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20 is about manageable giving a favourable wind and a good size boilie

I can get 2/3 boilies at a time around 80metres in anything other than a headwind. A stick does have an advantage in that you can put in around 5 boilies in at a time rather than just one, so it can be faster than a catapult! Straight or curved, you have to find what works best for you. I can use straight and slightly curved, but get some of the more severe curves and I am baiting the margins or my feet...

I've got the straight harrison stick and the diem stick. Harrison one is naff in my opinion (not sure if they do a curved one now?). As for the diem one, I found mine to have ridges internally which in my opinion lead to baits splitting. If you want a carbon stick then my mate has the century one and swears by it. He fished a lake in france and was getting 20mm baits 140yds to an Island (it was still most of the time with occasional light winds aiding him). He also has I think a Frank Warwick stick (ACA stick) which he also rates highly.

With a life jacket on , pls. ? . 😀

Gutting mufty ... Lost a couple of fish over the year . Where a mussel had clamped on my line , & as the fights gone on .... ping . One of them was a lump at st John's proper gutted, still am now you've reminded me of it lol .

So am I mate 🤞 Proper mission getting it back out 250 yard paddle in a boat with a head torch 🚣‍♂️

Can I suggest you watch Julian Cundiff multi-rig on YouTube........ all will be explained if your thinking of using the multi 😉😬

Razor sharp mate ... bit of a mystery tbh . I've made a little tweek to the bait size before it went back out .

That's one way of putting it lol. They're ripped off.... they buy the the same bivvys from source and re-badge so yes they're identical. They're waterproof without the wrap buddy.

I know the feeling mate. Was doing a night at my dad's caravan sat night and had a screamer at 2 am. Something didn't feel right during the fight and when I got it close I realised there was a group of mussels the size of a football attached to the line. Had about 3 foot of tubing on and it was an inch above the tubing. Managed to get what looked at least a mid 20 mirror over the net and then ping. Didn't get the net up quick enough to trap the fish but was close enough for the lead to land in the net.

Lost one right on dusk 🙄... wasn't on for long, so couldn't of got a good hook hold ! . Still it's back on the money & hoping for a bit more luck . which seems to of deserted me of late.