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the syndicate im fishing atm has had KHV and was brought in by a match angler as the lake next to ours is a match lake and is connected via a drain when I joined it last year i decided not to fish any other venues until id finished on this 1 as its the only way i can be 100% sure im not spreading the disease and when i do move on ill give the fishery my old slings nets and matts and get new 1s

My bivvy has a broken rib...…………... Ian

While I totally agree that dipping mats, nets and slings can help, drying them out totally is also a requirement, and not flitting from venue to venue does also help as in most British summers it is rare to get good enough hot dry weather and UV light to kill the virus. This year is an exception! Another part of the problem is of course fish movement, legal and illegal. I have written in the past about fish being moved from fishery to fishery by ignorant 'anglers', fish theft or even 'legitimate' movements within a club. I have seen carp moved from a small park lake into a syndicate lake (now lost to most anglers), seen fish moved from the river Gipping and put elsewhere, into some quite high profile fisheries (not under current managements approval I must add) as well as other local lakes. These fish movement comments have made me enemies locally as I have stood up to those doing it, and named and shamed them locally and nationally.

I like your thinking mate..... You never know, it could be where I plopped my free offerings 😁………. It's not a very big place, that pic represents about a third of it and I don't take much notice of the wind on small places like this. But with the weed dying and the bit of algae I mentioned, I recon any where with a slight ripple will be my best bet...

3 out this evening. 2 tiddlers for me but a new pb for Lydia. 23lb mirror. Get in!!

Just seen this on the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-44783433