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Same here... most are on other soshul meeja platforms... sad really as forums are the best for info without ads for Russian or Asian birds looking for green cards, or rip off firms flogging yer data the minute you click on em

Faecesbook twitter or X (whatever) tik fingy instatwonk can all hang... not interested Tried Carp Forum, they are all too busy arguing, shame Crafty Carper and Carpology forums shut down, they were a laugh, fishing magic is commercially owned now and is modded by a junta of mates and if you ain't in that hallowed circle...? Maggotdrowners is a laugh, more match and pleasure oriented though... I like this place... needs more traffic though...👍

Same here... SSQL licence issue it said on the warning that the site was insecure... not fed the hamster...? broken wheel bearing...? 😛

Great if you have £500 spare... not so great if you haven't 🤷‍♂️ Even when I was working I couldn't justify spending £500 on a syndi ticket from a cost or time perspective... perhaps I could afford it now I'm retired, but the urge to tie my fishing to one water just to justify the cost of an overpriced ticket, isn't high on my list of priorities any more...

Carping can be as expensive or as cheap as you want it from a tackle and bait perspective... however... from a Day ticket/ Syndi angle, owners mightily take the pee A syndi I joined one year for £250, the following year went up to £400 because the owner stocked 2 x 30's... its now over £500 a year for an irrigation pool with very little in the way of "Facilities" I fish club waters now, as they provide much better value for money...👍😎🎣

Rod test curves have gotten steadily heavier over the last 20 years... I mean... I started my carp fishing with a pair of Gerry Savage S/U (probably 2lb T/C) because the fish we were after were well over 20lb nowadays the tackle shops are selling carp rods of 3.75lbs rods that would have been used as spod rods 20 years ago... when you see carp hooked on them they hardly bend... I have gone backwards over the last 10 years and my carbon carp rods (Dwarf 2.75lb) lie gathering dust and I'm landing 20's and nigh on 30's on rods with barely 2lbs t/c and cane to boot... If I want to fish the far bank I don't cast a 4 oz lead 150 yards with a 3.75lb rod... I walk round and drop in a freelined bait and sit quietly... In Angling Direct a few weeks back the bloke was trying to sell a dad a pair of 3lb 12' rods for his 9 year old son... who, being knee high to a gnats doodah, would never EVER be able to compress the rod to get a decent distance with it... what the blinking flip is it with these "Salesmen"... And as well as that I've seen blokes with 3.5lb rods... (cos I'm chookin it a long way like) and then boat everthing out... fergoodnessakes)😳😳😳 I've come to the conclusion there's no earthly reason these monster rods are needed,other than the buyers are just fashionistas following Saint Danny and his ilk... Don't moan when your long awaited prize comes in with a mouth like a lace doyley and you wonder why... There...I've had my rant... going for a lie down

Had Optonics... not bad given their age (still got em atcherlee) had Fox Microns... okay... had ATTs Brill, got Delkims now... also Brill... in hindsight... I preferred my ATTs... its all down to personal preference in the end, compared to the ATTs the Delkims are bulky but thats it really... they all did a job... even the Optonics which I still use occasionally

This is my old STi 2 man with the extended wrap on it... mahoosive... cheap as chips and a nifty bivvy, very roomy, 2 bedrooms, the bathroom's a bit small though...😛🤣

Has he got planning permission for that bad boy...😛🤣

Just a hook pull at the net...😭😭😭 But that was enough... Lumpy went 30lb 8oz last time out...😭😭😭

Connected to the biggest fish in the lake, a half Linear called "Lumpy" on a heavy float rod... (a Marco Test and Fred Crouch Ariel) It didn't end well...☹😭

Out on a club water today... one rod only, corn and meat

Going to have to miss this one... waiting on an appointment from the pain clinic (collapsed discs in my lower back) sorry folks

The fish is approx 24-26lbs ( no scales but a buddy had it out in April at 27 and its spawned out

My little sis sent me an AD voucher for me 65th birthday, so a new Korum Opportunist mat bag was my latest... Christened it too

Out on my club lake...

I got mine from Angling direct a few years back...👍😎

That makes 4 now... plus my 8 foot Sharpe too... cracking rods, powerful too

Another 9'3" Sharpe's salmon spinning rod... these make great carp/barbel rods and I got it for a song... very powerful and resin impregnated... in great condition too

Result...😎👍

They were freebies Andy... well sort of... A chap on another forum was after a set of straps to carry a chair rucksack stylee... I had a set I wasn't using any more, and as a thankyou he let me have the two rods... I had them rebuilt and they came home t'other day... I try not to buy any more rods... too expensive...🤣🤣

2 new rods... one a glass/ cane mix called a Hardy Mitre Zephyr float rod, glass butt and cane middle and tip And a short little spinning/stalking rod of 7' bar an inch, I had a lighter tip made so I can use it for smaller fish too as it was a tad heavy

Got a pair of 9' 2.75lbers... cracking rods for the money... avoid the Scopes, overpriced and a bit brittle in the tip Dwarfs are great on smaller waters but despite a lot of nay-sayers they can hit 100 yards plus in the 3.25/3.5lb versions... the only limitation that I've found is line pick up at range, a 12 footer will pick up line better My own rods were bought as I fish smaller more intimate waters and I rarely chuck long, about 70yards max for me... last I saw the Dwarfs were going for about £80 new and there are plenty about second hand... I use Shimano 4000Aero X reels on mine or a Wychwood 5500QD... I'd not go larger tjan a 5500 size reel as they'd just be unbalanced

Date dependent put me down for it too... not done a night for a year now

Welcome to the forum fellah...😎👍