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I got myself a little adapter for my t4 so I can use the cheap canisters from places like b&m £4 for four.....

Cracking shots mate! Got some skills with the camera, they’d look great on canvas 👏🏻

Work party tomorrow morning on a club lake, then a good walk round the syndi late afternoon/evening. Supposed to be quite mild, so hopefully see something pop it's head out .Gonna use up the last 2kg of last years bait on a midweek session on my old club lake, hopefully 48hrs. There's a week left on the ticket My weekend is a bit staggered finishing off a job and doing a work party.... And what with the up and down weather we've had, The few walkabouts I've done have been pretty much fruitless. My season starts proper on Monday. By that, I mean, I can really start putting my head into my new waters..... Out with the old and in with the new.... Buzzing .

Is anyone on the bank this weekend? I'm doing a 24hr session today, 3 rods out with about 50 baits around them. I'm using the Nash instant action pineapple crush boilies in 16mm, can't say too much about them but got 15kg of them so hopefully they work 😂 good luck to anyone who's out this weekend 👍👍

I have used SuperNova, SuperSilk and Merlin for years and reckon Kryston are normally the best braids around. If I said I first started using Merlin in the 1990's and still have a spool or two in my tackle box even now would that say anything? I use them as a straight braided hooklink, and as part of a combi-link tied to 20lb plus Amnesia or Fluorocarbon. The first pic is Merlin straight through, the second SuperNova as part of a combi-link. I think from memory I had just got back from a session catching 5 decent carp on that setup, so cut the mainline above the tubing and rig to strip the line off the reels to replace it. Abrasion resistance on both is good, although as with any hooklink, check it for rubs and abrasion after any cast. Another advantage I found with Merlin is that you can splice the hook and swivel rather than knot them. I don't keep SuperNova in the box now, Merlin does what I need it to, and I have something like eight hooklink material spools in the box at the moment. A word on SuperSilk, while it is white, it takes on the colour of the lakebed, an overnight dye in a cup of tea or coffee sorts it if you don't fancy casting out a white hooklink. It is very thin for its breaking strain, so I worry about cutting the fishes lip. Strangely enough Jackal is the only Kryston hooklink I am not keen on. I found the outer coating would strip and break easily, although the hooklink itself was good. I landed a few fish on hooklinks that I had cast out with a short stripped section near the hook, yet when I got the carp in, playing through weed, the whole hooklink was stripped. Coated Braids I use Mantis (and Mantis Gold), and Snakebite. I work on a simple theory, if it ain't broke, don't fix it

From eBay, can't do a link on the tablet, but plenty of them on the bay from the UK for around£6 .... Mine took a while to arrive but I only paid£1.99 😋

Simply because it's un-carpy!!! You said it yourself 😊

The Webtex stove takes the screw on canisters, as does the TFG. I now prefer the butane/iso-butane propane Go-system or Cadac canisters over Coleman ones. Past couple of years the Coleman canisters don't seem to work as well in cold weather as they used to.

Stoves, clothing and even sleeping bags are worth looking at in camping shops. Why pay carp tax when you can pick up a Polar minus 12 degree sleeping bag in olive green for £80 as opposed to £150? The Webtex Warrior stove I linked to is cheaper than exactly the same stove in the Trakker name, but from a camping store, not a tackle shop.

Cheers B.C. , I did'nt know if theres something to look for on stoves that could be better than others ... apart from working , lasting and the flame

Always worth a look imo..... Especially for outdoor clothing.

Sunrise & sunset on the same lake different times of year

love this stuff...nice n supple...never not use a coated braid.

eBay. You'll find 6 cans for around £20

You won't be disappointed. Cracking bit of kit. Some things you buy and immediately think "how did I manage without this" and the t4 is one of them. A bit like the RidgeMonkey Duo bivvy light or Korda Tacklesafe. Best bits of kit I own.

Looking through pictures, found this one from June when on a flathead catfish sesh.