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Good time to sell my Ridgemonkey bivvy then - any takers? Thought not lol

Welcome to Brexit Britain The cost of everything has skyrocketed since then,

Sorry I don’t concern myself with politics too much . Not only do I not understand most of it but I fail to see how a item of fishing tackle manufactured in and imported from China is affected by the fact that we aren’t in the EU any longer ?

Yes we may still be in the EU and getting cheaper fishing tackle 😉

not sure how politics have become fishing tackle. and life would be so different under any of the other lying parties….

They are all in it together, why arent they taxing the super rich and closing tax loopholes rather than raising national insurance, a windfall tax was mentioned but never happened, Why do they all still have lucrative 2nd jobs? Why did they give dodgy PPE Contracts to pub landlords and chums ? How did Jacob Rees mogg know when to sell his shares in Russian companies? Why are the sanctions taking so long to impose? Why do we have a Russian media mogul as a lord? How is Gavin Williamson getting knighted? Why is Boris Johnson still Prime minister after all of the scandals that follow him? They are all in it together, it's a class war and we are letting them win whilst we argue about petty trivia that the media spoon feeds us daily, they rule by keeping the people poor and stupid, why are schools so underfunded (obviously apart from private schools because those donations are tax deductable )? This World is in a lot of trouble at the moment and it's all caused by the greedy few not the decent many

It is the elephant in most rooms, but it doesn't seem to be delivering what they promised it would

I didn't want to bring it up but you're dead right mate 👍

All fishing tackle has rocketed sadly... to be fair a lot of it is greed with no earthly reason for adding a phone number to the price of a mundane bit of kit Example... trakker kettle... £19... go outdoors £4.99 their gas stoves... £44... Bulin stoves from Amazon (same stove) £25... you gotta shop around... Some of NGT stuff isn't bad (luggage mainly) but don't bother with their rods or terminal gear Bank Tackle is good on price and quality, New Direction isn't bad either...

I had to take a detour past a lake on a nature reserve yesterday because a section of the lake I was intending to look at was closed for nesting birds. I decided I would sit in the bird hide which overlooks the lake and watch for a bit. My rustiness for carp angling was very noticeable because I kept mistaking pond skaters for carp basking like an idiot. However, eventually I saw what I thought might be a fish so I decided to shin about 20 feet up a tree to have a look - initially I tried to climb on the roof of the bird hide but the plastic roofing wasn't very strong and my foot nearly went through it. Sure enough, there was a carp skirting the reeds and heading straight to the bird hide. Then another joined and I was faced with the prospect of a couple of carp swimming around a lake which is very much no fishing and has no signs of activity other than an active log sheet in the bird hide. Not one to be deterred, I decided to hack my way through the undergrowth around the end of the lake furthest from the bird hide. However, I wasn't doing this because I solely wanted to find more fish. I wanted to find the positions of the lake which the bird hide cannot see. I was also looking for places to bury/stash gear so that I don't have to take much with me when I finally decide to poach the lake. There's nothing those crusty old farts with binoculars can do about it. My advice to you would be to adopt the same mindset as me. Channel that childhood mischief you almost certainly once had and fish it regardless of what some chump with a clipboard says. Treat it like a military operation. Gaffa tap some knackered old rods and reels high in large trees, and dig out holes to stash gear in and then put a false lid on it. Tie bricks to some old stainless and submerge it in the margins/reed beds. I would recommend that you phone the council or whoever own it and ask when the work parties or volunteer days are so that you can avoid fishing during this period. Learn to speak broken English in a foreign language so that you can pretend you couldn't read the "NO FISHING" sign properly. Do anything other than not fishing the lake. You clearly want to else you wouldn't have made this thread. Time to grow a pair and do it. What's the worst that can happen?

Is it my imagination but has the cost of Carp fishing gone through the roof recently ? Ive had a 6/7 year sabbatical from the game , as some of you know , and I went round to my parents old place where my brother still lives at the weekend to get the majority of my Carping gear which he’s been storing for me . To my disgust , some of it has gone walkies , Nephews and the like who have ‘ borrowed’ bits and pieces and never returned em . For example my very nice Cyprinus cradle has gone missing and in its place a tatty looking old Nash Hooligan unhooking May has just appeared in its place … and that’s not the only thing . So you fellas can expect a series of “which ?” Threads from myself in the next few weeks as I try to replace stuff that has gone for a hike. Now , my decision to go from a 2 to 3 rod set up means having to shell out for extra stuff anyway but the prices are ridiculous are they not ? I have admittedly picked up a couple of bargains recently on eBay , some Free Spirit rods and a 3rd Fox Alarm . But Bank Sticks for example . I need 6 . Circa £20 a pop ffs ? My JRC sti 2 man . As much as I love it it’s too damned heavy for me to lug around these days and my arthritic hands have all sorts of trouble setting it up as anyone who’s owned one can probably imagine , SO I’m on the lookout for a Brolly system . Have you SEEN the price of a half decent one these days after buying the other ( usually pretty necessary) bits to go with it ? £400 upwards maybe ? Im on the lookout for another Daiwa reel to go with my other two . They’ve been discontinued now but still crop up on the auction sites now and again and £50+ opening bids don’t even reach their reserve . I didn’t pay that for em knew ffs 🤦🏼‍♂️ ONE Stow indicator , second hand , £20+ …. Am I over reacting having been away for a while or are tackle firms taking the pee ?