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There are still some true leney carp around today. My old syndicate had 5 or 6 different known Leney's still in there from a stocking done in the 60's I believe. I was fortunate enough to catch one on my second trip to the lake, the others eluded me. It was 50 plus yrs old when I caught it and that was over 10yrs ago. It was caught last year along with 2 others. So still definitely 3 in the lake and it makes them 60 plus years old. I'm pretty sure the committee of the lake have the receipt in a picture frame. This is the one i had, probably one of my most memorable captures if I think about it. Weight was irrelevant but it was 28lb 02oz. Sorry about the quality, had to take a picture of my camera screen.

I should talk about my recent failure with pop ups 🤣they looked and smelt nice I wanted to try and make some super buoyant match the hatch type pop ups, so I went with 50/50 mix of base mix and polaris, then added 10% cork granules, my flavour combo was banging btw 5ml scopex, 20 drops each of black pepper and bergamot essential oil. Very happy with that. But they didn't really pop up that well and also after 12 hours in water they went soft like a pellet 🤣 I have since bought some AA Baits super buoyant fishmeal pop up mix and my next batch will use the same flavour combo Do any of you add egg albumen into a pop up mix? I think my last mix needed it but I've gone off cork dust so will just be using the pop up mix next time(although I have read this mix can take up to 30% regular base mix and still pop up so will experiment) Just as an FYI I've now made a couple of mixes of the AA Baits Tropaminamino boilies and now they are dried they are still quite soft and smell like a proper carp catcher, I'm starting to really enjoy the process of baitmaking, need to get set up to upscale it a bit but I'm going to have bait no one else is using and that's exciting to me.

As special as they come that is mate. First class.

I thought it had a spot on the test crew😀

Just joined and want to say thank you very much for this info thread as you've saved me a lot of money, because was going to buy four different flavor pots!

Alright lads, bit of a different post from me. I’ve been building an Android fishing journal app called AquaLedger. It lets you log your sessions properly — waters, swims, catches, photos, notes and stats — all stored offline on your phone (no accounts, no cloud). One feature that’s been really handy for me is the built-in camera: Take photos manually or Set it to auto-take photos at intervals Choose how often it shoots and how many photos it takes Ideal for self-takes when you’re fishing on your own. I’m at the stage where Google requires a small number of testers before the app can go public, so I’m looking for a few anglers on Android who wouldn’t mind helping out. If you’re happy to test it, please send me a private message with the Gmail address linked to your Play Store, and I’ll add you to the tester list. Cheers 👍

That's a great build, well done. As @jh92 has mentioned, please private message him if you would like to help with the development.

Sounds like it could be a great app. Love the sound of the photo part, I would say I'd test it but I don't get much time to fish or catch enough to make full use of it 🤣

Now that takes me back..... I fished there probably 30 years ago as a spotty teenager. I remember turning up with all my kit on my back and there's these proper carp anglers with barrows everywhere. I loved it. I recall on my first session I hair rigged a cube of luncheon meat and hoyed it as far as I could (which wasn't far with the absolutely rubbish rods I had back then) and had one within 2 minutes. I got some right dirty looks from the proper anglers 😅

If its been touched by Donald I'm out.

meet an angler the other week who was moaning about his £13, 115ml kordaRipOFF goo lol so gave him my recipe ....was gonna write up a new post, did a search and this thread came up... yeah @Pete Springate's Guns ya post is bang on what i use but i add 1 more ingredient which is molasses. Vecon - Fish Sauce - Molasses, all in equal measures, told the said angler ya can buy Squid Brand Fish Sauce 725ml...for £2.50 from sainsburys you simply adjust the consistency using the Fish Sauce, told him ya can make a liter for chump change! AND most of all WORKS MUCH BETTER THAN ANY ripoff BAIT-TackleBARRON c r a p! case in point, a mate that took me babel fishing last year, he raved about his 'sticky' glug! Hmm...he BLANKED all morning next to me, while my CHEAPO secretSauce had the rod bend over every hour with some lovely barbel!

Don't I know it. Another series of trades with no new apprenticeships, plumbers, plasterers, electricians, carpenters. The top 10 building companies in the UK already own the 1.5million plots required by this government to reduce the housing problems, yet don't have the tradesmen to do it. In addition those building companies have the cash reserves to do the builds but won't unless they can sell for a profit, meaning local authority properties are not being built in many areas. Forcing tradesmen to go self-employed has not helped. The 'cash reserves' were often because the companies were given the land by previous governments, as far back as Thatcher, and it was 'sold' to pension investment and hedge fund companies as investment opportunities under a 'buy back' scheme once building started.