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out for 4hrs today, just to enjoy the sunshine! Had this 15lb common on a single NS orange pop up

This bad boy! Does nearly 60 lb now this one!

out for a few hours enjoying the sunshine 😎

It's been a long hard 6 months of Autmn & Winter. I haven't been able to get out since last August. Glad to finally be back at it again. Its a rock hard water, but today's not about catching. It's about being out and enjoying life for a few hours. Tight lines anyone else out there today. I hope this isn't a false spring......

blooming disgusting the cover ups by the environment agency letting the water companies spill as much as they did. shocking docufilm. i do appreciate its tv and will have a lot to capture the audience but even it a 10th is true it’s immoral what they did. every angler should watch it scrub that everyone should watch it

Hopefully this topic won't turn as 'sour' as a certain bait thread seemed too? Let me just state I am old enough to remember: 3 day week 1974. Thatcher the milk snatcher Hillsbourgh cover up Tony Blair - 'Things can only get better' New Labour - oh weapons of mass distruction lie brought him down Soo many more, one thing I have learnt is DON'T worry, just do what you do and don't trust any politicians now, there were a few in the past but can't be bothered anymore with all stuff appearing on media. As for greens, they will never be in power so don't sweat about them. On a lighter note, are any 'older' anglers getting on the bank yet?

I support small scale nuclear, it's good enough for our submarines and net zero is suicide. Thus, Conservative or Restore. Restore also address the idiocy of hosepipe bans and shortages in an island with 6 months rain annually. Build more reservoirs on flood plains, not houses.

You need a Korda Krash Helmet , in camo. of course ! .

Twice! 🙄

Hi Yonny, Thanks for the positive comments regarding Trent Shrimp. I've decided to go for it. I only hear praise for Trent and they've got those white cork balls back in stock at last Cheers for also sharing your common capture, what a creature!! Luke

Yup! Been using it for 10 years+. I don't use a lot of boiled bait but when I do it's always the Shrimp. I had just dropped a bait deal back in ~2015 and was looking for something new. I'd bought 20kg of Essential B5 and was really struggling. Literally couldn't catch a cold. Given the track-record of the B5 I was reluctant to believe the bait was the problem but a pal of mine put me onto the Shrimp. On my first session with the Shrimp, 4 hours after casting out, I caught the big common I was after. It was like flicking a switch.... just started getting loads of bites. Just yesterday afternoon, with the temps in my koi pond rocketing, I decided to see if the fish would eat boilies. I chopped up a handful of Shrimp and plonked it in each corner of the pond. Given my koi have never seen a boilie I expected they'd take a while clear it up. Wrong. It was gone in about 1 minute! They absolutely love the stuff. I can't help here I'm afraid mate. The Shrimp is that good I'll not try anything else. I have 100% confidence in the stuff.

I'm in the mud tonight.

Another 3kg of 15mm done on the table, I think I've got my mix about right now 6 egg mix makes 1.5kg and mixes pretty well. Guns and rolls pretty well. Big common food. ✅☑️✔️✅

I just had one, no big surprise! I thought it might be nice to share some valuable, heart warming experiences. I just went with my son to get his first razor. Explaing the do's & dont's was very humbling for me.

So, I went to the big one show today and left with… 3x fox horizon X4S rods, 3x Sonik gravity rods, a pot of sticky banana limited edition pop ups.

Green is carpy. End of.

There is a problem in that. Green energy is brilliant, but relying on North Sea wind farms is damaging the seafloor environment. It is 'out of sight, out of mind'. Solar farms, using arable or livestock land to put up solar panels is not Green. The cleaning of those panels put earth damaging chemicals in the soil. Your Fairy liquid is one of the most damaging products, despite being biodegradable, imagine industrial strength Fairy cleaning products. Wind power technology relies on wind; too little no electricity, too strong wind, and the turbines have to be switched off. Solar panels are only about 15% effective. 85% of the sunlight is wasted, and the waste increases the ambient temperature around the panels, potentially reducing important natural wildlife. Crops and livestock can't be grown effectively around solar panels. Importing goods from abroad, brilliant, let's keep our emissions at 0.4% while China goes to 25% of global emissions and we can ignore the emissions created by transporting goods halfway the world. Yet manufacturing, as yet, electricity is not suitable to power smelting, metalwork, glass making. You need gas, coal or coke. You can't have an economy without manufacturing, and you can't have 'legalise drugs' as the manifesto.

Also Rupert Lowe is not one of the good guys, Restore Britain is just another millionaire backed far right venture that is based on racial hatred and control of the population, it preys on the vulnerable, offers no hope and whatever you think they don't care about you, this country or anyone else but themselves.

That worked wonders for council housing stock and affordable housing. What happened to the cash they raised?? I struggle to see much in the way of reinvestment. As I heard the other day, it's not a cost of living crisis, it's a cost of profits crisis

I bought a second hand 12ft daiwa super spod rod the other week. I used it for the first time this weekend. Was nice to go back to an anti frap tip again. That was really bugging me on my old chub spod rod. Seems a nice sturdy beast too 17 wraps seemed like a flick. Very happy with that purchase for £45.

They don't call me the stringer flinger for nothing 😂

Maybe try using a stringer, no problem

Key Points on Claiming Asylum in the UK No "First Country" Rule: There is no international law stating that refugees must claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. UK Inadmissibility Policy: Under UK law, the Home Secretary can declare a claim inadmissible if you were previously in a safe country where you could have claimed asylum. Removal Challenges: While the government aims to remove people to safe third countries, this requires that another country is willing to accept them, which is not always feasible. Post-Brexit: The UK is no longer part of the EU Dublin Regulations, which previously allowed for the transfer of asylum seekers back to their first point of entry into the EU. How to Claim: You must be present in the UK to claim asylum; it is not possible to apply from outside the country, such as at a UK embassy.

