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

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......

If it's bright I'd be starting at ~ 25% depth (from the surface). If it's dull I'd be trying mid-water i.e. 50% depth. Colours for bites or black for the biggun.

Often times the women and children are in an”safe country” and then men make the journey to Britain as the risk is high in the channel. Then once here they bring the family. Your statements show you need to do some internet research as you don’t fully understand any of what you’ve said. Women and children in Ukraine were FLOWN out at the expense of other countries taxpayer money to those countries. The men were forced to stay, those that left cant go back. One that did flee got a visa here and lived across the road from my parents. I’ve spoken to him first hand. Avoided duty because of a bad back, was here working as a labourer the following week. They have a choice on where to go. They might prefer British food to Italian. Simple as that. They have freedom of choice. also, it just sounds like you don’t care about women and children sexually assaulted by British men. So much focus on these migrants and what they’ve done when a majority of SAs in Britain are carried out by white men, same with child SAs. Get a grip on reality please. Villainising a small % of the perpetrators and ignoring the majority is utter stupidity. Are you as vocal about British rapists? If all of these migrants disappeared will you still be vocal about rape and sexual assault? Were you before they were here? they are a recent phenom after all.

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.

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 ! .

I used the blue or great variety of anatomy rather than nipple but like you it censored it lol but high was the closest it would let me go as well lol

Off on a 48 tomorrow, what with the sun out today, im thinking I might have to give them a try. Another minefield of depths and colours etc I'd appreciate anyone's suggestions on what's worked, as im pants at it

I went to the tackle shop Saturday. And I only bought two things. Sticky pineapple pop ups and a Gardner baiting spoon Quite proud of myself tbh. But then I bought 10kg of pellets and wafter mix off AA baits. 10 hookbait pots and 5 bait spray bottles.

We argue a bit and move on. Hence why the long term members remain. Rather argue about something that matters than if a hookbait worth the price 😂

Ok. Got it now As long as I receive my order by the 25th, I'll give you a 5 star trust pilot review.

It’s the same with all these people harping on about Iran, that regime is/was only there because they overthrew a brutal and sadistic dictatorship installed by the British under proxy for the Americans, because the leader at the time who everyone in Iran loved, wanted to nationalise oil and cancel the contracts with BP. A history well documented and factual, but that they bury whenever they can. History repeating itself again. What do they say, if you keep on doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, they call you crazy. Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, Iran…

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/

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.

Actually mate, I need to add to this, I wouldn't normally post links to BBC, but I have been made aware of a C4 progam called 'Dirty Buisness' I (We) all know as anglers how much water companies pump untreated waste into rivers and seas but this is beyound belief! Thatcher and the tories, and now labour really have a lot to answer for 🥵 Here is the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c309z18e47no

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

Twice! 🙄

Knee, (censored) and nipple were the correct terms he used 😂 I like a fathom, half a fathom or even fathom and a half length zigs

Boring???? We are headed into WW3 with a convicted rapist president (Trying to cover up the Epstein Files) a weak controlled government and a country that has recently commited a genocide, we are headed towards fascism and the rich get richer and the poor will own nothing and be happy, it is this kind of attitude that allows them to get away with it, Really, ''convicted rapist president' Just carry on you lot, actually thought this forum was above this stuff tbh

Boring???? We are headed into WW3 with a convicted rapist president (Trying to cover up the Epstein Files) a weak controlled government and a country that has recently commited a genocide, we are headed towards fascism and the rich get richer and the poor will own nothing and be happy, it is this kind of attitude that allows them to get away with it, Also I haven't fallen out with anybody, we are adults we disagree and we move on.

Funny that they hand themselves over to authorities and ask to claim asylum as soon as they land. They don’t run off and hide. It’s like they want to claim asylum and enter “illegally” to do so as they have to be on British soil to claim it. It’s as if, if there was a legal route to claim asylum by not being on British soil, that they’d just do that instead. It’s not a hard solution. flying them to Africa and housing them there’s is a considerable taxpayer expense still. All money better spent employing staff to process applications and sorting out claims quicker. make it easier to claim asylum from any number of those safe countries and they wouldn’t need to arrive “illegally” would they. at the same time spend money on staff to process the claims. Bish bash bosh, you’ve solved the issue of them coming here on boats and smuggled in and put up at taxpayer expense. but you never see anyone saying this is the solution, either let them all in and process or deport them and all put the navy out to kill them at sea. No middle ground or sensible option for some reason. Extremism is never the answer.

