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What is easier to push, a light barrow or a heavy barrow? Any weight saving is a bonus

It's only a few pounds here and there if you consider them as individual items. You need to consider the whole package. When we save 4 kg going from stainless to titanium or ali bankware, 5 kg on the lightweight bedchair, 3 kg on the lightweight sleeping bag, 5 kg on the lightweight shelter, and then start to work on all the bits and pieces, you end up saving 25 kg which when you take the mobile approach to angling is well worth doing imo.

I just repeated the clip and slowed it down 10 times using a camera and fast shutter speed. Although the bait is only very briefly in the "mouth" you can see that the point of the hook bangs the side very aggressively twice before ejecting. If that doesn't nail a fish nothing will

I use a size 4 when fishing with prawns mate. You could go smaller and use a smaller piece of prawn but I will generally use a whole one.

That is correct my friend, I remember it well from my miss spent youth as a punk.😂😂 But they weren't half good times.😁👍

Sensor is one of the best lines out there, far better than more expensive brands. I have played fish in and out of lily beds, round snags, even round buoy chains and landed fish. It also casts well, I used to cast around 120metres with 15lb line on 2.75lb SP's. ALL mono is stretchy, between 15-25% before it gives way, and there are worse than Sensor. If I hadn't been given some Gardner Pro to test by Richard Gardner I would still be using it in preference to any other line.

Well sounds like you've been there, done it and got the t-shirt, fair play. Your experience will help us all I'm sure 👍

make a boilie or homemade paste as normal or buy a readymade paste but don't boil it. it will breakdown then.

Nothing wrong with them I’m not talking about the helisafe kit

First of all Crucian, you have put your finger on the only downside of using this rig and that is you have to tie a new one every time you need to replace the bait. I actually tie the rig the other way round. First I take a length of the most supple braid I can find. I tie on the hook using a half blood knot to a straight eye or spade end knot if it is an offset eye. Then I thread on the pop up and push it towards the hook. I then add a shot between hook and pop up so that it is just enough to turn the pop up to make the hook hang below it but not enough to sink the pop up. I would use putty but it is hard to find in local shops here. Sometimes, just the weight of the hook is sufficient. It depends on how buoyant the pop up is. The hook pattern does not matter too much but I suspect an offset point might help. I used to think that the gap of the hook should be half the width of the boilie to avoid snagging the line hanging down the side of the boilie but in practise an even a bigger gape never snags. I have done a lot of sucking and blowing with that “artificial carp mouth” to test this. The line is then tied to whatever weight you are using. I tend to use 70 grams inline but the type is not critical. The length of line between the boilie and weight needs to be the distance above the bottom you want your pop up to fish. If I am really honest I rarely use pop ups because most of my fishing is over clean ground and I seem to get more takes on a bottom bait. However, I use a very similar rig which is modified to work on the bottom. I rarely miss a take because it is self-hooking. If you have a 20 mm boilie and the bend of the hook is 20mm below this, the hook describes a huge 40mm arc inside the carp’s mouth. It is virtually impossible for it not to find a hook hold. As I say in the video, the sudden movement the carp feels inside its mouth causes it to bolt immediately. There are no tentative bites, they are all one toners. I hope someone finds this useful. In reply to Snowmanstevo, the whole thing has been filmed using the slow motion feature on my 'phone. The hook whips round quite quickly in real time giving the carp no chance to blow it out.

I found medium for 6, large for 4 Size 5 I think Was either 😁 Only thing I find annoying about the d rig bits is the fact it's not easy to get a swivel or bait screw over the top, if you spot a large ring bait screw I would be interested

Mind you perhaps the biggest and most significant saving has been my own! A new eating plan and exercise has resulted in a near 2 stone weight loss!

Eric Morecambe on Fishing.....he was a flyfisherman I read the book in the 80s found it in a bookshop read 30 Pages then went onto the next 2 bookshops reading it then finished it in the library on the same day so so funny.