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I am 77 years old I have a scunthorpe ticket and a nps limited season ticket I can only fish day time and have to travel 70 miles I also have a heart condition, is there any location on those tickets where I can get the car up to the swims and be in with a reasonable chance of a daytime barbel...

Had a day on trent Friday 2 rods about 9ft deep swim, fished it many times before, fished meat as usual with a feeder, started about 9am for 1st 2 hrs just a couple of nods on downstream rod then a screaming take resulted in a 9lb fish an hr later another screamer same rod, picked up the rod...

Had a day on the trent yesterday Fiskerton area been fishing same spot about every 10 days for 2 seasons exactly the same method day time only always glugged spam punched 15mmx20mm hair rigged. Always caught 3 to 5 barbel and odd chub never failed 2 rods. Yesterday I failed partly 2 fish 1.5lb...

Does anybody have an opinion on the advanta dual 2.25/2.75 12ft rods angling direct make them i think i am looking for someting a bit more beefy than my greys 2.25 forbigger feeders etc up to 8oz

Two years In to barbel fishing now so lots to learn still with help from you guys. I got a Scunthorpe ticket this year had a couple of sessions at lady pitt with good success but cant always get a swim I am in my mid 70s and travel 80miles to get there so early starts are difficult about 10am...

I am going to fish the river idle at lound for barble on the scunthorpe ticket mainly because you can drive to pegs and I'm old can any body on here give any info it would be much appreciated.

Just bought a greys prodigy pb twin tip 2.25 tc What is the cw on the 2.25 and distance. Comes with 3 tips 3oz 4oz 5oz what is the max line on these and cw.

Going to kelham hall on trent this week for the first time any body got any advice on good pegs and baits

Advice please. the few times i have fished here its always been on an outside bend meaning a big chuck and not to much success do the inside bends fish the same meaning a shorter cast its a big fishery are there areas more prolific than others

I want to try the maggot feeder on the severn and the trent for barbel. what rod and reel would you recommend and line breaking strain probably need a big chuck with up to 80grms on the trent what oz tips needed £200 budget

Help please. Just had a week at bewdley and caught some nice fish 10lb 4oz barbel pb and 5lb 12oz chub pb so very happy my problem is the amount of missed bites. Most of the time I fished hair rigged meat or pellet on size 10or 12 hooks meat was punched 12mm x 20mm cylindrical, pellets 12and 14...

First year barbel fishing need help. Am a senior citizen and semi disabled so need to drive close to river. Joined Baa and live cambridgeshire. I have been going to arley on the seven on day trips a 2hour drive and have caught a few small fish in the low water conditions I have been checking...