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Future fishing, Newark... they also do customising I'm told

Big up to these lads in the reel servicing dept.They managed to resurrect my busted Wychwood QD5500 and convert both to a quick drag system instead of that utter pile of poo that comes as standard...The reels themselves are okay it was Wychwoods drag caps that failed... a pants design that was utterly useless and damn fiddly to preset properlyFuture fishing have fitted the caps from ESP reels and fitted their ICE washer system so it comes back as a reliable quick drag...Cheers lads

Prices rocketed when the supposed fuel shortage arrived... didn't drop back once fuel stated pumping again though did they....? prices rocketed when that tanker got stuck... didn't go back down again though did they...? prices rocketed after lockdown... idiots trying to recoup losses they'll never see and lose customers in the meantime and they'll not lower them again will they...? as a case in point, prices all over europe have gone up so its not just Brexit... what excuse are some of these morons going to jump on next as an excuse to put prices up further I wonder...??? Addendum... Sunak cut fuel duty... what did the fuel companies do... put the price up... greed... nowt but greed

All fishing tackle has rocketed sadly... to be fair a lot of it is greed with no earthly reason for adding a phone number to the price of a mundane bit of kit Example... trakker kettle... £19... go outdoors £4.99 their gas stoves... £44... Bulin stoves from Amazon (same stove) £25... you gotta shop around... Some of NGT stuff isn't bad (luggage mainly) but don't bother with their rods or terminal gear Bank Tackle is good on price and quality, New Direction isn't bad either...

Oh well... blanketty blank cheque book for me... slow pack up then home... at least its only a seven miles away... much prefer smaller waters if I'm honest... not a fan of big open ressies

Well... my plans for a bed of bait are out of the window... my mate Bully and I managed to get two swims as two lads pulled off... so according to them they blanked and spodded about 5kg per rod over 2 days.. so singles and small glugged bags it is then... gonna wind one in in a bit and put on a Zig... got about 12' in front of us on clear gravel... fingers crossed

Big gaffe this... 24 acres, in the teeth of an easterly that is quite cool... ya have to drop in where you can due to rule breakers and stroke pullers... Seen two fish topping... but we're well off them...

Only 1 rod to be used for zigs at Berners, one of mine will be out about 6-8' off the deck

So... heres a question... doing a 48 from tuesday the weather is high pressure with 18°daytime 3° overnight... is it worth using hemp oil in my mix (sticky manilla boilies 12/16mm, hemp, maggots, corn, tigers and pellets) or should I stick with the Cloudy Manilla juice...? ( or a bit of both...?)

I'll be adding a handful or two of tigers to my mix on Tuesday... just so there's an extra option for a change bait...

Just started loading me car... I'm doing 2 days... I'm sure I took less for a week on Redmire...😳 gotta try and lighten me kit...😒 Gotta get a smaller stove first off, and a smaller long stay bag... smaller food bag... The actual fishing side is already as compact as its going to get... the wideboy has got to go... it weighs a ton, especially with a 5 season frostbite bag on it...😳 If I fished the way I wanted to fish I'd have a ton less bait too, but the accepted method on Berners is for a big bed of bait... so spod rod/reel/Spombs/pellets/nuts/maggots, 3 kg of boilies sigh...!!!...

A day session for me is.. small ruckie, chair, rods, net, bait, brolly, flask... job done... only thing missing is a fish...🤣😎👍

Pimped my old match platform for the trip and turned it into a 3 wheeler so I can load everything for 1 trip

Been getting my toys ready for Tuesday's trip.. Being quite OCD, I try not to leave anything to chance, but I really need to try and take less gear... got all the tackle ready, just bait and food to go... brekky and daytime snacks to buy, takeaway of an evening, couple of beers... Anyone else like me...? 4 kitchen sinks and the world and his dog just for 2 nights...?🤣

Got a 48hr planned on Berners Hall res from tuesday... some lumps coming out and with the high pressure forecast for next week I see one of my rods with a zig on it...👍🎣🎣🎣

To be honest I've not heard anything of the Prologic... a buddy has an advanta bivvy (an old 2 man) and he loves it, to be honest I'd always go for an established name in bivvies JRC is a good make and reliable and quite reasonably priced... sorry I can't help further... Good luck👍

Cheers Carpbell... looking for summat small and intimate... thats bit open fer us old boys (all pensioners) and a bit closer to Gloucester, one of our lads lives in west Wales so needs to be central... Many thanks though...👍

No worries... just remember, if he starts getting bored just end the session.. nowt puts a kid off more than being made to do summat they don't want to... you can always go back later for another go

There you go... easy peasy

A 3m whip, chair, net, disgorger... job done I was an Angling Coach for 11 years... a whip is always first port of call for youngsters... a cheap whip is about a fiver, a cheap rig can cost a couple of quid, you'll no doubt have a net and disgorger... and a little chair, the Range do some kids chairs... Get rigs with barbless hook just in case of the odd accident... keep the session down to 2 hours max if your lad has attention deficit...and go to a prolific venue... nowt worse than blanking... tight lines..👍

Owdo Fellah...👍

Summat small ish and intimate for preference.. there's only a few of us...

A few of us Traditional cane waggling chaps are looking for a whole lake venue for a social, a few fish would be nice, not rock hard... Any ideas Lads...? Thanks in anticipation...👍

Brilliant....👍😳