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Start or you'll never find those spots 🤣

Also depends on how hard you hit the clip with stretch in mono you can end up feet off the spot. I had a similar thing with using 4oz leads on a session and caught a few fish and only had 3oz leads left. Could I find the spot again, could I heck.

Take your time, once you find a complex that feels nice what's the rush, I kind of don't want to catch my targets coz the fishing is peaceful and might not find that again

I think I will have to try if I go any shorter mate, I've sort of found the sweet spot for it now, if not on the first cast I'm getting it on the second attempt 👌 No carp on this trip, did a 6lb tench this morning that ripped off like a carp 🤣 I'm off there now until Sunday, so baited the spot with half a bucket of particle which will hopefully keep it clean lol. Got so much to learn on this complex, I'm currently on a lake of 4 acres with 150 carp and only fished one swim so far lol. The next lake I wanna get on is just under 9 with about 150 - 180 carp they reckon. But it has more weedbeds, lilies and snags lol.

Short casting is difficult for sure, hitting the clip just right isn't easy and can be frustrating. You tried underarming, sometimes a winner?

Coffee and Wagon Wheel break works. I do pretty much the same. It's a reset, you check your feet, casting spot, clipped up distance and it's bang on. A heavier lead on the marker rod can give a donk through the light weed, or silt that the lead on the fishing rod doesn't. I normally use 4oz for the marker rod, and 2.5-3oz on the fishing rod, but the lighter lead can sometimes get 'hung up' as the lead drops down on the line clip. I may be a couple of degrees offline but that miss is as good as a mile. That's where actually having a marker float in place is a benefit rather than relying solely on line clip. Even better if you can wade out your baits...

I got one from the tackle box years ago for when we only had 2 leg bedchair lol quest I think made it

Hopefully not intruding on this thread, I was one of the original Carp Society members who helped them buy Horseshoe lake, spent 3 seasons there and long since sold up. Different times and so much more chilled, times have so much changed, sign of old age I guess lol

Not telling 😂

Where are you fishing sounds ideal 😂

That's a blooming good idea. An extra one for the foot end would be good

Google 'bedchair support legs' mate. You can turn any 6-leg into a 7 or 8-leg bedchair for 20 or 30 quid. This will bring loads of great options well within your budget. I've been using a single support leg on the end of mine for years, just gives that little extra support to prevent bending at the hinges.

Best option I use for deep weed is what I picked up from Kingsbury, the long chod as in you set it a long way up from the lead horrible when you drop a nice fish though they do get off easy.

I caught a tench yesterday, as I reset the rod, a high double/ possible 20 swam under the rod tips 💀🤣 and to top it off I had a hook pull on a carp this morning 😬 Thanks for the advice though mate, its been a massive learning curve tbh, over the last few years I've been mainly on the reservoirs fishing 20 - 25 wraps with 3 rods fanned out over quite a big area, now I'm fishing two at 5 wraps on a small spot, it's been a nightmare trying to hit the clip properly and keeping them close together lol. Really enjoying it though 👍

But I don't smoke 😢 .

Little tip that always works for me: After a load of casting about trying to find spots - STOP, have a break - food and drink, a smoke, then start again. I can almost guarantee you will find spots/drops quickly after the break and re-energise, no idea why - it just works for me every time. 👍

Great little rakes

Sat 22nd Feb - First night on the syndi, nothing seen or heard except the thousands of birds roosting - what a place, love it, fingers crossed for a good year! 🤞

2 on the zigs and one in the stink. Currently probing 4ft and 6ft after 7ft and 8ft proved fruitless. Depth is about 10ft, come on the carps.