Slightly off topic but does anyone know where I can get a new tip ring for a wychwood dispatch spod rod please ?

In reply to Post #8
I bought the Wychwood spod rod and reel combo package. The rod does the job just fine but had problems with the reel . Line kept going under the spool and wrapping round the spindle. I lost patience with it and bought the Sonik Vader spod reel. Much better

Much more fun with lighter rods rather than a pair of Horizon Spankers

In reply to Post #16
Does anyone call a big ‘un a Lunker. That was one of John Wilson's

In reply to Post #7
How lucky these furloughed blokes are. All summer ahead free to go fishing. Such a shame furlough has been extended . They should do the decent thing and not fish weekends.
I guess we'll have to wait until next year for quieter banks when those who jobs won't exist when furlough ends can't afford to go fishing as much

Two short scaffold planks

I have dodgy guts so I simply find the nearest bush and plaster it with a torrent of steaming putrid fizzy gravy. Jobs a good ‘un. Chucks up like a rotter though.

I had the Wychwood rod reel combo and also had a problem with the braid getting behind the spool and wrapping round the spindle. Got fed up with it so now have the Sonik spod reel. Much better and a good reel

In reply to Post #801
I drive 10 miles each weekday to work on a busy construction site with 30 other blokes where the 2 meter rule simply isn't possible, passing loads of cyclists and joggers and past some allotments with 5 or 6 cars always in its car park . I drive right past the gates of my club water on the way to work each day which is 2 miles from my house and even in “normal “ times I will often have acres of lake to myself . Ridiculous that I can't go fishing really.
Let's hope something happens after Sunday's update.

A Roach live bait fished 6 inches under the surface. 15 lb Mirror whilst I was after cats.