Recent content by Richard Dawson

Castizm BR still in stock in places. https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/daiwa-cast-izm-br-25a-reel

They still do lots of 25QD reels just the Cast'izm name has Seemingly been dropped. 21 Tournament feeder QD is nearest replacement. Others with same body and spool size: Whisker 25QD 23 TDR Distance 25QD

Okuma Aventa Baitfeeders in 5000 or 6000 (only spool depth is different, spool diameted identical) They really look the business :-) Very compact for a baitrunner, not unwieldy at all. Super smooth, very smooth quick drag with very fine adjustments, full alu spools (including spare) one...

Okuma Aventa Baitfeeders in 5000 or 6000 (only spool depth is different, spool diameted identical) They really look the business :-) Very compact for a baitrunner, not unwieldy at all. Super smooth, very smooth quick drag with very fine adjustments, full alu spools (including spare) one...

A Pike deadbait rod >3lb tc is a good choice too, usually a nice through action so can chuck a substantial amount of weight. Double up as a flood rod too in a pinch if you need 10oz to hold bottom 😆

I'd alternate the baits between upstream and downstream rods to see if there's any difference. Depends where on the middle, somewhere like BDAAS stretch at Fiskerton fishes well even in the daytime, 2 or 3 fish achievable particularly in September onwards when they seem to be on the munch.

I trialled mine on the lower Derwent when creating boilies. Low stocked but did know there were fish in there over a few stretches, and knew most people who did an overnighter either blanked or banked one fish typically. I fished it for ages with off the shelf "shelf life" and freezer boilies...

We still catch on round boilies, big fish too. If we think about all the baits we put in and catch on, there's so many different colours and shapes already. Corn, Pellet, Boilie, cube luncheon meat, maggot, casters, worms to name but a few. If anything the fish would associate food with...

If you boil the sausages before rolling them into boilies you can then cut them into pellet shaped sections, offers something similar to pellets but a little different being softer and having your own ingredients in them rather than off the shelf pellets 🙃 Just had a thought as well, could even...

Definitely worth it Simon 😉 as you know I've dabbled rolling my own and have had a lot of success as a relative newcomer to Barbel fishing. I do have all the kit so you're welcome to borrow it to have a bash to see how you get on 🤔 Can borrow my ingredients too, add your own extras etc...

I've caught some decent fish but usually fish on my own so no one to hold the camera. Heres various lower Derwent Barbel. And a clonking fin and scale perfect 6lb Chub. Just a shame I don't have a cameraman to do my captures justice.

There's nothing better than loading your Barbel gear in to a completely inappropriate vehicle 🙂

Fantastic reels. I've used the 6000's on my 2lb Barbel rods for a few seasons now and are happy with big fish on small rivers like the Derwent or mighty rivers like the Trent 💪 If these were £100 per reel I'd still buy them and think they were a bargain.

Great news Simon. Hopefully new knee will make traversing the river banks a whole lot easier.

The stretch just below thrumpton weir / cranfleet canal fishes well and allows overnighters. LEVAS ticket I believe which is only about £30. Can park right near too. Worth a punt that one I think and not too far for ya Simon 😉