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It does need renationalising. We should own our own utilities.

It doesn’t need re nationalising it just needs someone to treat it for what it is and not a commodity. The greens will try to ban it anyway as one of their members will just scream “blood sport” they already say they are against blood sports.

And the Green Party are otherwise extremely dangerous. Their 'progressive' policies are followed by people who have little or no common sense. Take into that what you will! There is no political party that actually has the common sense to run this nation; political parties are run to suit one group of people, and it is not the actual population.

There is only one political party that want to renationalise our water. To me it's simple people either want waste dumped in their rivers and to have our assets owned by billionaires or they don't. I think if we all stopped paying our rod licence the present government and most other parties would just ban fishing as a consequence sadly.

Just over 73metres? It might help if you are only reaching 60...

Yeah, if we all refused to renew our licenses on that basis, they'd have to act. Same for the road tax & the pot holes. & no doubt many other everyday essentials that we are constantly being ripped off for! There's no real party, or means, to get people power behind any such action, which in this day and age, is a real shame.

Do you think I'll be able to hit 20 wraps with it? I mean 12ft ones btw.

Well I stopped using it in mid 90's... funny no mention of it for sooo many years? Guessing new rods and reels have made it somewhat redundent now? AS @salokcinnodrog said: I'm the same, never sure if it made a difference on my casting. It seemed smoother, not as 'noisy', but I can or could cast a distance anyway.

Greased Lightning is brilliant, works really, really well. I used it on a water that needed big chucks and I reckon it put 10 yards on easily. Coupled with 10 lb line and a shockleader it felt like I could cast anywhere I saw carp! It's good for your line too. Eh? It's been a go-to for distance casters for probably 20 years or more!

Makes me think seriously about not buying a rod license the cover up by the environment agency was disgusting

It's fishing, and I am sure carp waters are affected by sewage. Some will have stream or river fed inlets, with possibly sewage treatment above them. In fact, just as I was writing this I thought of 7 venues and lakes in my local area that are nearby to sewage outlets on my local river. Our MP's continually voting against stopping sewage firms allowing outflow into our waterways is disgusting, as is the continued private ownership. Feargal Sharkey has explained on television how easily water companies could be nationalised again, without the water companies being 'compensated', their billion Pound demands.

PTFE would make sense. I noticed the oily compound when I put it on on the bank, might be why I stopped as I wasn't sure on what it was. I'm the same, never sure if it made a difference on my casting. It seemed smoother, not as 'noisy', but I can or could cast a distance anyway.

Not sure if this is the right section to post this in, but guess it gets the most views on here. I don't do faceache etc but if others do, this should be spread as much as possible. Recently watched the docudrama 'A Dirty Buisness' on C4, also remember Feargal Sharkey saying this for years about sewage etc being illegally discharged into rivers, lakes and the sea. Didn't take much notice until now, the situation is actually criminal, imo, and needs to be acted upon, not sure the EA come out in a very good light at all tbh. Another site that opens your eyes is the SAS, not the army one, but Surfers against Sewage, they now do a map showing discharge history in almost live updates... Certainly opened my eyes to what is actually going on!!!! No I am not a 'tree hugger' but blooming hell... this is bad

I used to use Greased Lightening for barbel fishing on the Lower Severn years ago. Not because I had to cast stupid distances but because it helped to smooth out the line when I was casting 3 or 4 oz feeders with a 1.75lb TC rod. It did leave a bit of an oily trail in the water though but as I only squirted it on the spool with about 20 foot already out, I didn't unduly worry about it. I believe it was made of some sort of PTFE compound.

Ah, that was it 👍, actually I did a google for it, apparently it is still available! I don't fish anywhere now that is not within my casting range, actually thinking back I wonder if it did make any difference when I needed a 'big chuck' but liked to think it might have tho 😃

I am of the load line slowly onto the spool wet, and it is tidy, doesn't tangle or cause me grief. Wet line casts more smoothly than dry line, and it is probably on recasts, soaked. I normally have a couple of casts to get it right, so by the time I cast properly the line is wet. I have used Kryston Greased Lightning and yes it does seem to make it cast even better, as well as appear to improve abrasion resistance.The old dropper bottles, I would put a line across the spool back to front, turn the spool 45⁰, same again, and again until I had done a full 360⁰. I have not used it for a few years though. One thing I did find was it seemed to make the line more buoyant.

Not sure what this gizmo actually is supposed to do, if you want to wet your mono before casting just tip water over spool? Years ago, remember a company - maybe Kryston?? - brought out drops to put on mono to help long casting, err never seemed to catch on 😄 Myself and @greekskii have often had - 'words' - in the past, but for me not worth falling out over tbh 👍 I do have to agree with his comment: I’m not sure I get the whole point of all this, but you cast line out and leave it in the water for hours on end. It’s well soaked up to the distance you’re casting anyway.

The amount of birds nests I have created with spod braid when rushing to get the rods out, probably a good shout,

I should probably pre soak my braid when I’m fishing at range. Sweatbands the obvious choice. not that I’ve fished mono for years but I always used to have a couple of casts without a hooklink to the clipped spot to ascertain the difference in feelings from the braided leading rod. So I guess line was wet already when it came to the casts that mattered. in terms of the OP and breaking strain was really my point with the soaking whilst fishing thing. If I leave my lines out for 24hrs and it reduced breaking strain you’d certainly know about it! can imagine a very good pre soak of any line but especially monos and fluoros would be beneficial when there’s a lot of algae floating about or sediment in the water as to not discolour it?

Having previously used the sweat bands before a session it does make a slight difference, it was nice to have pre soaked line as I do find it makes line smoother and better to cast with and perhaps slightly less springy. But yes once it's been out for a while it is essentially the same. I always pre soak my line before I put it on tbh just seems to make it go on the spool better maybe I'll dig the old sweatbands out for the big one 😱

Ouch very expensive sweat band

I’m not sure I get the whole point of all this, but you cast line out and leave it in the water for hours on end. It’s well soaked up to the distance you’re casting anyway. you’re always advised to soak before spooling so it becomes more supple.

That's why I only bought 1 to try it out. Damn expensive for what it is. I said so. Apparently they have a patent on it, otherwise one of the other tackle companies would do a cheaper clone.

If you use a thinner line it will definitely cast further. There is a safety margin you shouldn’t cross so a sacrifice must be made on either distance and not safety. couple that with the correct type action/taper rod it will go miles. I would rather use a thicker line and catch them under my feet than a thinner line and cast past them.