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Hello, Does anyone know if a finished 14mm cork ball pop rolled with a 10mm cork ball will hold up a hinge or chod rig? All the places I know that sell them only do them in 16mm. I was thinking about making my own and don't want to waste money on hardware if 14mm finished hook baits are not up for the job. Thanks

If it helps I got a good deal by going on ebay, total fishing tackle, got a £25 off voucher £169 rather than £194.99

Kryston as they say is so 90’s lol Fortunately as it’s not in your face everywhere on line it stays on the few shelves that stock it so it becomes relatively easy to find. not sure if it’s still the same stuff as years ago though.

I nearly bought one on Sunday then the wife said you already got 2 of them poles lol

Today I lashed out and bought a Nash Bushwhacker.

This is hopefully the Feargal Sharkey explanation of how it doesn't cost a penny:

Good point.... it's 30 years+, not 20. A quick Google finds it's mentioned on pretty much every angling forum out there (not just carp) from 20 years ago through to present day. It's available from all the major tackle shops. A season mixing with lads on any proper distance water will tell you it's quite widely used. As @salokcinnodrog said:

I have shown you the only party that wants to fix this issue. It's up to you whether you want to keep having sewage dumped in rivers now. I'm not getting into another debate about politics. We also can't afford not too.

We can’t afford to buy it back.. unless it’s a compulsory take back but that aint gonna happen either as too many rich people have their fingers in the trough.

That may be true, but that does NOT excuse their other idiocies. David Paulden, sorry, Zack Polanski as he changed his name to, is dangerous. Remove the UK from NATO? NATO and the UN are at least holding the American Idiot back a little bit. Subsidise net zero energy even more? When as yet both solar and wind power are not technically viable. Convert farmland for food into solar farms? Fine, OK, then add in the pylons across the country to the towns. Wind farms in the North Sea? Brilliant, you still have to cable the electricity to the land, and more pylons across the country. Populism does not make for common sense.

They are the only ones who offer the solution you wanted ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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.