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Ron Troversial Clay
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The last time I spoke to Barrie about 2 years ago, he actually admitted that he did not possess a computer and did not really appreciate the comments that are made on this website regarding his articles.
This is a pity.
I would love him to contribute to our forum occasionally.
In his last two articles Barrie virtually echos my own thoughts on many aspects of angling. His thoughts on barbless v barbed hooks are spot on. Personally I hardly ever use barbless hooks unless it's a fishery rule.
Barrie certainly agrees with my comments about playing big fish which I wrote about many months ago. Yet I still see anglers poncing about when playing big fish. I saw a young angler the other day playing a big fish on the weir in the centre of Rotherham. The fish was obviously a decent barbel, about 6 lbs I would guess.
And yes there he was holding the rod with his left hand poised up the rod and the blinking reel backwinding like billio!!
He played that fish for over 20 minutes (by my watch) and then lost in in the Tesco trollies that abound near that weir.
If it had been me, I'd have had it out in 3 minutes at the most!!
What also surprised me was that neither he, who hooked the fish, nor his mate, had a proper landing net. Just a little tea strainer that would have struggled with a 2lb chub!
This is a pity.
I would love him to contribute to our forum occasionally.
In his last two articles Barrie virtually echos my own thoughts on many aspects of angling. His thoughts on barbless v barbed hooks are spot on. Personally I hardly ever use barbless hooks unless it's a fishery rule.
Barrie certainly agrees with my comments about playing big fish which I wrote about many months ago. Yet I still see anglers poncing about when playing big fish. I saw a young angler the other day playing a big fish on the weir in the centre of Rotherham. The fish was obviously a decent barbel, about 6 lbs I would guess.
And yes there he was holding the rod with his left hand poised up the rod and the blinking reel backwinding like billio!!
He played that fish for over 20 minutes (by my watch) and then lost in in the Tesco trollies that abound near that weir.
If it had been me, I'd have had it out in 3 minutes at the most!!
What also surprised me was that neither he, who hooked the fish, nor his mate, had a proper landing net. Just a little tea strainer that would have struggled with a 2lb chub!