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If we saw this in his collection 😉

Does that make you a purpvert 😂

Also, think I've got a Purple Bobbin Fetish... Using now... Sonik Litez In my bag ive got, below all with isotopes too... 😬😬 Think I need to off load a few. 🤣🤣

That's another reason I quite like the bigger ones, they don't make a carpet as such so they probably move more between bites and its more like feeding more boilies than smaller pellets

Did that yesterday...

Spot on mate... When I blanked I used to beat meself up mentally every time.. "why didn't I catch ? What could I have done differently ? Was I in the wrong spot ? Now if I blank... so what...? Since I took the pressure off I have caught more and enjoyed my sport from an aesthetic point of view taking more notice of nature and surroundings... enjoy the journey as well as the destination...👍

I think that is the key mate just to enjoy your fishing, then it doesn't get tough, it's just nice to be out 👍

Putting carbon on the back burner and fishing with vintage gear... best thing by far in all my fishing... I packed up match fishing and started fishing for myself once I stopped using carbon... now pretty much all my fishing is done with old gear... I doesn't catch me more... but I'm happier on my days out now the pressure is off

All right boys..... Right..... I'm thinking of a change in Alarms, if was too I'm looking at Sonik Gizmos or Delkim TXI's... £260 - 3x Gizmos n Receiver ALL BLUE £400 - 3x Delkim TXI plus bite alarm - ALL Purple Receiver x 1 NiteLite Pro hanger x 3 - Purple Duo carb x 3 Carbon snag ears x 3 Quick release feet kit x 3 As tomorrow its my Birthday and I've told the Wife, I'm selling my alarms and few other bits and looking for new alarms.

Different principles imo. Pellets are awesome for attraction but they breakdown so quickly that they cannot elicit the same type of feeding response. They'll get them grubbing around on the spot but they'll not get them moving around picking up baits. I think using both is the best option.

I use a lot of pellet with my boilies, I tend to buy the biggest I can get as I think you get more bang for your buck, I am using 17mm ones now, not only are they great because you can just mix them with boilies and pult the lot out together but they don't break down for 48 hours meaning if you are prebaiting with them they wont just be mush by the time they find them,and they are nuisance resistant, but if you have a ridgemonkey boilie crusher, you can also crush pellets in it making a whole variety of bits which are ideal for bags etc, they are also good for taking on liquids,

True dat... Lately using 8mm Pellets putting 2 on banded hair rigs, that's what I'm catching on, with a mesh Bags attached. I've started to use as little tubing as possible maybe about 6inch inserted into XL Soft tail rubber.

Gemini do a good curve hook the Aquiline Hooks, not sure on their other patterns but the aquiline is very robust.

But can it do a Mars Bar

If you look at the bottom of the pic you can see an artist painting the sunset using a easel her painting was a lot better than my pic. We had a picnic a good drink and a bit of a laugh which she said she needed.

Evening mate ..... your actually better off having less wraps on your spod... depth of water will dictate how many wraps short your need to be . The lead / rig will swing back towards you on a tight line as you feel it down. The deeper the water the further it will swing back towards you . 1ft back in every 3ft of water won't see you far away 😉

Any bait manufacturer had to take a hit over the past 18 months, as would their suppliers of ingredients. It was suggested up-thread that this could be seasonal, but if it's a significant price drop (and sustained) it might be a desperate move to keep their suppliers afloat. Without the companies producing the ingredients, there is no boilie business, so a strategic sacrifice. If dropping bait prices brings fishermen back to their product then it's a win.