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I can’t remember the last time I cast without some form of pva around the hook..if I’m casting to infinity and beyond I just use a pva nugget around the hook helps with tangles. I use bags because I like you using liquids in a bag and helps if I’m not sure of the bottom, pva web for pellets chops etc and maggots in the winter esp web iv found the best it’s got a tighter weave helps against the mags escaping. If it’s raining I use a oil spray pump you get for frying in the kitchen couple of squirts around the pva helps keeping the moisture away If it’s very cold I leave the oils out as it slows down the pva melting

I use all at various times. Stringers for just boilies when I want a varied presentation; I can push boilies close together, touching, to slow down dissolve time and have 2 baits (or more) away from the hookbait, looking like a hookbait. I do use mesh for just boilies, but I can also add chops, pellets, dry or dampened Vitalin etc. I can tie it off at both ends, one end to the hook, and the other to the line above the lead, or just attach to the hook. I prefer bags around weed, when I'm not 100% sure that it will be right on the lakebed. A solid bag will, unless mega thick weed, get to the bottom and 'push' the weed down giving a presentation. This is where a small pop-up in a bag works.

Nice old thread cunningly resurrected I see . just for the hell of it , I use a Saber cool bag for my weekend grub stash , drinks & ice pack . My cooker and griddle comes in its own carry case and I also have a recently donated NGT plates & cutlery set in its own little case . More individual items to worry about but they’re all pretty small no don’t really affect the overall load . As an aside , I’m quite impressed with the Saber luggage in general tbh their 3 rod hold-all , ruck sack and general tackle bags large and small are all pretty good for the money . Must be quite a new brand as I don’t recall them in 2016 when I went into Fishing retirement.

In my experience, what looks like a mid-double can actually only be a scraper . I always refused to weigh fish that visibly looked smaller than my pb but recent experience, and I mean this year after my sabbatical, has had me thinking about it a lot . Size and weight aren’t really that important to me but the 2 fine fish I caught first time up on a day ticket were estimated to be mid-double and because I didn’t think they approached the , magic for many , 20 mark I didn’t bother weighing . I now think at least one of them at least may have been a twenty . Because since then on my new water Ive over and under estimated many Carp . I’ve taken to weighing every second or third fish now , when I’m lucky enough to catch that many that is , as some I’ve estimated at 13-14lbers have only actually been 9-10lbers. My last fish I estimated at about 16 and was in fact nearer 18 & a half . im getting a better idea of the size shape and general stamp of fish in my syndicate now so I’ll know when I get a big un . Where it gets difficult I feel is when you fish many venues rather than a regular water.

Well when I googled ‘lakes to lease’ this was the first hit https://www.fisheries.co.uk/forsale/ there are others though . Most are for sale of course but there are leaseholds available to find if looking thoroughly. Hope this helps.

There was a very small pond out in the sticks just near Southam for rent nice spot all fenced in and had been used for fishing, the guy that has it now put a caravan on site and cleared the pond out looks nice now, that was a road side sign put up by the farmer, farmlands would be your best option for price.

Lesser spotted dogfish! 🙄

try searching for fisheries 4 sale. There's several sites there. Mostly purchases, but occasionally leases come up.