Recent content by tomj

I wasnt sure which heading to put this post into I have never caught or even seen a barbel but I can fish a stretch of the Wear which I gather has some good ones in it.They seem pretty impressive fish. Anyone know anything about these fish? Youtube suggests 'Feeder ledgering' is the way to go. I...

Does anyone know of a website/whatever where one can exchange holiday homes/home swaps with either fishing or ready access to fishing?- I am thinking personally of Northern USA but it seems to me if there is no such site then there ought to be Tried searching on this Forum but nothing came up I...

I don't know if its only me but the national standard of weather forecasting appears to be laughably poor I usually used the BBC and so assumed that the recent pitiful level of accuracy was due to their having sacked off the Met Office; accordingly I started looking at the Met Office website...

Some sound advice for anyone thinking of investing this Christmas-http://youtu.be/YyM8AwG2yKI

Selling this for a mate (Also Forum member) who bought it a few years ago from the Sealand shooting school near Chester; it has had very little use. Brown leather; c 8" deep/9" wide /5" deep. Strap itself is 2" wide and adjustable. The leather 'Boss' atop the strap is blank for someone's...

Just wondering as prices seem pretty reasonable (I have no connection, by the way) tomj

Moving on from old red shrimps entertaining post, what is the worst place you have fished, and why?

Maybe everyone else is aware of this-I was not; ''Shetland's largest salmon producer has been expelled from the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). The industry body said it had taken the decision to expel Hjaltland Sea Farms because it had been importing smolts from Norway without...

Eldest resident in the USA for the next couple of months; I used to enjoy buying bits and bobs from BassPro etc but the postage-and then the duty and re -posting charges- took the gilt right off; While he doesn't have endless luggage allowance I think a modest allowance could be made for his...

our Jack Russell has just sounded off and demanded access to the cupboard under the stairs ; she is clearly on the scent and I hope to be able to report a kill before too long. This could be the way forward if I can deter the antis. tomj

About 25 years ago I was invited to Denmark to meet this man, a well known Danish architect and fanatical fisherman; he had written a book called-I think- Lystfiskerliv (In Danish, obviously, of which I know nothing; means 'Life of the fishing lover' I think). I was originally pencilled into...

Does anyone have any knowledge of the Brytec Dee reels on Ebay ?; it's said to be a 9/10; all my reels are incredibly old so I feel I need to 'go forward' ; looks a bargain.... tomj

Can anyone help me with this; I have a large pond/small lake about -maybe-1/3rd to 1/2 acre; I hade trout in it til the cormorants and the otter polished them off; would like to start again but last summer and now this year already I am having trouble with 'Bindweed'; this horrible stuff forms...

I have only just noticed this literature section and I wonder if anyone can help me with the title/author of a book I had years ago but which came back to mind only recently; the book dealt with fishing canals etc in-I think-either the Potteries or North- West industrial areas; I remember there...

Can I ask for a bit of help; my CZ 'Varmint barrel' .22.lr currently has a Bushnell scope 3-9x ; I don't know the lens or how old the scope is but I stuck a ruler on the front lens and it looks to be about 15mm; My eye sight is now not the greatest and I need more magnification and lens size I...