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A buddy of mine visited Hitchin museum today to see the exhibition of Richard Walker total items in pic below whilst I appreciate fishing isn’t everyone cup of tea this is an abysmal showng

Thanks Ian I've found one collecting next week

Floater fishing was quite possibly my 'goto' method on a couple of waters, Taverham Mills and Earith. Taverham is where I really 'formulated' my floater fishing style. It was handy for an evening after finishing work in the summer, and also for days to catch extra fish if I was fishing for a couple of nights. The daytime probably from lunchtime on I'd be walking round firing Chum mixers in, looking for fish. Good floater spots were not always in the main lake; Bruce and I used to find plenty of floater takers in some of the small channels and bays. At Earith we did try the same, but for some reason that was a lot harder in Virginia pool although George's, Pats and Reeds lake produced a few. Weird considering that Reeds and Virginia were joined. In fact the only Earith fish I caught twice I caught once in Virginia on a bottom bait, and once in Reeds on a dog biscuit. I ignored floater fishing for too long at Brackens, but eventually twigged (too late) that in summer it was worth taking a floater rod with the rest of my gear. It's something that I will be doing I think on most waters, always take some floating baits and tackle. Rods on alarms at night, and if you can get them on floaters during the day...

Just the hook baits 👍

I can't remember how long Carp Porter have been around, but I can remember Bruce Lait having one when we fished at Taverham and that was back around 2000! I'm in the Carp Porter Porterlite group, and it does get used for pike, roach and carp gear when a walk is on the cards, although the gear for a 4 or 5 day session with Sky takes two trips. It is used and abused. At that price, have a good look, then snap it up. Paint may be worn off or chipping, but as long as the metalwork is good it's a bargain. On the Carp Porter website I do know they do spares and parts, so if you need a new drop-in bag, locking screws etc you should be able to pick them up.

Hi Nick, Thank you for the great feedback on how you fish with floaters, I will be trying the uni-knot loop and your other tips. Also any mention of Chris Ball and Brian Skoyles is always welcome - have you seen their book on surface fishing? It is superb. I know the norm is to get them feeding, then cast out. I've done it the other way round a fair bit - cast out, then work the swim up. That said, just like fishing on the bottom, sometimes a single hookbait can work. That ghostie common is a cracker Nick, and great work getting the bigger fish from the pack.

Just found a carp porter mk2 fatboy local to me for £130 is that a good price ?

@framey I did an edit on your post as the shortened form of Richard is in the censored group after insults years ago. Sad isn't it, that an angler who probably started the mainstream fishing, not just carp, has nothing but that small memorial and a blue plaque. Richard Walker was innovative, fishing for many species, catching big perch on a fly creation of his own as well as carp. He was also a champion rabbit breeder I believe, writing a book on the subject.

Dress your dog up as a ferret, there's no rule against ferrets. Sadly, the rule of no guns rules me out.

1st trip of the year to the syndi, looks like a blank but you never know 🤞

A trip down the river... caught nowt...😒