in its early stages by engineers back in 2007 and it was not an April fools joke either, here’s an article of news...

Whatever happened to the Carrot fibre rods that was once deemed as the next rod material to Carbon fibre?

Keith

What a fabulous fish!

Keith

Bob Nudds song ‘Maggots in ya catapult’ could be used as your backing track (if you are not a music lover).:)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZj6LmhG9iw

Keith

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You might be surprised at how easy it is to tie a spade end hook using a hook tyer when you’re on the bank; I used to occasionally tie spades on the bank when I was short of ready tied hooks,...

If I’m using hooks of size 14 and smaller I prefer using spade end hooks (although I do often use size 14 eyed hooks) and for larger hooks I nearly always use eyed hooks unless I’m using a knotless...

Most of my better days after Chub have been on bread flake using either a float or a link leger, or a smallish piece of bread crust on a light link leger; together with small squeezed bread pieces as...

My thoughts exactly.

I much prefer using conventional longer rods to using a Bolo rod for the same reasons as everyone else on this thread (line sticking to the blank when damp because of the lack...

Mark, unfortunately this thing seems to be becoming more common these days as memberships get older and older.

One of my clubs who have leased a beautiful remote and private estate lake in...

When I’m roving with lures for Perch and Chub I use the folding Wychwood landing net in the pic below which includes an extendable handle, and is large enough for the occasional smallish Pike and...

Even when your waters are completely iced over it can sometimes be worth visiting a water (with a camera or a pad and pencil instead of a rod) looking for the locations of any melt holes in the ice...

Great advice given in the previous posts, but one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned so far is that once the temperatures start to drop through the floor; the fish are less inclined to move around...

Peter I didn’t realise you could still get flasks with the fragile glass inside them :)

Keith

Between the two clubs that I belong to I have 5 local lakes, two small local rivers and a local gravel pit complex all located within 2 or 3 miles from my house. My favourite local venue being a...

Most of the time I use my pins for trotting on small steams and rivers after Barbel, Chub, Roach and Dace; with the very occasional day spent trotting on a slightly larger river; and for this I find...

Hi Steve, welcome back to the fold and welcome to the forum.

Looking forward to reading about your fishing exploits. :thumbs:

Keith

I find that a line guard is definitely a hinderence when I’m doing a Wallis cast. Even the great man himself (F.W.K.Wallis) thought the same of his cast.

F.W.K. Wallis called it ‘the Modern Light...

Line guards are a no no for me John because you can’t really do a decent Wallis cast with a line guard fitted.

I never trot a float in gale force winds, so with my line coming off the bottom of...

I’ve tried both off the top and off the bottom and much prefer my line coming off the bottom.

I can see why some anglers like the ‘off the top’ method because of it being a little more direct...

A few years ago I bought myself a fly rod, reel and fly line with the aim of using it for fishing for Carp after watching a video of John Wilson using a fly rod on his lake using chum mixers instead...

I was bought up on Fred Bullers Classic book on ‘Pike’ plus a few others like Barry Rickards and Ray Webb’s book ‘Fishing for big Pike’ and also Gibbinsons book on Pike (which was part of the Osprey...

I have carried a little bottle of Klin-Ik for years, for use if I find any open sores or cuts on any of the fish that I catch no matter what species.

It’s quite Rare for me to use it as I don’t...

Hope you have a speedy recovery and get back up and fishing like normal fairly soon.

Keith

I might have a day or two after a Pike or two this winter but it would have to be a very mildish and windless day to get me out on my local reservoir otherwise I’ll be tucked up by the fire.

I...

To facilitate being able to play and land the very occasional unexpected rogue Carp or other large fish on a light un-elasticated telescopic whip using finer lines I use a 5 to 7mtr flexible tipped...