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I'm not one for dropping leads, rarely found the need even on very weedy waters. I am as close to my rods as possible, and have my alarms sensitivity very high on my Delkims (other vibration alarms are available). Try not to let the fish get into the weed in the first place, stepping back to strike and play fish helps, and can actually pull them 'off balance'. I had one fish last season that as I struck you could see it turn on its side as I had unbalanced it, and 2minutes later it was in the net, a 23lb common that usually fought much better. Admittedly I was fishing about 10metres out, so it never really got up any steam. Hook size, I'm usually on 4 and 6's, and bait in weed tends to be balanced to just lift the hook up, so buoyant, but not mega pop-up. In the weed short hairs, bait tight to the back of the hook, so a D-rig, ring on the shank or multi-rig. Personal opinion, I found a standard Ronnie rig too heavy. The counterweight could pull the hook and bait down into the weed, reducing hook-ups as the hook is masked.

I've found Raja store in Cavendish Street, Ipswich to be good for semolina, flours and other reasonably priced base mix ingredients. My first hand rolled boilies were ingredients from there (semolina, soy) and some fishmeal from Copdock Mill. I seem to remember catching on them too. Doesn't have to be carp taxed to work.

I managed to bend my old distance sticks last week, so I bought some NGT DELUXE ones for £12 have to say they are pretty good for the price seem solid aluminium have cnc cut bits in them, slimline (standard pencil thickness) not a bad set of sticks for the money.

Sounds pretty much like my day im at the hospital at the moment then gonna go get some tackle from the store then get back to the peg i was on yesterday and see if they are still wanting to play out

Personally I'd fish locked up and sit on your rods. Don't give them an inch of line.

Yesterday myself and a mate were out.... Our lake has snags running down the left side. Mate - Red, Me - Yellow He skipped the 1st peg and went into the 2nd peg, just to get the Angle to pull/bully/walk back with the fish on.... He managed 3 bites, but each was a lost fish, he did everything right, locked up, sat on rods....the lot. 18lb Line, Heli setup, size 4 hook, slow sinking corn.