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It makes a change for me to start one! Started well yesterday morning, got here around 7, saw a few shows, small bag with a few 10mms and pop up combi rigs put out in that direction. Literally within 5 minutes (whilst I was down the margins putting out a few freebies), my left hand rod had ripped off. I felt it on, felt a good weight, then the dreaded snag. I just kept tension & bump, it came off. Dejected I redid the rod and put the kettle on. Just about to pour & the middle ones off. Good little scrap and lovely little scaled 16lb mirror. Went a bit quiet, sun was up so tried zigs in a few different spots , moving them about every hour or so. Not even a liner! As the sun dropped , I thought I'd switch back to bottom baits as I'd already caught and felt more confident for the night. Nothing through the night and just as I was stirring the left rod was off, happy days. This one felt a bit heavier, then the line went slack, I wound in faster and found the tension to the fish, it tussled a little bit, but was easily netted. As I pulled her out I thought this is a good 30 odd, could be a new pb? Scales topped out at 43 exactly, it is a new pb! Sent a pic to my mate (who's also on here), turns out to be the big girl of the lake. I'm absolutely made up

Woke up at 7 on the dot to a lovely 27lb linear. One of my best trips for a long, long time. Not sure the moon phase had any effect as they were all caught at first light

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.

I noticed my name got mentioned in one of those links for some reason lol. close the thread and let’s get back to being an SHB free zone hey Elmo have you rolled any today ?

I fished a rather secretive place that the members referred to as Toe-to-the-Brow Lagoon.... because that's how many guys set their zigs 🤣🤣

Nah you didn’t the thread just came to a conclusion and fizzled out

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.

Still great for fried eggs lol

Here's ya secret to the BEST pop ups in the WORLD, that i discovered recently from talking to a secret blackhat Carp fisherman on a HUGE 200 acre Gravel Pit lol! 1 egg mix: For best results NO Cheating! for 2 weeks coat ya cork balls in egg white only! add the following to ya 1 egg mix: : Thaumatin - Citric acid - Butterfat store in the fridge for exactly 27 hrs! now take ya liquid and mix ya paste, now store in fridge for 7 days, then coat ya cork balls & make popups, back in fridge for 7 days... ...now finally remove the baits and coat 'em in pure Citric acid, boil for exactly 69 seconds, dry for exactly 29 hrs, now the BIG SECRET...*microbial inhibition! BUT sorry i can NOT tell ya *that cos then YOU will discover how the carp can detect ya pop-ups from 1.2 miles away!

Elmo have you rolled any today ? I hope you're not trying to jump the queue ??? Im still awaiting my order of SHB's

Superb start to the year mate - well in 👌

I don't think you did don't worry.

according to mark Bryant Nut high Chest high head high if you can use an adjustable zig you can either pull in a foot at a time or let out a foot

That's why I find it hard that so many people still support Farage. His links to trump are a massive red flag.

How has he not been imprached?? Clearly insane. Get him on the grassy Knoll, in a convertible at the very least

You didn't mention how the UK interfered with Israel, which let's be clear is at the heart of ALL the problems of the middle east.

So why is your focus on these migrants doing it? Focus on it as a whole no? Stop it ALL not just a small percentage of it no? Wasn’t people on the streets like they are about migrants was there? A proportion of them seemingly charged with SAs, paedophilia and domestic violence, proclaiming to want to protect women and children. Make it make sense! As you said, they act like some British do, but you’re focussed on them not all again. If you know it’s not a migrant attribute, why the hyper focus? I get that it’s an easier issue to sort out but demonising them for behaviours you admit British people have as well or crimes British people also commit seems a bit ridiculous doesn’t it. my example in jest. They have plenty of reasons to prefer Britain to anywhere else. Family ties, the lifestyle, the countryside, for some of them maybe they feel that Britain played a part in causing their circumstances in their country so we owe them a safe place to live… that last one you can’t disagree with really can you.

Where the hell do you get the impression i don't care about the sexual assault of British women and children by English men? That to me is a typicalresponseby a woke lefty. How dare you say that, i personally know a victim of a sexual assault by a white English guy and i wish him an unsavoury end. So yeah, i would be vocal about rape and especially the rape of juveniles, whether that is by english or any other race /religion. They should be locked up and throw away the key, be that white, black, Muslim or whatever. Our judicial system is as corrupt as anything in my opinion. Child predators being given minimal sentences blows my mind. I live 10mins from a migrant hotel. It is hotel/pub /restaurant and the pub/restaurant is being boarded up soon due to the unsavoury place its become. No one wants to go there anymore because you get verbally abused by the imigrants staying there as soon as you get out of your car. The outside of this hotel is like a rubbish tip from the waste thrown out the window's by the men staying there. The local Asda has had to hire extra security because of the rise in shop lifting since the hotel became a migrant hotel, not a coincidence. If these people integrated and behaved like normal people then there would be no problem, and yes you get that behaviour on some housing estates in England so I know its not a thing that just migrants do. As for them preferring British food and that's why they come here, do me a favour. They come here because our pathetic government give them everything they want pretty much.

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.

If they can pay what is rumoured to be thousands of pounds to cross the channel, then surely just buy a plane ticket once in a safe country. And, why once in a "safe" country do they carry on to the UK? And let's not sugar coat anything here, what about the suffering of the young girls who have been sexually assaulted by some of these men, one girl who actually worked in a migrant hotel killed by one of these men? My gripe with all this is, where are the women and children on these small boats? If it was a mix of women , children and men then i get it, but it isn't The Ukraine war with Russia, the women and children left and the men stayed to fight. Poland who don't take illegal immigrants, took thousands of Ukrainians, because they were real victims of war.

So they plan to ignore and actively hide the bad side of British history, which we all know exists and to educate people properly, should be taught to our children. It’s like Germany saying they won’t teach anyone about the Nazi party….although that does need looking in to if you have a brain on who set that policy and wrote the textbooks. the entire issue with this policy is that the internet is free, people will go and question and interrogate it for the truth and start asking questions in school, what happens then? They are expelled for questioning the history they are taught? Imprisoned? What happens? censor the internet? you teach the good and the bad side by side. You should be taught the truth. Churchill for example, he did many a bad thing, that’s facts. Why hide it? What happens if I bring that up in a Restore Britain Britain? Death penalty for the truth? the internet will always win the day unless censored, which sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship that restore criticise. The truth about what you were taught, what I was taught, what’s being taught now, is out there. go translate hitlers speeches for a start, eye opening. Go look up who publishes school textbooks. Go research the real history and current affairs. Eye opening stuff. Kids are savvy and a fake history doesn’t run anymore.

So this country can continue to afford incoming immigration? You do know that Britain has had over 10million come into this country since 2010? The cost per day to the UK taxpayer is around £6million. The majority are not refugees, not asylum seekers, but are economic migrants. The total last year who were genuine refugees is 33,000, out of 898,000. Some figures to make you think, and why we cannot continue to allow the system as it is.

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.

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

As long as they can do maths properly and understand it, they’ll do better than 99% of other politicians

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.

They can't just ban anything without putting it through parliament and lords tbh, I couldn't see it getting through there would be a huge pushback , but at least we would have cleaner rivers and lakes to fish.

Proper carpy.

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?

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.

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

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 😎

Funny thing is that many freezer baits become bio-active by a simple process called efflorescence, where salts and sugars come to the surface of the boilie. It is why some baits are more effective after a couple of days out of the freezer. There were a number of bio-active ingredients, from meat meals to milk products, to pineapple juice (bromelain).

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.

Save your money. A mate of mine brought this and it's a load of tosh.