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Pukka stuff that is, I use it for hinges and chods.

The number of fish I have seen lost by anglers who didn't test their hooklinks before casting them out. It took me ages to find a good fluorocarbon hooklink, I was never comfortable with the knot to swivel. Even D-rigs I made sure I tied carefully as I found the inside of the hook eye could cause a flaw in the hooklink. I went to the extreme of tying the hook on, then forming the D from the tag, and whipping it in place with thread, very fiddly! The Spiderwire I have never found a problem with though, although I do use the Rapala loop knot to join the mainline swivel on rather than a blood or Uni knot.

That's where I found the 3 turn blood knot didn't stress the knot or hooklength. Iq's OK, but honestly the rigmarole stuff seems to be a bit different to the rest. A simple pull with tools straightens out with no need for steam!! It has to be made of a different material to the norm.

Funny but I never had it go at the knots when testing , always snapped in the middle of the length. Esp ghost / IQ / can't remember the others I tried, but I never cast any of them out just wasn't happy how little it took to snap them .

Sometimes I do wonder if it's worth it,but I do quite enjoy it, I think once I have a mix I am happy with I may get some made up for me though it is quite time consuming,

Got to work out if/how it will be connected to the main river and how I can get it fenced prior to stocking it. Big old adventure it will be but defo be worth it in the long term. Wont be hearing from him for another year minimum though.

@commonly ESP Ghost Soft was the worst for it, I never actually cast it out, just kept failing when I tested it. Simple grinner knot IIRC.

There are only two you can night fish which are fan and heapey no1. There are others with carp but they are harder fishing there's heapey no2 and no3 and also Birkacre country park big lake in coppull but there are only about 10 carp in there, I do fish it for tench my best tench from there is 7lb they do go bigger but I'm not sure how big. They do have a few more lakes in the Wigan area but I'm not sure if there's carp in them, I'll have a look at my ticket later and let you know. I know you used to match fish but do you bother fishing for any other speices now? 👍

Just don't leave Elwood asleep in his car seat while you have a little mouch around the lake if the sun suddenly comes out ! . ☹️