Hi thanks for your question. I'm using size 12 hooks and gluing 2 small pellets onto a hair. There is some footage of how to tie the rigs etc in an earlier video this season. The best hooklinks are about 6ft long. However beware in slow moving current the chub could bite through this.

Thanks Terry I enjoy making them.

Hi Damian I use a water tight gopro camera on the end of an old Drennan landing net pole. There are some prongs on the end that goes into the river bed to hold the camera steady. Without this the camera wobble is great even in the lesser areas of flow. Hope that help.

@@KPanglingguide Many thanks Kenny. That makes for some great underwater footage.

Hi Buddy yes and a good point I have had a few recaptures. Often though due to high river conditions and the limited number of swims available to fish. Normally in the summer when I've seen and caught the biggest fish I move on. It's inevitable recaptures do occur. On maggot float fishing it's possible to catch the same fish twice even three times where they get preoccupied.

Hi, Kenny. Discovered your channel today and viewed six videos in a row. Impressive, especially as you're a one-man fishing/documentary maker. I'll soon be moving close to the Avon and Stour and cannot be anymore excited. I've lived closest to the Kennet most of my life and witnessed the river's massive decline. I look forward to introducing my youngest son (my angling apprentice) to Dorsets waters and the abundant fish within. I can't wait to help him land his first barbel and big chub, especially as he's been told my old skool Kennet stories over and over. And if we're fortunate we might even cross paths with you, which would be great. Respect. And a sub, too.

@@iantaylor8148 thanks I enjoy making them. The Avon and Stour hold some big chub at present. Good luck when you fish for them.

Yes I do!

@@KPanglingguide i have 16th and 17th of work next week looking forward to trying this rig on the Avon 1.👍

Correct Harrison and Fraser rivers.

Thanks 👍

Hi Chris there are plenty of year classes thank goodness. I normally target the larger fish in the summer when stalking them. In the winter trotting for them all different sizes come along. I wish the same could be said about the H. Avon barbel.👍

@@KPanglingguide ditto Ouse barbel. 😥 Thankfully the roach population is coming along real good again.

Drennan twist lock. Brilliant

@@KPanglingguide thanks kenny

Well done buddy

Sorry for the late reply it's on the middle Avon at Somerley.

What about plastic bait stops? They're hardly any better for fish to swallow. I don't know of any truly environmentally friendly way to fish at all. The whole sport (like most sports) is pretty environmentally unfriendly.

Like all things humans have an impact whatever they do. The Hampshire Avons ecology has been preserved by self interest by riparian owners and anglers alike. It's in their interest to preserve the ecosystem. It would be a running sewer not a pristine habitat if no one gave a toss. You've only got to look at what's happening to the new forest at the moment with visitors dumping rubbish and using it as a toilet. They have tied in interest to the environment. Thankfully some of us as volunteer litter pickers do so, we campaign against these idiots and the authorities who do nothing

I'm an angler and in regards to the super glue comment, We are casting out a baited hook, which sticks inside the fishes mouth and we then pull them out of the water for our own pleasure. I do love and respect every fish I catch, but a little ingested super glue won't kill a fish , it's more likely that the stress of capture will cause death and even that is very unlikely. In addition even when I have lost the pellets on my hair rig there is almost always the superglue and a small amount of pellet still stuck to the hair rig. So the super glue comment is a load of tosh 😎😎😎👍🙂

Cyanoacrylate gel (superglue) is immediately polymerized and becomes completely inert in water once cured, Cyanoacrylate gel is used for sealing skin lacerations in humans and animals and widely used in medical, veterinary and first aid applications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its use as a medical adhesive in1998 The United Kingdom's Health and Safety Executive and the United States National Toxicology Program have concluded that the use of cyanoacrylate is safe and that additional study is unnecessary

Fair point regarding getting them back quickly. Do rest them for a long time before the photos

There was a a thick unhooking mat that perhaps you can't see. Dont normally juggle with them. It happens from time to time. Didn't want a retake. Thanks for your comments.

Yes Clive what fish. They do pull your arms off. I foul hooked a 8ft and it towed us 1/2 mile downstream