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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👍

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..👍

Brilliant....👍😳

Nice bit of 70's classical prog for a Tuesday One of the early Genesis tracks played by Steve Hackett's "Genesis Revisited"... Steve was the last member of the lineup to leave permanently back in 1977. the guitar solo in this is just sooooo melodic without widdly widdly histrionics... and the whole piece is so close to the original as to be uncanny.... I love prog...

No auto tune or effects here... just a blinding voice

Awesome track...👍

Bet they start cutting swims and spreading chippings all over the place... I really question their approach to their fisheries... I've been twice and I was hoping to get back next year... I won't bother now...

Have a look at Berners Hall... the Res is 24 acres with a big head of fish and on a day ticket... don't bother booking a weekend though it gets rammed ( all swims booked til nov for weekends) theres also Birds Green on day ticket... Chelmsford has a lot of night venues, BUT.... they ain't cheap. And theres Ongar and District only 1 night venue and limited tickets and membership

Owdo mate.. sounds like you're not too far from me... the Brentwood fishery, was that Tylers Common...? Try Billericay DAS for carp venues they have a lot of nice waters, plenty of fish in nice surroundings ( only a couple available for nights though) or for a challenge theres Berners Hall reservoir

Same as Fox and Ngt... good mats, you need a sling to weigh and slip the fish back though

Prawn on a big hook and freelined... how simple do you want it...? 😛👍

Hope so... be a bit of a pain if its outside and the weather is pants

Thats the one...

Is now the North Weald Carp Show... seems the deal with the Brentwood Sports centre has fallen through, or come to an end, so now its on North Weald... not sure if its inside or out... its usually the venue for the Saturday market... dates 26th/27th March

Oddly enough, there's nowt I need or want fishing wise... could do with changing the Bike... not really gelling with the Bonneville Bobber, don't think the missus 'd be too pleased though

Love the opening drums time signature on the intro where they shift a beat every second bar... awesome and that last note of Floor's just gives me goosebumps every time

Have a listen to Ghost Love Score by Nightwish... Floor is a Valkyrie with the voice of a godess

I'd say its possible... a lot of carp damage gets attributed to Otters when it fact its the Mink doing the damage... not defending otters, just adding another possible culprit to the mix

It may not be an otter... it could be a mink they have been known to take carp too

Hmmm... does the beaked point, the curve of the shank, and the angle the line exits the eye, not close off the point... I always have it in my head that its closing off the whole hook to the point that its harder to penetrate a lip... just my take on it...

Look like Gardner Mugga's to me