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Little mix for 24hrs 🤙 already lost one at the net, rod was only out for 30 minutes 🤣

Off the mark with this14lb 12oz common 👍

Big south westerly blowing across the res 🤙lost one at the net, they are still showing though 👍

I can normally get away with a citronella and lemongrass based skin spray since Avon Skin So Soft has changed, although mosquitoes the size of vultures did used to get me at Taverham in the back channel swims; Jurassic park round there, and I needed to resort to Deet and Jungle Formula. Permethrin impregnated clothing could be handy, and @elmoputney now your not wearing Crocs, tuck your socks over your trousers. The stuff below works, and don't laugh, it's from a company called purple-turtle. It's that mosquito buzz beside your ear just as you are ¾ of the way to sleep. Other biting bugs are deer flies, they hurt, and of course the horsefly.

Seems they like some people more than others, a friend came into my swim one evening and the mozzies were swarming him. He wrapped up and they were still going for his fingers that were not covered, whilst I stood next to him with none attacking me. I take it I've got bad blood, he's got good.

Thermocell back packer and pads. Last hope because nothing else seems to stop the them, I've been savaged the last 3 times I've been out, I've got 2 zappers, mozzie front, various sprays , wipes, citronella candles but they've been savage this year. Time for the big guns.

Okuma 8k spare spool off alibaba express £18.50, I'm now only 1 away from a full set of spares, just gonna wait to see if the one that arrives is correct first 😂

Well done everyone who’s managed to catch.

I had one last weekend, 23lb, first time out with the new rods, and it was the rod with the new reel, (I have disproved the myth about blanking because of new tackle)

Well I've been busy buying stuff recently I now own 3 free spirit helicals,a new okuma 8k, a new atts bite alarm, 20kg of the usual innovate boilies reaper nut mix , match the hatch pop ups and wafters and some RNM 4 colour pastel pop ups, matching pellets, glug, 3 more esp mini butt grips (I now own all 3 sizes 😳) tubing, run rig bits, esp d rig kickers, 6 cans of go gas, korda kickers, oh and 20kg of flaked maize for a cunning plan 🌽 I have sold the xtractors, the crosscast rods and a rod bag, so you can't say I haven't tried to balance it out 😂

Yeah seems to be, they certainly love me, I can get bitten a lot in a session, I've usually been bitten before I've even got the rods out. First one is always the ankles.

I'm gonna try a lazy spod mix, I'm basically gonna use a bucket, some flaked maize, frozen sweetcorn, boilies, whole and chopped, pour over some hot water add some reaper nut mix liquid and some of my special garlic granules, sloppy, squishy and pre softened boilies, should make a nice cloud and be full of attraction, that's the plan anyway 😂

https://www.carpology.net/ology-tv/reviews/tbuyaJlqpGw/ To be fair, it looks like they have taken it down. Hope you get your monkey refunded soon Kev. I remember watching the video and did I imagine that the Carpololgy guy who did the video has some sort of vested interest? Got to admit that I was tempted (my local lake has a "cardiac hill!") but after losing my dog last year, decided that I really did need a bit more exercise to shift some weight that I'd put on and the cost was a bit eye watering.

The number of people who think the Internet is faceless and anonymous!

My first email was to carpology saying I feel they are partly to blame and that they should at least take the videos down. I got no reply but from what you're saying they may have done it. Shoddy geezer, he'll be a wanted man. Took my mate a couple of hours on Facebook to locate his village, mobile number his cars and the clubs and venues he visits and when. Was surprised how easy the info line was followed. Removing your facebook account meant nothing!

Wasn't it something to do with one of the guys from carpology? I tried to find the video but seems to have been taken down, I had looked because they did a conversion for my barrow and I thought it may be handy for when I get older. Sorry to hear about your hassle though, seems a lot of people got stung.

21lb common 👍 Done 9 nights in the last 2 weeks, had an amazing time and met some great people 🤙 lost 4 more carp and had a few more bream on the bank 🤣 Went thru 25kg of boilie and 10kg of tigers 🤣 I'm all out of bait now, need to order some more basemix ingredients and get rolling again 👍

13lb 12oz fully scalled 🤙

20lb 4oz mirror

25lb common

The new bait doing justice 🤙 26lb 8oz common 18lb 12oz mirror

Seen this on Facebook mate, hope you and everyone else can get it sorted 👍

Sorry to hear that, hope you get your refund. I try to use PayPal for as many payments as possible as you do normally get buyer protection.

Last knockings

I soak my hemp usually for 2 or 3 days before boiling it up, although I know it will go after a day. The 3 days just allows a little bit of fermentation. I do like the smell of clean hemp boiling. I've taken to putting in frozen sweetcorn into the soak as well. Frozen sweetcorn, unlike tinned doesn't have sugar and salt, so needs a 'kick', and the hemp juice does that alright.

So this never arrived (Barrow Conversions UK Ltd - conversion kit) along with many other unlucky customers. Looks like my bank is sorting a refund (fingers crossed) but many will be out of pocket. No answers to emails, phone line down, dreadful company! Gonna pre-order from CarpPorter hopefully get one for winter/early spring - should have got a whole new barrow in hindsight and stuck with the big boys - not tried cowboys! Lesson learnt 🤬