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Apparently made/rolled by munch baits they sold their baits for about 50p a kilo.

Sonik reels have a bad rep, so It will be interesting to see if this one is the same as all the rest. Looks nice and has a big old retrieve on it. If they have got it right could be decent.But we might have to wait for @Higham1987 verdict on that one. RRP £89.99 with a finger stall.

On Ardleigh I tended to recast The Method every 5minutes for the first 30minutes then leave the last cast before hitting the sack. That way I had a decent bed of bait in the swim. I didn't always spod bait in, sometimes just relying on the recasts. I'd usually prebaited the area a day or so previously. As for PVA bags, stringers or mesh, I could just cast the once and leave it for the next day if I know it's on spot. If I'm not happy it is reeled in and recast. I'm not too worried about the occasional patch of bait elsewhere. A bag or mesh of pellets and crumbed boilies will get silverered. A few loose boilies in the area won't do much harm.

At £14 a kilo I'm never gonna try it.

Watching for the mouse or whatever that surfaced and dived back down. Something like that, although I don't actually write it down. I remember every swim and the distance from the original high water casting spot. I did message a mate this week after I got home: "After last night's phone dilemma, it crashed, I lost a carp this morning, hook pulled. Monster crab pop-up sliver on a coated braid Multi-rig. I'd played it from aiming at sneaky squirrel around 40metres. It ran right, so I waded out with my net, got it to go left, and it went past middle rod and hook just popped out. Not a good session. So upset I packed up a day early".

i managed to get out for the first time in over a year this week and did one rod on method and another on solid bags, method i recast every 30 45 mins or so and tried to hit the same spot but also prospected a bit with it. the solid bags i did about every 45 mins and always near the margin. solid bags caught me about 5 lovely carp over the course of 6 hours but the method only managed a skimmer during the same time frame. i do love the feeder set up though but must admit on my little local water thye solid bags work every time

Let's take this another level. Suppose you are fishing say the Method or Pva bags. How often are you recasting then?

So if someone read your fishing log which said , say " 15 wraps in line with Sneaky Squirrel " it would mean absolutely nothing to them ? . 😃

So has Sky been told off , or sulking , or intently studying the wildlife ?.

Your Daughter's rod , but she was at home with her Sister ? . 😁 .

Have a look at a specialist type barbel or specimen rod. Many have interchangeable quiver tips and a specialist tip and the backbone to deal with carp. I picked up the link for the Darenth Valley Tackle Box twin tip, but there are others available. https://tacklebox.co.uk/rods-en/specialist/specialist-rods/tackle-box-darent-valley-11ft-1-25lb-avon-quiver-twin-tip-rod/

Welcome to carp.com. If what you are doing works, take it onto other waters. As @kevtaylor says, the Method is underrated and underused. Years ago when I was fishing Ardleigh Reservoir in Essex, I used the Method, groundbait moulded around my lead, with the hookbait held in the groundbait ball by its 'stickiness'. It produced a number of big carp. Rigs confuse anglers, probably more than they confuse fish. The problem is anglers don't know they are confused and chasing their tails... Pop-ups, bottom baits, snowman, critically balanced, for each one there are a 100 rigs, and one rig to cover them all.

I ended May on a low, the phone issues, followed by a hookpull on a fish I'd been playing for a couple of minutes. However June starts today, and maybe with some more spawning to go. Let's hope it is a good month

few from last night on a tricky little park lake the boy got one too

That's Wile E Coyote... With Scotty dog, sneaky squirrel and cheeky pig to the right in order.

Yeh I think either way imma have the problem of being broken off by a carp there’s a few hundred carp ranging between 2-18 ibs if you have any suggestions please let me know 🙂

You might find something with twin tips that would work, the problem being any rod that is suitable for silvers will struggle with carp most silver fish are very fast feeders using the rod tip to set the hook needs a very light tip that's why feeder rods usually come with multiple tips, you would want something that is good for large perch and chub as well as silvers, that would be the sort of thing you are looking for.

That tree would make me a bit nervy

Hello guys I’m new to coarse fishing I’ve targeted carp mainly but I’m willing to get more into pleasure fishing I just don’t know what feeder rod to buy I have a budget of £150 and I need it to be able to handle little silvers to carp around 10-18 ibs many thanks in advance 😊

I wondered who was nicking my ready mixed Vitalin blocks...

Of course I assumed that went without saying, obviously you use what's best for the situation.

If they are having it then it really doesn’t matter if you throw a brick in if on top of bubblers I would probably prefer a catty a couple in rather than a brick lol if I’m fishing a bag then I probably wouldnt bother with anything else anyway. so yup what ever floats your boat.

Love watching Myles, he has a real style to his angling, always thinking and working it out and gets the job done,A great watch.

I use Airbombs or x spods as long as you hit the clip right they are both pretty stealthy compared to a spomb. I do use a pult or throwing stick also though if I just want to bait some boilies. Everything has advantages and disadvantages though. I mean you can just fish singles but most of the time "you gotta get the bait out somehow"