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Some if the highlights of my recent session the not an upper double 20lb 2oz this was no 10 looking at that paddle I am not surprised it went like a train

Ok I'll stick with some foam, cheers fella I will have a search and read through

Elmo , the 2nd photo , my Wife wants to know " does he look at his Wife like that ? " . Oh , also my Wife thinks you look a little like Ross Kemp . 😁

The aniseed is definitely an attractor, smells very nice to me. I used to get split bags of whatever Pigeon mix when I was working at Gladwells, never minded which I got, they all worked, you just had to check if there were large seeds or maize in there and be sure to soak and boil if there were. Pigeon mixes, Chicken corn, whichever all work. The pigeon mixes do tend to have a few extra goodies in, for conditioning pigeons (d'oh😁), whereas chicken corn is maize, whole and split, grain and usually a bit of rapeseed.

That sent Me on a bit of whirlwind googling that I discovered lots of different pigeon mixes that may be worth a try 👍

I use Verselle Laga garlic oil bird food in some of my baits. Good additive in my pop-ups, but it does stink a bit!

Well I am now home had to stop and get some bread and milk, thought it best to also get Mrs Putney some flowers as fish no 10 made an appearance, just as I had started packing away, I had just turned my reciever off didn't realise one of my alarms was silent, luckily I heard the bang as it pulled out the clip and the bobbin hit the rod, fish 10 was the common to prove me wrong, battled all the way in and really tried to get himself free spent ages going through every pad stem and even round and round some rushes, clever one that one, it knew how to get free, must have beaten someone before as when I got it in and unhooked it I thought thats odd my rig isn't attached turns out he already had a hook plus mine, 2 hooks removed another mid double common but another pretty one pics to follow later on, All in all that was a mega session alright, don't think I will fish that lake again though, it was fun once but its exhausting, I don't feel I got enough time to relax 😁 But I tried a few different hookbaits a few different rigs and my conclusions are, you can catch them on any rig if they are preoccupied with feeding as long as it presents correctly not a concern, d rig kicker rigs tended to get the best hook hold though but 10 fish hooked, 10 landed so no major concern, I even used the same wafter and rig for 2 fish couldn't get the Hat trick on it though 😁

Preview of Jonny 5 all 20lb 2oz of him those 2 ounces have got rid of a big old weight around my neck I was starting to think I could only catch mid to high doubles 😩

This one was no 4 another common about 15lb I actually got the camera set up for no5 📸

Considering I've tripped on them, kicked them I think they are pretty straight today 😁 Im now having my first cuppa been a slow tea day so far 🍵

Still in carnage mode 😁

It's been a funny old start im a bit slow today things are being silly, but cast my second rod over the spodded area, whilst still setting the bobbins it ripped off, knarly old common 16lb so I've had one and I still haven't had breakfast 😁