The rules on asylum are interesting. For claiming in Britain you must prove that in your home country you face persecution on race, religion, social group or politics. You must be in Britain to claim asylum, so no claiming at a consul or embassy. There are however specific forms Undocumented Friends and Family that can be issued at consuls and embassies to get legally to the UK. In other words, an illegal entry into the country, by boat, or hidden in a lorry for example with no travel documents, you can be refused entry. As I mentioned Tony Blair negotiated a contract to house them in hostels, hotels and houses of multiple occupancy, which the Conservatives were forced to continue, with additional contracts going to Serco and Group4 along with others. At the same time, local councils had their right to refuse taken away, and homeless units for British families were closed down. There was a country that was willing to take these people in, Rwanda. A negotiated settlement by the Conservative government that the 'progressive' left disagreed with.

Our history extents much beyond those two things. The empire and atrocities committed against countries Britain invaded should be taught alongside the good things for example. Same for every country. Simple as that. There’s no excuse to be uneducated on history or any subject now the internet exists. Information is at everyone’s fingertips. Anyone that passes comment or forms opinions without educating themselves thoroughly, beyond the scope of social media and Algorithms, in my opinion has an invalid opinion or at minimum be willing to educate themselves based off evidence provided.

My last post on this thread simply because I don’t want to fall out with anyone I don’t think i actually said there was a first country rule but there should be if it’s safe in a neighbouring country then that’s where you should stop. and you should be able to apply at an embassy it’s British soil.

People start taking drugs for a lot of reasons. Most aren't criminals quite often victims of circumstance. The prisons are already overcrowded and just breed more addicts, who then get released and the cycle continues. Rehabilitation into society would be a more useful tool. And by controlling drugs it could be taxed to fund treatment and rehabilitation so people could get back on their feet and contribute and integrate into society. Punishing people for taking drugs doesn't work but it makes criminals richer.

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?

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.

Reform and restore are waging war on animal cruelty too.

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???🤔

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

Totally agree mate 👍 I have just watched the whole series.... pardon my french but a corrupt load of f**kers!!!

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? 👍

The national government 'confiscated' it. Instead of buying and building new local authority housing it went to national government to 'repay' the annual budgets and loans. Britain lost over 50% of the local authority housing. Building companies were given land at cheap rates for housing, which instead of building on, they 'landbanked' after gaining planning permission. The top ten building companies own enough land to build over 1.5million properties (which is Labours housing target), and have the cash reserves already to do so, but can't get the skilled workers as they failed to train apprentices, and refuse to build unless they make a profit on sales. There are some local authorities who have built or are building new properties, but used building companies who weren't part of the landbanking schemes, basically new building firms. In Norfolk when Right to Buy came to force, an estate of new council properties had just been built in Bowthorpe and Costessey. Tenants were moved into those properties, often from older council houses and the Right to Buy discount meant they got new properties at extremely low prices. The older houses and flats those tenants were in were supposed to be renovated. Some of the areas ended up derelict (Anglia Square) That is a story in itself. The Right to Buy scheme meant many tenants bought properties on mortgages that they could never afford, so were repossessed by the banks and building societies and later sold off to just cover the debt. Many private landlords bought numerous properties and made the cost of purchase through renting the houses out. I know of at least one Ipswich landlord, ex bank employee, who owned at least ten properties in Ipswich.

I don't know enough to get into, nor support, any particular party. The tories have just raped and pillaged our economy, (despite imposing austerity???) Whilst allowing their billionaire buddies to continual increase their profits at our expense. We need a complete clear out and start again with laws and legislation that try to keep up with the technological revolution we are all living in. Renationalise all of our services to non profit organisations and see where we are in a decade or two? Although I'll probably have departed by then. Sorry guys, not trying to get all political & that, but I don't use other media outlets.

Now I know why old men wear flat caps. Perhaps it's that time already.

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

I always used the richworth pop up mix when I rolled bait. Not sure if its still available but it was good in my opinion.

@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.

I'm not offended, but I'm offended by our leaders. George Bush and Tony Blair wanted to be remembered as great leaders, instead they created ISIS, and a series of failed states. Iraq and Iran have gone to hell in a handbasket, Syria, Afghanistan, all from going back into Iraq. Thing is we can call fascism for being on the right, but equally we have our Karen's and woke brigade calling fascism just for disagreeing. At some point we do need to stop incoming boats, that is not fascism. Not all of these refugees are refugees, some are economic migrants. This may be worth a read, long winded I know: I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it was, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the stinky winky. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table ... everywhere! Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be ..... quiet, serene.... and no one demanding their rights to a free meal. Now let's see...... Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care and free education, and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an a&e doctor; Your child's class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English. Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to 'press one ' to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than ”ours” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties. Just my opinion, but maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder. 🤷🤷 I'm going back to them. I do as little supermarket shopping as I can, I buy my meat and veg from local stores, loose.