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I was caught out today by the Thames being more 'up and coloured' than I had expected. I thought I had done my research and it would be OK, but I got it wrong. I had just taken bread and liquidised bread plus worms. What to do? The peg I had planned to fish was under-water, and the flow there was much too strong. I found a big eddy, about 40 yards long, just below Abingdon bridge and fished it for a bit half way along with flake, but found even the back flow was too strong. Then I noticed that closer to the bridge it was slower, and tried it with worm, but it kept changing. One moment a spot w

Then I’m guessing you rebellious colonials were too sensitive to have been exposed to “The young ones” in particular Neil and his recipe for lentil sick soup!

No manure on your rhubarb then Phone lol The west wastes more food than it eats ,its infatuated by sell by dates made increasingly shorter by manufacturers to make you throw perfectly good food away and buy more! Half the population dont know the difference between use by ,sell by and best before ,the manufactures are rubbing their hands in delight and now they can hike prices under the brexit excuse ,good times for some!

Britain's angling writing heydays have left us with a rich library of second hand or republished books, such as this one by Dennis Pye: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PYE-DENNIS-PIKE-FISHING-BOOK-THE-WAY-I-FISH-LITTLE-EGRET-NORFOLK-BROADS-paperbck/382225347917?hash=item58fe67f54d:g:AC0AAOSwyLFZt-RF The man writes logically and presents his conclusions in a convincing manner. Okay, so he and I are both Broads anglers thus have a common bond but what's good for the Broads can be good for other waters. We have a lot to learn from our forebears.

Thanks, both of you. I have ordered from Medlar 'Old Father Thames' by Peter Stone. BB, I agree with you about Mortimer and Whitehouse. I watched some of the TV episodes. Much better than the monotonous Carp programmes, as you say, though I would have preferred a bit more on the actual fishing! John