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I will have a look for them. They sound more like my kind of thing. I think when I think of reading it needs a similar layout to that of a book aged at pre school kids lol Haha, I am hoping this will be the case for me too!

I will have a look about. I said to the wife I am thinking of buying a book to take fishing and said laughed and said "well that's a waste of money, you hate reading" which is true so I can't condone spending loads, I would probably read 2 pages and put it down. I will keep an eye out for books definitely though. Cheers

Thanks for the recommendation. I will keep an eye out for one. I did think about reselling it so that could be alright. I guess even if it costs me £5 to read it then it wouldn't be too bad at all. Thanks

I saw the library thread and it got my thinking that taking a book to read while fishing might not be a bad idea. I am thinking of a fishing/carp but I won't spend a fortune as in all honesty I hate reading. I have never fully read a book in my adult life so it would need to be decent. Any suggestion would be great. No more than £8/10 maximum please. Thanks

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with it but at the price and going of the reviews on the site it seems a good price. If you look on eBay, shpock and Gumtree you can find some bargains too. I guess if you want brand new on a budget it seems great.

Thanks. I will check them out!

Thanks for the link that looks alright and if you have got 10 years out of them it can't be bad. At the price even a couple of years would be brilliant.

I am always trying to nick a bargain on eBay so am happy to keep an eye out. If I need to wait then I will wait, its the main game in fishing anyway! Thanks I have been looking at Okuma actually so glad you said this! I'd never heard of them before but they do look alright. Thanks

Oh right, I guess going years ago with my brother in law who only has Shimano reels means I just got the name from that. I will have a loo at the ST one's and see if I can find a cheap used one. Cheers

I am looking for a cheap reel, preferably a bait runner, has anyone got any suggestions? When I say cheap I mean under £25 as it won't be used a lot just as a spare reel and I hope to upgrade my gear as I start to catch bigger fish, for now I can't imagine its going to work too hard! Also while on the subject what is the difference between free spool and bait runner? Thanks

The Fox Rapide range holder/opener thing looks brilliant. Thanks for the vid.

Fair enough! Maybe over time I will start the threads. Cheers

With summer seeming to have done one I am now starting to think about Autumn and Winter having never really done it I wondered what adjustments people make to their set ups, baits etc for the coming months to keep the bites coming in. Also what effects does the weather have on fishing? I hear about high/low pressure, wind direction, rain etc which benefit/hinder catching? Cheers

Watched the 1st 2 episodes of the Fox Challenge and they are really good. I don't find many people funny but I chuckled a lot at Mark. Thanks for the suggestions.

This was a great watch, thanks for the link.

As the title, I enjoy watching carp videos on YouTube and wondered if anyone had any suggestion of good ones? I really enjoy the Korda channel but want to watch some others too. Cheers

I did think about that to be honest. I will just have to test it and see. If its too heavy I will try again with a smaller amount. Cheers Thanks for the advice. It looks like a good way so I will give it a try.

I am sure I will end up with pellets all over the place at first but I have to learn. Thanks for the advice.

Hi, I will bare that in mind too. I purchased some PVA bags for now so will see how they get on if not the next call will be method feeders. Thanks

I watched a Kev Hewitt video and it was a great help. He explained it really well. I will watch it a couple more time before I go and I reckon I should be ok. I also went with the ESP multi bags you recommend. They were very reasonably priced so was happy to go to them. Thanks for the advice.

I have a different rod as well which is a 3lb TC so I may just use that. To be honest I won't be fishing out too far on my 1st few go's so there shouldn't be a need whack it too much. I will try some of the smaller bags and see how I get on. I will eventually buy more gear but for now I need to keep my wife happy lol.

Thanks, I will check him out. My rod has a 2.5 or 3lbs TC (I think) its a AK47 Century rod. To be honest I bought it cheap with the reel so don't know a lot about it. Thanks

Hi everyone, I am looking at ways I can get ground bait around my hook and wondered if PVA bags are ok? If so what will I need? Are they easy to set up? I have looked in to spodding but not only is cost a factor for the rod/reel etc but also the fact I can not say yet whether or not I can hit the same spot with 2 casts so it makes me think that I should consider this in the future and not waste bait and time trying to keep casting to where my hook is. Thanks