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Personally I can't stand all the the restrictions & am fortunate enough to have a venue with only EA rules, which are not really monitored. Nuts, fake plastic baits, shelfies, no surface fishing, bait boats, etc. etc. it seems that alot of these products come to market, everyone buys them & then most venues ban them??? Whilst I appreciate fish safety is paramount, a bad angler should be shown the way by the bailiff or fellow anglers. Or told in no uncertain terms that they should take up a different hobby!!

Nowhere near the serrated bend geezer, just good beads 😉😉😉

At least they should come out of your thumb easier than barbed one's

Totally agree. No one is born knowing everything and I think it's a very poor show when experienced anglers wont pass on tips to new comers to the sport. The amount of times I asked other anglers questions when I was new to carp fishing and was ignored or even lied to in an attempt to dissuade me from fishing at certain venues is shameful, now I answer any question asked to some one new to fishing even if its (apart from areas I've been prebaiting) what bait or tactics I'm using.

I have no problem with rules... What annoys me is when folks blatantly flout them... Or ... They are not policed... Too many times I see a bailiff wander round take the money and disappear into his/her hut and not check rigs etc... If you are gonna have a boardfull of rules, at least have the decency to ensure they are adhered to.. This would at least give them validity and deter future rule breaking as word gets around....

Totally agree mate - really winds me up when good gear gets banned (think braid, nuts, retainers, floaters etc) because bad anglers misuse them!

Nah, shelfies are MASSIVE in Europe dude. It's only really the UK that are obsessed with freezer baits.

Pop up rig using a 6 with a 14mm "ting tong" pop up. After trying to get those hook stops on, my eyes have gone wonky 😖😖😖

My biggest concern is that nothing has tested my barbed hooks recently....... these barbless may not get the workout I'm hoping for 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Thanks for the info yonny 👍

I'm already sponsored by "Blankum Baits".... 😢😢😢😢😢

Not a combi mate. 15lb n-trap with a little bit stripped back at the weight. They are nice and snug, not going to move........ And I did draw blood from my thumb 😢😢😢

Was using bank tackle's curved shank barbed Yonny. Nothing wrong with them, just wanted to give these "gripz" barbless hooks a run out, as the lake we're fishing in France has a barbless only rule mate.

My "go to" blow back bottom bait rig, tied with the 4's. Not such an aggressive inturned eye as my usual hooks so had to incorporate aligners. On "looks" I'm 100%confident

A couple winters ago it was in all the mags that an angler had taken apart a tricky water by watching where the iced thawed first, indicating the warmest area of the lake. He then fished it and had numerous big fish. Can't remember his name though. I've done something similar but on a commercial.

They go up to 16 mm in corkballs and bottom baits, and 17 mm in crushed cork pop ups. They're made from a standard basemix with a fancy curing process so even though they're well dried I don't think they could withstand serious attention form Poisson Chat mate.

Pm me your address mate x

I'm supposed to be heading down to kent on saturday but weather depending I might just go down the local. Although no decent perch to go at in my local.

Go prepared and enjoy!! Lucky [censored], trying to get a pass for mid Feb

I cant do crocs.....its a pride thing....... lol

Its been 3 weeks today that my rod went in for new replacement eye...surely it doesn't take this long...phoned n txt with no reply all week so far.

I tried that on a pit a few years ago. Blanked for months 🤣