RossMc

come on then, how much was it? i can't take the tension.

point th torch beam at a shallow angle to the waters surface and the light will not penetrate very deep down.

i'd say 12lb, unless your very small or very big

i knew that, i was just testing you

use a bait needle to gently pull the hook through the peice of luncheon meat. place a small peice of grass or reed (about 1cm long) between the bend in the hook and the meat. pull the hook back so that the hook is tight to the meat and the grass stops it from pulling through.

"fish don't like poultry baits" i've caught loads of carp with chicken and rabbit catfood.

how does Wilson find fishing spots that good, i have never come across a barbel swim as goood as that one in the dvd?

For trout a size 14 hook, 4/5lb line and a worm is a safe bet. Saying that they will take almost anything as tog said, bread paste is my favourite. It depends on whether you are fishing a stillwater or a river as to the exact set up you should use.

i'd be in

what test curve is that? would i be right in assuming it needs to be at least 1.5lb to handle those fish?

thanks all

This has probably been asked before but here goes anyway. I am looking for a leger rod that is versitle enough to use for bream and tench on still waters and barbel and chub on rivers. Anyone got any good recomendations? thanks

david is spot on, couldn't have put it better myself.

cheers

i find it hard to beleive that anywhere would allow no bait except worms, i think he was pulling your leg

if it is a hard fished water, the fish recognise line and can stay clear of any swim with line in. the thinner your line was the harder it is for the fish to see, and hence they are less wary and you catch more. if you need to use heavy line but you think that it will reduce your chance of hooking a fish use a pre stretched hooklength for your last 8 inches of line. this will have the strength of a 6lb line but the appearence of a 3lb line. i had a similar scenario to you, as when i used heavy line i didnt get bites and when i used lighter lines i got snapped. i started using pre stretched hooklenghs and my catch rate trippled, its good stuff.

nice fish. what bait were you using for the chub as i'm going soon and have never really had many chub before?

i also saw two dead fish in my local pond, and i've never seen one dead before. is two at the same time coincidence or is something wrong? any suggestions appreciated.

barbless hooks, and then a stick discourger will do the job most the time. otherwise humanely kill the fish as i would have thought that leaving a big hook in the digestive system of a small fish will cause it to die a slow and much more painful death. cruel to be kind unfortunatly.

thanks

use one fake and one real pellet on the hair rig. this will make your pellet 'pop up' just off the bottom. It works well.

I went to the river bure and fished with spinners. The local fishermen round their complain that they struggle to land fish silver fish as they keep getting hits of pike. I fished and caught four jacks in 30 mins. They were only small though, even for jacks, the biggest was 6lb. Well worth it though.

how can you tell the difference between skimmers and silver bream?

Variety is the spice of life (and fishing)

I'm going to fish esthwaite in the lake district in late july for a weekend. Anyone ever been?, and if so have you got any advice, cheers