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There used to be one called Meatimix... very heavy... if you want to make the balls get to the bottom without breaking up get yourself a bag of PV1 Collant Binder... a cup of binder to a bag of groundbait will get it down to swims about 6 feet without breaking up... another way is to "Skin up" your groundbait balls by forming them with dry hands first and then wetting your hands and squeezing the balls again to put a slick skin on your groundbait...

Cheers... the Mother in Law insisted I keep standards up... yes those are sugar tongs😜🤣

The Chase, Carpology Social, have to keep up standards dontcherknow

simply brilliant...👍 Thanks for posting

Have a look at Okuma and Sonik... both have good reps and a bit cheaper than Shimano's and Daiwas... that said Second hand Shimano's off the bay of E is a way forward

Addendum ( too late to edit) I had the plain X Lite... not the recliner... I moved it on to my young padawan last year to get him started

I did... I moved it on a year ago and bought the Aeronium

JRC X Lite Korum Aeronium Both in the 2.5- 3 kilo range and damn comfy both also clip onto the Korum Rucksacks for ease of transportation

Nash Sirens seem to get good reports too (can't remember if its the 3's or 5's though... the expensive ones) a buddy won a set and he's over the moon with them... used them for half the season, autumn, winter and start of spring and he's in love with them

My last pair of bins cost nearly £400... I have to have special prisms god knows how much a pair of these bad boys cost... even using old frames is a mickey take as they charge £75 to put new lenses into old frames... bit of a rip off really..... add in the cost of those lenses and it's going to be prohibitive

Spent a wee while searching as my prescription is up this year... came across these... https://www.transitions.com/en-us/why-transitions/the-technology/variable-polarization/

I had a pair of glasses made up by Specsavers and they were next to useless... they had forgotten to install the prisms into the lens .... I went back to my optician and she sorted my glasses for me, I'll always use a proper optomerist/optician, my eyes are precious.... on the offchance, does anyone know if it's possible to get polarised reactolite lenses yet... swapping glasses is a pain and I always lose the clip ons

Have you tried "Puckoon"...?

Have a go at Ian M Banks's "The Culture" books... great sci-fi in the same vein as the foundation books... (Don't confuse with Ian Banks... (same person) he uses the 'M' to differentiate between his crime novels under the name Ian Banks)

If its out on Amazon as a kindle edition you can read a sample of some books... as far as I know its not out yet... some question as to when

I too had trouble getting through it... his new book "Winterwalk" is supposed to be coming out this year... maybe.... To be honest, if its the same vein as Nightwalk I may give it a miss...

hence the point of a lead clip and heavier lead... a sharp hook just needs to prick the fish to cause it to bolt off... the heavier lead will pull the hookpoint in further despite the point diameter... especially a long tapered point...

whereas I'll freeline a whole prawn on a size 2 or 4, it's about matching your bait to your hooksize... a size 6 in a whole king prawn is lost.... especially as it's not hair rigged

yeah okay.... In your own opinion

so are hooks over size 10... your point...?

I used to use braid for feeder work on my club waters til it got banned, it takes a bit of getting used to, softer rods and a light clutch can lead to some heart in mouth moments close in, but the indication were superb... I can live with the stretch on Sensor.. it's kinder to my old rods and I've been using it for so long I know what I can get away with👍

Just ordered some medium sized ones off the bay of e, I ordered em as I have arthritic fingers and failing eyesight and find it difficult to tie fancy rigs, so I'll look at anything which helps me create a rig that is acceptable to my eyes and a fish... I also wanted to try some of the extended kickers from Gardner to make some slip D rigs... give em a go..... (probably end up freelining prawns again😛😎)

I recently read a self published diary of a friends fishing life... was it well written? well probably not, it needed a proof reading or three and a bit of editing, but as an Angling Journal it made fantastic reading...

Well to be honest, all I've heard is Mr Mink's self professed writing skills... and his decrying of others... lets see some of your's Sir... let us decide we all have our likes and dislikes, but just because I dislike someones work, it does does not entitle me to decry their work as rubbish. As for me being rude... I never called Yates's works Waffle or Drivel... qualified or not, that is rudeness... As I have said before, his book sales bear testimony to his writing prowess, as do the various publications which have favourably reviewed his work... If it were utter pants there wouldn't be a huge following of his work... and whilst I'd be the first to agree that not all of his work is of the standard of "The Secret Carp" or "The Deepening Pool" or "Casting At The Sun" he commands good sales... Do you ? As a case in point Rod Hutchinson said once that he could never aspire to the same writing ability of his mate, "but here goes" and yes, Rods work is good... But, as Framey says, there's a difference between an angler who writes and a writer who fishes... and Rod falls firmly into the first group.