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I use the same rod for marker and spod/spombing. https://www.carpfeed.com/fishing-advice/how-to/carp-hack-the-two-loop-trick Tying this knot makes it easy to switch between the two without have to reconfigure every time. I also use some sea fishing size American Clips to attach the spod/spomb as it makes it easier than fiddling around with the smaller diameters of the baiting devices.

No that's not right. Micronized corn looks like cornflakes, it is used in lots of mixed feeds for dogs, horses, sheep, cattle etc. It looks like corn flakes! its precooked to help release all the goodness and the rolled and dried. Many thousands of tonnes are fed to carp asis every year. But if in doubt soak and boil!. If you re boil micronized corn you lose all the sweetness, protein etc.

If you only want to feed it, buy flaked maize [micronized] as there is no need to cook it as its already cooked.

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.