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I would 100% go for partical hookbaits in tiny solid pva. Tiger nuts and chick peas as hookbaits. Question ... size of water ... approx stock if known. Have you tried pre baiting as this sounds like a water that needs it. Finally floaters in the summer is your best chance by a mile.

yes 1 man 2 women best bet is to get a double skinned ground sheet so you can peel a layer off , dont want fish guts all over the floor also vented front back and sides

Before saying i like the look of this etc etc ask yourself what you need it to do and then we can guide you in the right direction. Day shelter ? Overnighter ? Week session ? Space and weight ? Ease of setup ? Overwrap ? Brolly system ? Pram hood ? Vents ? Storage space ? Rod holders ? Will it fit a wide boy ? 1 man or 2 man ? 1 man and 2 women ? So many factors without knowing what you need it for its hard to give anymore info.

If you need some ducks just wait a few months untill it warms up and i got my floater gear out and im sure ill have a couple off the top this year

Thats what i ment ... floating water ahahaha my bad ... salo check my blog there is summin you might like a read of in there mate your neck of the woods.

And as for condensation it helps when your firsty i think i have used my overwrap a handful of times tbh they are just another thing to lugg to the lake bulky and heavy and if you cannot live with a little condensation you shouldn't be fishing. The only time they come in handy is when its minus degrees out and you cannot feel your toes then i might get it out if i can be bothered.

Don't forget the 50mm butt ring to get 5 extra yards

Thanx lads the only reason i was looking at another bivvy is it can get very very windy where i am as the lake is above ground level so the cross winds hit like hell even my current bivvy with extra stength bars gets abit of a hammering. I dunno if a brolly will hold up.

Been looking at day shelters anyone had a carpstar pleasure dome it has a zip off front , ground sheet and a vented back for £80 seems a good shelter for the money i already have an overnight bivvy with overwrap but wanna look after it ... so i thort i would get summin cheap for the odd day session here and there that didnt break the bank. The chub pro looks good but has no vent and is around the 120 mark The sonik sks is 100 but i just dnt like the look of it haha.

On my water in the rules it states no use of anything radio controlled. Tbh i do own a cheap £90 drone and it has to be a calm day to get it to fly right abit of side wind and it takes you off course ... they are not the easiest things to learn and the controls take abit of time to get your head round lucky for me my garden backs onto fields so i have plenty of space to learn but after 6 months im still average and would not be confident using it on a water i think a more expensive one would fly better but do you really wanna be spending bait boat money on a drone. Also the goverment is in the process of making tighter rules for the use of them and will be restricted to private land in the end i think. I dnt think they will take off if im being honest.

I think drilling the boilie out abit so it can slide up and down the line would work better the rig can then twist and turn without the weight of the boilie being attached to it and as i said the stiff line allows the rig to sit upright nice work

Also when i did a search for fish spy i ended up with 1k threads with the word fish in them ... i think the search function needs a little work.

I think its best use would to be able to drop floating goose eggs that you find into your neighbours swims so they vacate the area less lines in the water ... less pressure on the fish its a win win for me.

Dont worry i didn't miss the pun i just thort it was so poor that i couldn't bring myself to comment ahahah

Thinking of getting one i have fished a few places and no matter how many times i run my lead over them spots i cannot tell whats down there ... and im not talking about gravel , weed or silt etc etc There was an old pond i use to fish and people would dump stuff in there i once pulled out a full deck chair. And on another lake there was a snag spot that would instantly lock your lead up when pulling the lead back feeling the bottom. Would be good just to get the camera out and finally see what exists down there i also think you would spot some potiential dangers and could inform the bailiff if you come across anything. Ok yea and i would like a cheeky look for a clear area lol.

Same i would love to watch baitdrone fails on youtube.

I would if i didnt have dislexia mate.

Not enuff cups for me i seem to catch more people with coffey than i do fish end up with a swim full of people really have thort about getting some people sacks and putting them in the edge. Does look a handy bit of kit thoe.

The only reason i put a buffer bead at the bottom is because there will be a knot there tied to a swivel and the bait ring might get caught on it also on the cast the bait will be sitting there so a bead will just offer that bit of protection like you said probley not needed just piece of mind thing really. I could like you said also use foam.

Will do be interesting to see what hook holds it brings ... will be keeping log of fish lost , fish banked aborted runs etc etc my pb is 27 fish in a row before i lost one that of course wasn't all in one session i wished lol.

Ahhh i never thort of that i only have pre drilled ones will add them to shopping list thanx dave

Also the beads im using are a little loose need smaller not sure what size im using 4mm i think ... any suggestions for a tighter fitting bead to fit snugley on iq2 ... the top bead cannot slide down the hooklink as if affects the popups ability to slide up the hooklink.

So my main issue is not really a big deal as stated the rig will nearly always get taken from above so as it sits its pretty much ready to be tested think i might give it a go just to see what happens. I have ordered some rig ring swivels that have size 11 rings on both ends of the swivel ... im gonna use a nash chod bead on the main line so by having the rig rings on both ends on the lower one that slides onto the chod bead im gonna mold putty around it the chod bead will still allow the rig to move up and down the line ... with the top also having a rig ring it will still give it that movement. When they turn up i will tie the whole rig up again. The thing that this rig has that fw dont is blow back just think back then blow back wasn't even a thing.

Yes i just have not added a swivel as a cannot find a non quick clip one lol. One other issue i have sorted is the pop up always ending up behind to hook if you look closely the hooklink does have a slight curve to it and ive just been throwing it in the bowl from the other side of the kitchen like a right wierdo before i put the curve in the popup was landing everywhere after the curve was added the pop-up sits behind the hook everytime. The remaining issue is as stated the direction of the hook when taken side on ... my thorts are the hooklink is too stiff for the hook to go backwards for very long and when the boilie is sucked in it will ping back into place after the initial sucking in but this is just say so with no testing as such Thorts.

And finally sitting upright on its own in a bowl of water.