That’s down to the government to sort out not me. Britain has been built on migration so I genuinely have no problem with it we would be screwed without it. illegal, then that’s a different story.

How can they when there is no safe and legal routes sent up?

Hi, Has anyone done well on Trent SAS Squid? I purchased a kilo of each SAS Squid, Shrimp and matching cork ball pop ups. They both look and smell amazing, I'm torn between the 2 and am looking to bulk buy soon. I see online lots of folk rate the shrimp, not much info on the SAS squid. Squid flavoured baits do well on my lake, but shrimp sounds like it can't be ignored. Thanks Luke

I can't see the delivery options on the website???

The second session is at Waterside next month. Not that I'm looking forward to it (much), but there's been a reminder this week, of what we could end up connecting with🤪 https://www.anglingtimes.co.uk/news/stories/uks-biggest-common-carp-banked/

You can't fish a lake or river regardless of its purity if the sport is banned. The Groans will deliver nothing but austerity and mediaevalism, they are categorically not the party they used to be. I don't want to wait and see, by then it'll be too late. One day it'll be Christmas, gobble gobble.

The barbers, vape & phone repair shops, etc., are just a front, where the dodgy cash gets laundered. The war on drugs is a lost cause & successive governments are too stubborn to admit it. Instead of regulating and taxing it. I think its Portugal that tried this years ago. Guess what overall drug misuse dropped significantly. That's a win in my book What's this got to do with the Greens?

Oh dear! Do you read the mail? You mean it's sold there, not produced. So, it's not a mafia/gang making all the profits???🤔

So what do you suggest ? Doing something is better than doing nothing. Remember those winters we used to have as kids, you know real snow. My kids have never seen real snow that isn't gone in a flash. Perhaps read the green manifesto they want to support farmers to grow more locally, renationalise all utilities and bring as much as they can back under our control. All the other parties are just selling us to neoliberal investors.we will be completely asset stripped and left to rot. Also Why can't you legalise drugs? Why not control substances rather than allow criminal gangs to control them? Why not profit from them to rebuild the economy rather than allowing criminals to get richer? The profits could provide much needed rehabilitation and recovery centres, better hospital funding.

At least it would raise some much needed cash, instead giving that to foreign mafias 😉

Stop talking sense now. 😆 Legalised hard drugs, really ?

That's why people should be voting green, because they are pretty much the only party that actually want to put people above profit.

Sorry mate, missed this from you. It does make your blood boil. I have just watched it. Hopefully if picked up it will have the same effect as the PO program? 👍

For when you feel ready to scale up lol https://www.cottandco.com/en/lots/auction/4245--3452---modern-fish-bait-manufacturing----packaging-machinery-and--ancillary-equipment-surplus-to-the-ongoing-requirements-of-nash-bait-ltd-

Unfortunately, this type of scenario is played out in most sectors, there's nothing Great left in Britain. Apart from us dopes that pay our taxes and live by antiquated laws and processes 😪

Don't go for the FlipFuel gizmo that Jag marketed. You can get the same thing from China for peanuts mate.

There you go Mate, I know it's an old thread, but a bit of thingy on gas brands

Bringing this up again, as I have found a couple more decent brands of canister: Taylor and Brown. These were an eBay search after I got annoyed at Coleman going from £20 for a 6pack to over £30. They were priced at £21.99 including carriage. Admittedly I have not used them carp fishing, but I think cold, wet, windy days and nights under a Beach Buddy or umbrella while pike or sea fishing might be a serious test. The canisters ran until empty with only a little reduction in flame due to low pressure. This one was a surprise to me, NGT canisters! My mate Will mentioned them last summer after we had sworn at the Coleman canisters together previously. He picked up a bargain through Ebay and again, pike fishing mornings were the test. While I have not seen the canister run low, Will praised them for not being a problem when low.

I do like my 12 footers, I find the eyes a bit flimsy though. One of my butt rings is quite bent already.

Times like that, I bet you wish you'd kept the boat?

Tight lines , Elmo . Don't fall on your bum like Ouch . 😁

When you realise you don't even need to change your line yet 😂

Since before Jesus was resurrected I heard.

Pretty sure Yonny has used the shrimp for as long as I can remember

Think Yonny is a Trent baits user

Heard of 50kg pop ups that went on a trip to France with some mates once 😂😂 can’t remember which ingredient did it though.

@elmoputney please don't make assumptions I don't think you are reading everything properly. What did I say about reform and political parties? Very few constituencies will have an independent candidate choice in any election. You have the choice then to withhold your vote in protest, or vote elsewhere. If you withhold your vote, it will make no difference, either Labour or Conservative will get in. We have a first past the post voting system, the most constituencies they win denotes the winning party for government. They could in theory win with a minority vote! Oh believe me I dislike the rich elite, I hate the tax evasion, from massive corporations like Amazon (who have never paid tax in UK) to tax avoidance by various ministers in the Conservative Party, many of whom who have never done an honest day's work in their lives. In terms of political leanings I am more socialist than Conservative, with a belief that utilities, public transport etc should be nationalised. Treat the incoming humanely? OK, so as homeless I got put in a hostel, or a hotel. We created hostels on former airforce or army bases. We have put them up in hotels. I was glad for the roof over my head not sleeping in the rough on the streets. I didn't set fire to them, I didn't tear my barrack block down. I made the effort to keep clean, I didn't riot because I didn't immediately get a property.