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Took Elmo's advice and added some 2mm pellets to my mix and compared it against the powder only and it wasn't conclusive and they still take an age to break apart. I added some 6 and 8mm pellets and that didn't really improve matters. That said, the Baking Powder was doing a really good job and the water in my tub was very murky that was making it difficult to see the bottom. Several years ago I used to barbel fish a brilliant swim. There was a gravel hump about 15 foot from the bank and you could wade it with wellies. Just below the hump, the river shelved off steeply to form a hole. I used to stand on the hump and fish with the rod pointing directly downstream. If things were quiet, I would stub my toe into the gravel so it kicked off a stream of silt. The amount of times I had a bite shortly after couldn't have been a co-incidence and I caught many doubles to over 12lb. Sometimes it's just doing something different to the crowds that brings results.

I never used PVA on Ardleigh or on Suffolk water Park. Moulded Vitalin and particle mix around the lead and the hookbait was pushed into the bottom of the ball.

The method is such an underused tactic for bigger carp the match men use it and I struggle to see why more of us don’t. always had a couple and a mould in the bag with me

Not Ronnie he invented the thing, reggie has always been a bit jealous of his success in the rig making fraternity maybe he worked alone to sabotage me.

I will just use these again, I don't want to change the whole rig tbh. The large ones will hold down most pop ups I use tbh

ESP Balance Beads, I've always used these instead of Putty or shot 👍

That's been much of my fishing since last October. I hate being ill, so I'd go fishing rather than being sat in the flat. The fresh air seems to brighten you up. I do know though, when you have sepsis any session is hard work and I end up sleeping all day when I get home.

Nice 👍