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I see the carp society has purchased Ashmead, always been somewhere I've wanted to wet a line . Been thinking of fishing Horseshoe again this year so interesting that they have purchased Ashmead.

You can't get sued buddy. They literally got busted. The court case only came to an end when the guilty parties agreed to pay all costs and todays board wrestled back full control of the Society. Unpaid. It is top heavy but this is to prevent what happened from happening again. Look at the names, you'll not find more trustworthy guys in all of carp fishing. I'm not a member and never have been but for me, 25 quid to get the chance to fish those waters alone is a bargain.

If Skeff was prepared to sell to someone that would do that, the fishery would have been offered for sale on the open market imo. Sell to the highest bidder innit. The fact the deal has been done so quietly says to me that Skeff had a buyer in mind to adopt his baby from the start. I'd expect them to run it exactly as it is now, but with Society membership a requirement. They're not so stupid as to purchase the place then destroy everything that makes it special imo. Give them a chance mate! Same mate, just one of those things I've never got round to.

Bit of a whirl wind weekend..... Friday was my 10yr wedding anniversary, managed to book the day off work Thursday night, so me n wife had a few drinks and a meal, but before all that, little en was asked to go to Manchester City Youth Academy for a try out... He was proud as punch when he came off at the end. Saturday, found out gonna be an uncle, sister is pregnant, about 9 weeks she says, going to specialist tomorrow. Today is little ens 12th birthday, setting off Manchester in about 20mins, got an activity day planned, something to eat then a tour of Manchester City Etihad Stadium.... He's hoping see 1 or 2 players....or even De Bruyne kit hung in Changing room.

I Soak it in water for 24hrs, putting the spool fully submerged in a bucket of water with a couple 5oz leads on top. Just make sure it comes off the right way and on to the spool when you tie it. Put it back in the water and pinned down by the leads so it can’t move and then load under pressure. I hold a towel in my hand and hold the line through it. do 20/30 turns and then stop, open the bail arm and see if the line comes off coiled or relatively straight. If it’s coiled up then flip the spool over and start again. Check again and it should come off the spool properly now 👍🏼

Thanks very much , everyone , for all your comments ; this makes my choice of line very simple . Now all I have to do is take more care loading my line , but I've watched Matthew Collins on YouTube , and I think I'm on the right track now . 😃

" The colour is great ... " - The Green you mean and not the Brown ? . 😃

Interesting I just assumed it would stretch less because it was stronger and thicker but I can see your point, I would like to try braid for zero stretch but its banned so until then I will carry on with hydrotuff and probably continue to not change it until it needs it,I did my backing for 1 spool of 15lb for 3 rods so it might be worth sticking with it I normally do but generally all it needs is a few rod lengths stripping off from time to time when it gets a little wavey,