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Unlucky Chill…that must have been a moment knowing there was 40 + fish there

You must very proud of him…best of luck to him… and you on your early retirement 🤞

Best of luck ….maybe you could try spreading the mustard over a hook bait …I said that as a joke but back in the day I used to dip my hook bait in Marmite for Barbel…you never know tho 🤔

Looks busy … is that Coleman‘s mustard. 🥵

The planing that goes into there trips must be immense…I wish him all the best now he’s left Korda 👍

Just watch out for aeroplanes landing in your swim

Well since the glorious 16th iv had the marker rod out over the dock most early evenings after work found some clean spots but the weed is growing like Japanese knot weed on steroids. Here’s some pics from both ends

I fished a lake that had a big population of fair size Rudd they would devoured any soft baits we called them Ruddy Piranhas we found if we air dried our boilies so they were hard as marbles it gave the carp a chance.

Now if you could just tip half a load of gravel down the bottom end ...just between you and me 🤐

And England won happy days 👍

Would make a nice bivvy 🤔

When I go fishing on a 48 hr trip I use a single wheel barrow great movability but iv got to barrow my mates gear as well sometimes takes 3 trips 🥵 I borrowed this 3 wheeler from the guy in the nx swim as I had a puncture it was a joy to use but the ground was pretty flat...

As luck would have it iv been painting a property over looking my syndicate water and the view you get from above the water is a eye opener 5 floors up. Iv seen Grebes and Cormorants diving in the clear water,Ducks and the best of all Carp... looks like they be spawning soon tho. It’s all indoor decorating but iv spent more time on the balcony looking than inside painting.....

You could you try one of these Carpbell...

Sticks for me and use them after every cast... if bites are hard to come by it can be worth adding a wrap or two or taking away just remember the original number of wraps you started with... I’m getting old so all info go’s in the phone. If the wind gets up I use a heavier weight and punch it out.

I start on a syndicate water, ( my first time ) on the glorious 16th of June. I found out there’s a 47lb er I don’t know if it’s a common or mirror and I don’t want to know, which could go 50 this year so that’s my PB sorted , checked the rules, had a spy on the good old google earth and that’s about it. It’s 10mins bike ride away iv had a good look and will be just taking my marker rod for a while. There’s lots of vids on the YouTube how to fish it and pics of the fish but I don’t want to bother with any of that. My goals ...are to enjoy myself and do my own thing ...

I work the weekend so I can get the 2 days off in the week and hopefully get two swims close this is on day ticket waters but it doesn’t always pan out other anglers have the same idea, and carp angling is getting Sooo popular year by year Welcome to the forum 👍

Must swims it would be impossible to go for a full pendulum with the long drop... but a half pendulum is doable I can remember vividly fishing a big sea open comp in South Wales in 1986 over 300 anglers + would attend and on the best marks we all fished close, the big casters would stand well back from the line of anglers and do a full pen but give a warning shout. I was looking at one of the boys winding up for a big cast when his thumb slipped off the multiplier we all ducked and wondered where the lead fell when a fluorescent green shock leader fluttered down and landed across me the lead missed me by a rod length.

Looks nice in the camo... they got a bit of a Sonik sale going on at the mo

If you got one of them fridge freezers the one with the little ice cream compartment this is not for you 😉

Yep 3-3.5 distance lead will do it

We all have days like that Pablo... Before I give the braid rod a cast I always flick the rod out put the rod tip under the water and reel in wets the line and the eyes..helps with not getting any knots. Better luck nx time 👍

I got a Chub Vantage 1 man very happy with the bivvy it seems like a 1:1/2 man use that for 48hr +.and a very old JRC stealth brolly for short sessions up to a 24 hr.

Crocs in the summer for slipping on when getting out of the bag but still take the wellies, leave the Crocs home in the winter tho..the Navatas wellies are Sooo light and they come with a liner which you can wear in your bag... I hate doing muddy bootlaces up.

Even got his own toilet paper 😳