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Cheers Kev. 👍

For comparison, I'm 6ft with a 34 inch waist, bought the Large which fits OK but could also have gone for the XL You will not be disappointed with these - so warm, you'll not need the coat.

Thanks Yonny. 👍

Maybe, but to be clear, propolis does not contain honey. It's a completely different substance.

I know honey itself is one of the healthiest substances available. There are a few c&p's coming: Due to honey's high sugar concentration and acidic pH level many microorganisms cannot grow in it Honey is a folk treatment for burns and other skin injuries. Preliminary evidence suggests that it aids in the healing of partial thickness burns 4–5 days faster than other dressings, and moderate evidence suggests that post-operative infections treated with honey heal faster and with fewer adverse events than with antiseptic and gauze.[103] The evidence for the use of honey in various other wound treatments is of low quality, and firm conclusions cannot be drawn. Antibiotic Honey has long been used as a topical antibiotic by practitioners of traditional and herbal medicine.[108][109] Honey's antibacterial effects were first demonstrated by the Dutch scientist Bernardus Adrianus van Ketel in 1892.[110][111] Since then, numerous studies have shown that honey has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, although potency varies widely between different honeys. Sorry about the Wikipedia numeric references left in place, but Wikipedia was the easiest place to confirm my own understanding. Mind you I WILL NOT be covering hookholds in honey, I love it too much on toast or with peanut butter in sandwiches, (blame my daughter Lily for that one). The other thing with honey is that supermarket honey has been found to be 'fake', so I always get mine from a local supplier; an honesty box in Tattingstone (Baz's Bees) or greengrocers who have another local supplier. Would set or runny be better for hookholds?

Probably doesn't help at all but I'm 6 ft 4 and got XL. They fit fine, if anything slightly too big which I like. This is off the Fortis website: Size Guide Elasticated Waist (inches) S: 30″ M: 32″ L: 34″ XL: 36″ XXL: 38″ XXXL: 40″ Inside Leg (inches) S: 29.8″ M: 30.8″ L: 31.8″ XL: 32.8″ XXL: 32.8″ XXXL: 32.8″

I don't think that's 100% accurate. I had a look at the report that this article is based on when it was first published and (I think*) I recall it was looking strictly at propolis products rather than all carp care treatments. I have mentioned several times on here, way before this stuff was published, that I question the use of propolis in angling. The use of propolis originates in koi keeping. It creates a barrier on the wound to lock out any nasties rather than act as an antibacterial/antifungal solution (although dodgy marketing from the tackle firms would have you believe otherwise). This barrier effect is fine when a koi is living in a posh pond with clean, filtered water with controlled salinity. Not so fine for a carp lake - my opinion is that you risk locking nasties IN to any wound. There are other (non-propolis) carp care treatments options available that are genuine antibacterial/antifungal treatments. How effective they are is open to debate but one thing is for sure - they cannot do any harm to the fish. Even if it washes off straight away you can be safe in the knowledge that the hook-hold or wound was completely free of anything that could result in infection when you send mr carp home. My overall opinion is: we don't really need to use treatments, but if the right treatment is used, it cannot be a bad thing. Propolis is actually the "mortar" that bees use to build there hives! I think it's a mix of beeswax, bees spit, and plant resin. Clever little [censored]s aint they!

I used to fish a little place in France and the fish mouths and bodies were always immaculate. Just using an iodine solution. you could see where the fish had been mouth hooked before as there was a yellow mark around the hook hold.

Hi, I'm looking to buy the Tundra salopettes by Fortis online. I Would like to know what size fits best for a person that is about 5.9ft tall, 30 inch leg and 15 stone. Does anyone have these thats's a similar size to me? Cheers.

I go back to my previous comment about water quality, if the water is good the fish will heal naturally. I did think that maybe the propolis may be good, being as it's made from honey and used by koi keepers I believe but even that sounds un-proven in the report. A baillif in Belgium asked me to treat the hookhold of one whilst we were about to take pics, thankfully I had a kit with me.

I was reading through the thread that I think Andy ( @crusian ) started on Carp care treatment and recalled the advice not to use them from a scientific perspective. If anyone is interested here is a link to the webpage: https://www.ukfishingschool.co.uk/post/carp-care-liquids I must confess, I did stop using Kryston every time as I was wondering about whether it worked as 'it says on the tin'. I have had a couple of recaptures, and spoken to other anglers who have caught fish I had caught and I can honestly say of those fish there is no apparent mouth damage, and a few of them have been out regularly.

https://youtu.be/7bL7Zjcxa54?is=rWWvadn-Z2SNBYH1 nick helleur has it right. I believe things were better back then too .

