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I've gone a little bit nuts again but completed the production line 😂 Thanks to @greekskii for the tip off though. I am made up tonight. I now have all I need to start really making some boilies.

Check the old cross cast version as the spools fit the windcast as I bought some from daiwa.

Can you not get 3 handles off another Daiwa that's similar - may cost less than chasing one rare handle?

Tbh I'd be saving a search on Ebay and waiting for a single reel to come up.... might be cheaper than the handle from the States!

Not a cheap option but you could get it imported from the US: HANDLE - Platinum Parts & Services LLC

Yes mate, me too, but you can’t add it to the basket, so when I called up to place the order over the phone, he checked his stock and found he had none left 🙁

It's showing as in-stock for me? DAIWA WINDCAST Z HANDLE ASSEMBLY PART #H43-4901 - Jim's Reel Shop

Or Weston developments. or fishingspares.co.uk

Try BASS Horning, he did do services, or Tackle Box or Johnson Ross

Hi all, hoping someone here can help me, I have a Daiwa windcast Z5000 that I need a replacement handle for, but I can’t find one anywhere! Daiwa UK don’t have any as it’s discontinued and Jim’s reel shop have sold out. Where else can I try? Usual internet searches are not producing the goods. or any aftermarket places I could try?

Thank you OldBoy , I have been watching the first episode , and I'm enjoying it's quiet charm . I like the way Matt just casually mentions helpful tips , makes me think " I'll give that a go " . 😃

Been a great watch as always, Mat is a great all rounder including the fly, not many do everything let alone well. Didn't know until recently that Mick Brown is the only paid full time pike angler, amazing!

A proper work of art that book. Not your usual angling stuff. Loved it.

Thank you

Just scraping in the December report with a cheeky little 8lb mirror carp, caught it on a 12mm pink Mulbz pop up from club lake

I have watched some of this, and pretty much enjoyed it, like others i used to watch all the matt Hayes stuff on discovery channel

Welcome to Carp.com. A clear lake is absolutely fine with 12lb line. Adding a leader, especially fluorocarbon creates other problems in that it will need to be checked regularly and changed, the same goes for fluorocarbon hooklinks and rigs. Fluorocarbon while it stretches (the same as mono, 15-20%), does not go back to the same length, it is not elastic like mono, it stretches until it breaks. Personally I would not bother with a leader, fishing the mainline straight through. At around 40metres with the rod tips roughly parallel to the water, the line will be running along the lakebed anyway. The other thing with fluorocarbon, despite being close to the refractive index of water, it still casts a shadow even though the line itself invisible to the eye. Rigwise, try to keep it simple, a basic knotless knotted rig will produce as many fish as everything else shown on tackle brands videos and YouTube. In the 1990's I started using that type of rig (on braid), I still use it now however many years later. My exceptions are when I use pop-ups and do go to a D-rig.

12lb is fine as long as the water isnt weedy or snaggy remember a leader will join the main line via a knot so it needs to be as small as possible so it doesn’t get choked. The leader goes between the mainline and the weight it doesn’t go on the rig. around 20 foot will be fine. you can also buy tapered leaders that go to around the same diameter as the main line and start around 40/50 lb

Thank you. Is 12lb line ok to catch up to 30lb or should I have gone for stronger? Checked the rules and doesn’t say about a leader. If I was to use one would you recommend I put it on my rig too? Thanks Dan

Check the rules to see if you are allowed to use a leader in the first instance having a knot above the lead can be dangerous if not made correctly. if you have a spare spool you could buy a spool of fluro and have that on the spare set. you could always use small cylinders of putty to keep the line on The deck and instead of fishing tight let a little of the spool so it sinks, once mono is wet it gets heavier anyway so it will sink more. sometimes less is more anyway.

Hi all, I have started going fishing with a couple of friends and fully got hooked, excuse the pun! I’m now trying to get some equipment and wanted to ask for some advise please. To start with is line, leaders and rigs. I have watch hundreds of YouTube videos and got more confused. I have managed to get some reels and replaced the line with 12lb monofilament but want to possibly add a fluorocarbon leader and use it for my rigs as well. The lake we are fishing is very clear with a gravel bottom. The reported carp are between 12-35lb. Questions I have are What strength do I need, I was looking at the seaguar invizx Should I put a leader on as well as using it for rigs or just use it in rigs. If I use a leader, what length? 20ft? Thanks in advance, any advice gratefully received Dan

He had to crowd fund it to get it made as no broadcaster would pick it up, because it's not just big carp. The people who crowd funded it got early viewings sent directly, I think by email link.

I remember watching these on the discovery channel when I was a kid lol, along with John Wilson and Rex Hunt 😂 If I remember correctly I think Matt Hayes brought out a programme with maybe the BBC over the last couple years but it didn't really go off like the old shows. But yeah used to love watching these and learnt a lot from the growing up 👍

Not sure if this is the right section to add this but.... Many over a certain age will remember the original series, it's now on YouTube with a new series and they have their own channel. I have watched the first two episodes and have to say I really enjoyed it, so refreshing to not hear some bloke banging on about big carp captures, which in my opinion has been done to death. I am no way associated with the channel, but if you want a break from the usual stuff, maybe give it a try?

In the early days of streaming music, we used to snag blues bands travelling between dates on the west coast and Chicago or New York or Toronto, and they'd play our club on a Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday night, maybe to only a dozen people, then the next day they'd go to the song writing centre at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park and record a few sides for the internet, then get on a plane next morning and head to their next show. These guys left their CD. It's a love song.