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Sounds like a plan, best of luck 🤞

Highly what area at the lake do you fancy ?

At Linear fisheries Oxford Maggots ... and then more maggots when we were allowed to spod them that is, up 6 pints at least with sweet corn... if I was fishing at distance I would drop some pebbles in the nose of the spod for the extra weight. I think the carp like soft baits when that water temperature drops. Hooks size 8-10

I remember John Holden from the 80’s with Paul Kerry big names indeed always in Sea Angler Magazine...FYI his son is Lee Kerry the match angler, and 125yds with 4000 reels 👍

We used to have 2 firework party’s one for the little kids and one for the big kids. On our big kids party you had to bring a firework bigger the better. We always had a good drink. Anyway I got hold of a huge rocket and was in the running for the best firework till my mate sheepish said can I borrow a shovel and disappeared to the top of the garden giggling. At 12 O’clock he got us all up and we staggered out to the garden best stand back he says giggling again....Well it was must have been like the blitz all hell broke loose everyone was all running around like headless chicken trying to fine cover and not drop there drinks one of the boys done a spectacular leap and tried to clear a 6 foot fence missed his footing went smack into it I can remember the mrs trying frantically to get into the shed that was locked seemed like time stood still. O happy days 😂 The following day I went to the top of the garden for a tidy up and found my mates firework double the size of a biscuit tin it was. I read the instructions and in big Capital letters read display model stand back 50 metres 🙄

Maybe I should have tried a bit of hot water over halibut pellets 🤔

I’ve used these in the past Quite heavy with sticky pellets in the margins had a low 20 on it but I found when I cast them most of the pellets came off on impact with the water tried binding them with liquids but gave up

Must say Commonly I am enjoying your reservoir campaign and I wish you all the best luck 👍

If any of you has got a Chub vantage bivvy as I have Total fishing Tackle are selling the over warp for both 1 man and 2 man for £19 each, I paid £29 awhile ago which I thought was a bargain then

Cardiff.... I’ve just txt my mate and he’s said that’s what she said happed

I think I paid £30 each for the originals

I also had a set of Microns M’s my 1st alarms great sound, my mate had them to and if we doubled up in the swim and one went off I used to say please be mine as we both crashed out of the bivves. I thought I was the bees knees when I finally got the sounder box and wires to go with them.... tripped over them wires to. 🙄 Only time they let me down was the once in freezing fog when the rollers froze up ... but that was down to the weather conditions really.

The police don’t mess about down my way. A friend of a friend had a £1000 fine for shopping outside our area went across the road to M&S and bang. 😳

There’s a big warm front from the south forecast for this Tuesday what I would give to be down linear way all set up just as the big warm wind turns to face me ... but we got travel restrictions 😞

When I went over to marker sticks I put on weight from not having to walk out the rods all the time...honest 😉 I’ve used a reel for the spod and marker work for donkey years with the plastic clip and luckily had no issues but recently been using a reel with a round spring metal clip which I prefer. I defo wouldn’t go back to the plastic clip

I’m lucky I always fish with a good mate and driving back from a trip we analyse our trips comparing tactics, would we have done anything different and why we fished the way we did and so on.

If I don’t get out often I get a bit rusty make silly mistakes things just take a bit longer to set up on a 48hr trip. But I get there in the end.....could be I’m getting on a bit tho 🤔

Maybe try this ?

Got myself a pair of korum 10ft 2.25lb rods had a cat at 22lb no problem but there was no weed or snags, tho the cork was creaking a bit lol. This rod had got a fast action, tippy more so than my 3lb test curves I use. I think the 2.25 could handle a big carp with not much weed about.

Your going to arms like Popeye 💪

Thank god for that ... I’m in work doing long hours don’t even know what day it is, think Iv had one 48 hour trip since the virus hit. Good luck Elmo 🤞

Iv had the same problem now and then with the putty .... could be crayfish ?? I don’t use a spilt shot I find they ping off when passing the hook length through the pva even when I make a little split don’t happen all the time but annoying. I use these now they grip much better in a BB

All the hard work paying off 👍