Now this has made the forum even better for me. A bikers chat 👌 I've had my 1998 Yamaha thundercat since 2016 . Been all over the uk on her , been through great times and bad times and she's carried me through heartbreak and a divorce . Many great friends and family have been made because this old girl. Bikerlife 🖤

Amen to that 👍

TBH, Chilly is my favourite angler. I remember when he did a monthly column in Carpology and it all just made sense. The first time I met him was @ Sandown years ago and I got him to sign my books. He was there with Lynn. I remember it clearly because I had on a Nash brown hoody which his wife Lynn complimented me on. Chilly just stopped dead in his tracks, looked at her with a puzzled/annoyed look, made a comment along the lines that it was a Nash hoody, turned back and continued his signing. 😜 I've met him a few times since at shows, but never on the bank. One of the few people in fishing (along with Jeremy Wade) I'd love to sit down and have a pint with. His new video is great too.

Is that more commonplace because of the amount of people fishing nowadays ?? could also be we are less tolerant nowadays as we get older victor meldrewitus. the other problem is “get on the fish” promoted by the “stars” so if fish are in 1 corner everyone wants that corner or as close as they can get to it. i just start the boat up and get moving sod the carp fishing nowadays lol

Thanks mate, I'm blown away tbh 😎👍

The lack of etiquette now does seem to be more commonplace on all waters. I grew up fishing a club venue in Suffolk, as kids we knew the serious carp anglers, or were social specimen anglers ourselves and everyone gave each other respect. It may be that the club rules were strict enough to avoid conflict, although match anglers ruled the roost. The early 1990's I fished Taverham and although day ticket there was no major trouble. I didn't notice any problems until I fished Weybread and first met a particular person who still has a reputation even today, despite his big fish record. In the 'That Guy' thread I mention the courtesy that is on my syndicate now that someone is no longer a member. The 'swim jumping' has pretty much stopped, and there is less back biting than when that person was a part of the syndicate, and the occasional numpty gets nurtured. It may be that as I tend to fish weekdays I avoid those numpties, but when I have done weekends, 5 anglers on 40odd acres with spread out fish mean there are few conflicts.

Now that's what you call a carp @kevtaylor. Well done.

Call me crazy, but I think you guys are looking back with rose tinted glasses. Imo you always had guys that lacked etiquette. I don't think that's changed at all. Obviously it depends on the waters you fish, with day tickets tending to attract such characters (as they always have done). On every single decent syndicate I've been on, kn*b heads have been few and far between. Yes you always find the odd one, but most are sound. I personally find it refreshing to find that most youngsters are a pleasure to bump into on the bank. They remind me of me when I was there age.

I said if you were lucky! It rained heavily all day, and I had to resort to putting my ski jacket over the top. That pike was 18lb and was caught on 12ft North Western 2¼lb rods. I think that the smile says everything for a wet day in the late 1980's.

I remember a 'sort of quilted themal onesie' I had from Catchum, it actually did the job..... however that was in my younger days! 😁 Think that really sums it up for me too, unfortunatly can't turn the clock back, have to enjoy the time on the bank hopefully away from too many kn*b heads 👍

Just back from 2 nights on the syndi, first session on the big lake and I only went and had one at 23.30 on the 2nd night. Made up with it at 35.02 and a proper one. Dont know what I've trodden in but feel like I'm having a run of good luck, long may it continue🤞

I've moved this into UK Carp fishing as I think it's worth more than NCB. I can go back to carp fishing in the 1980's when 'the rise' was on it's way. From Mitchell reels that were easy to clean and re-oil, to Daiwa Ab1350's which I won and used for float and tench fishing, and onto Abu Cardinal Ultracasts, the rear drag made fishing 'spool runner' possible, then the Shimano Baitrunners. North Western rods, which I would prefer over many more modern available brands, Century Armalites, mk.l and ll. As for brollies, making your own overwrap from a tarpaulin and then being able to get a proper branded overwrap to go over a 50inch umbrella. Clothing, life was cold in winter, although most of my winter fishing was for roach and pike. A tanksuit, that if you were lucky was actually waterproof. What irritates me is the lack of courtesy and etiquette in fishing now, and it has become a 'sit behind the rods' at all costs, often missing out on stalking and floater fishing. A rise in commercialism, waters and media I think have killed the mystery. As for tackle shops, as much as possible I prefer to go into the shop, although if I do have to order tackle online I prefer to use Tackle Box in Kent and Johnson Ross in Hoddesdon, both of which I have been in. I am lucky though, I do have 3 very good tackle shops within 5miles of my flat.

V easy to I'm of the same generation mate, and while it's easy to reminisce, I can also remember the not-so-good stuff. Worst of all being the rubbish clothes we wore for winter fishing. I honestly believe I put myself at serious risk back in those days. Boys will be boys though. Let's face it, most of the tackle was absolutely pants. In modern angling you can choose your approach and I maintain many of the values I did when I started. But now I have decent gear. Ergo, it's the best of both worlds for me.