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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

No offense mate at all... its just me having a pop at the bait company for using the SAS name... i'm getting on so a bit of a moaner lol!

Sales must have stalled lol how many times are they going to re hash the toastie maker. i still use the original one and the Diablo.

No but I did get a delivery from AA Baits, wafter mix today, need to make a batch with egg albumen because they are too soft without. Also got some glycerin to make a hookbait soak if that helps 😂 Then I am going to do a special process to the hookbaits shhhh it's still a secret.

Any of them!

Superb start to the year mate - well in 👌

Whallop. Congrats!

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.

That opens another can of worms regarding attitudes on Israel across the world and the right to claim land back because of ancient claims to the land 😂 When are the Europeans going to give America back to the natives? What if someone funds the natives to the tune of billions and billions to arm themselves and reclaim it, what would the world say? Same for Australia. Now that would be an interesting situation to witness!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Only fans

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.

Reform and restore are waging war on animal cruelty too.

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 ?

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

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).