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I just get everything in brown and catch over weed, silt, gravel..... If you check your tackle in the margins you'll see over everything but the cleanest gravel it really doesn't make much difference. On really clean stuff I might use a fluoro leader but when we're fishing with fluorescent pink hookbaits what does it matter lol....

Tin hat time... Please don't get me started on Korda Kra... Seriously for years I used black tulip beads, black run rings, although now I'm using khaki coloured run rings. My leads are a flecked green, or brown, or grey, my hooklink swivels are black, although I must insist that some tackle manufacturer makes me a khaki green and brown flecked swivel... You think how many carp were caught on John Roberts rig beads, stiff tubing and uncoated leads, with a length of black Dacron and a bright shiny Drennan Super Specialist hook.

If you mould them around a corkball for pop-ups don't boil them for any more than 45 seconds. The base mix will expand and then leave a gap between corkball and boilie skin. You can air dry them for as long as you want, but don't over cook. In the ratios Hutch has recommended try Ground Trout pellet Baileys Number One Semolina Soya Flour Finely Ground Pigeon Conditioner I guarantee it works as that is the bait a mate of mine was using for a few years very successfully.

I confess to being a lazy git, so I nearly always leave waterproofing until I am on the bank. Check the weather, dry day and a can or two of Fabsil, bivvy up and spray.

For nylon shelters use Fabsil. For breathable materials e.g. Aquatex use Fabsil Gold. For any winter skins that will fit in the washing machine you can get Nickwax wash-in waterproofer, not quite as good as Fabsil but easier and cheaper. All this stuff works on waterproof clothing, waterproof sleeping bag covers etc.... and it is well worth doing.

yep!! i reccon i have got near enough a lifetime supply and all for nothing that is a useful bit of useless info Yonny, i let one dissolve on my tongue once and wondered why it left a floury aftertaste

True...probs just the way they market/advertise it...Korda still the best..🎣🎣