Old_Skool_Carper

indeed! its maily the young /inexperined that get suckered into this sort of BS, cos at the end of the day its nothing new, we used it in the 80's, yet in DF video he states its the breakthrough since the hair-rig....what a morron a greedy one at that! he'll make this in chickland for 5p a pack AND flog to the muppets for a fiver a pack ...thats why the tackle-barrens get rich! BUT they WON'T be getting my cash lol!!!

@salokcinnodrog hiya... re: "I'd stick with my own spiced garlic pop-ups. " i;ve been playing around this season with garlic-essential-oil from whole foods, only using 2 drops per 1 KG of dry mix what a PONG!!!😷 caught but catches haven't been great, i remeber you saying you spiced yours, my question is do ya use cayenne pepper or some other spice, can ya say or is it a secret?! PM if ya like , CHEERS!

been looking to going back to wearing old-skool clobber, picked this Belgium woolen army jumper up at a charity shop, they wanted a fiver, i bargained 'em down to a whooping 3 quid!!!😂

@^^ back in 82' i remember reading KM's book or article and him saying, never be jealous of someones results, as you can do just as well if you put the effort in. so true, imo, back in the day it was no where near as bad with the green giant aspect ...compared to today...with instant so called carp anglers, never having read the above memo!

just when ya thought the thread would fade away...i come along with my 2 pennies worth!👀 i still calculate distances in yards, and for years just used spool clip & turn of reel to calculate distance,(then tie line to branch and walk back) then a lot of anglers said to get some distance sticks, so mush easier... so last year bought ngt 10 quid cheapos delivered, well i hate 'em! never any room in the swim, and blooming line twist, gone back to my old skool way!

I'm voting Monster Raving Loony Party. They have said they'll close 10 Downing Street and open it as a hairdressers called "Government Cuts". OK...

agree 100%! i'll tell ya my experience with the s2, a couple of years ago i was really struggling, and came across s2's and the info on that forum, got suckered into the hype and buying 2 pots, the reason i say this is cos i should of known better as i've been a home roller for over 30 yrs! i continued to struggle, it was just a period we all go through (blanking) at 1 time or another, AND it wasn't until another old-skool angler told me ya gotta just go through it, (blanking) ...anyway i was in Morrisons doing some evening shopping and they had "Bacon Grill" on special offer, i thought this was a devastating bait back in the day, what have i got to lose lol next trip 1 rod with "Bacon Grill" AND early morning the rod screamed off, lovey mid-twenty in the net! went back to my home-made caught a few up until winter (stopped using s2's & haven't used 'em since, as i have 100% confidence in my home-made) - posted similar to this and got banned at that forum! i agree for some it works and gives them confidence,great! but why can't you have a balanced discussion?

ahh.... i thought it was because he has secret invisible carp gills behind his ears

@^^ many thanks for the BAF pop-up mix tip, i'll order some soon..

readymade pop up mix i used in the passed was rubbish, so made my own but a bit pricey. which one do you use? thx.

yep, forgot to mention that, a bit of semo added to the mix will sort it out! just make small test batches to find out....

@^^ never heard of this company, thx for the link,!

what about this on fleabay? 500g Dried Insect mix - £15 free delivery. (shop around you may get it cheaper) just grind it up! This mix is made up from the following; Dried Mealworms Dried Silkworm Pupae Dried Crickets Dried Calci Worms

I did a work party on our club water, and i must say found a few good swims that this bait pole would come in to its own...so want to get cracking and make one! Greekskii & cyborx good points on using larger diameter conduit would be great for the last few sections (bank side) the only issue is screw connectors? because of different diameter/thread? I'll be off on me bike at the weekend down to wicks & screw fix to see want i can get... BTW, B.C. Any updates? CHEERS!

wow...works out a tenner for a 20 meter pole BARGAIN, just wondering if this thicker stuff is going to be a problem with extra weight?