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Got a cracking 30 common first morning then the crowds arrived and pressured the area and they did the off. Kept it secret squirrel so no pics till I report it to the syndi, sorry 🐳😎👍 Get in 🙂

First night of the season last night. It was a lot colder than I expected. There was ice on my unhooking mat and bivvy this morning. No bites so far. Still a few hours left though....

last session of the season on the estate lake off to pastures new come June 16th

True - all my May trips (x3) are booked - Thursday - Sunday so I have a better chance of getting in good areas than those arriving Friday. I used to only fish a Saturday night, now the kids have flown the nest I can do what I want - and will be! 😎👍

Great work that Kev, and fair play for having the forsight to go before the crowds came, so many times the fish shut up shop once that happens hey.

Well done Kev👍

I was absolutely shattered yesterday, 4 hours sleep on Saturday night so just added the link rather than give a full and proper answer, however the link does contain some of my sneaks. I use a bog standard coated braid, with the hook tied on, and a rig ring sliding on the shank or knotless knotted with the rig ring tied on, and both weighted with olivettes. I'd best give construction details for both: The first is obviously a rig ring sliding on the hook shank stopped opposite the barb by a hook bead. I tie the hook on. The olivette is the smallest required to 'sink' the pop-up, and is held in place by the shrink tube over the eye of the hook and silicon tubing, or totally inside the shrink tube. The second rig is a rig ring tied to the end of the coated braid, and the hook knotless knotted on. Position the rig ring in best position, I find so the bait is tight to the bend. I then hold olivette in place exactly the same as previous rig. Most of my pop-ups, the hooks are fished resting on the lakebed, but if you need to fish higher in the water, the silicon tubing will allow that, and a line aligner is perfect. https://www.tackle-up.co.uk/drennan-polemaster-lock-slide-olivettes-full-range.ir I also play with multi-rigs, but my pop-ups are trimmed so the weight of the hook is enough to hold them down, usually when I'm fishing over a bed of particles.

Hi guys I'm going to buy a solar sp c tech system am I making the right decision TIA

Same swim, 2 weeks later. I've been putting bait in when I leave, and although I had a walk around didn't see anything to make me want to go anywhere else. Last week I did have 2 tench over the bait, biggest an estimated 5lb

I've got the nash ss4 indulgence wideboy sleep system, mega comfy 👍👍

Several years ago I bought a big Nash cradle with a metal frame. I set it up in the front room when it arrived, then packed it back down, and sent it back. Did not look at all safe to me.

**UPDATE** Couldnt praise Tom from Avid enough getting the issue sorted. I've received the fixed bivvy now. The issue with some of the first batch was that the 2 front poles were made slightly too long which was putting alot of tension on the main fabric. They're fitting shorter front arms in house to solve the issue. The bivvy now goes up and down absolutely fine with no issues.