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Ohh out tomorrow as a proper non smoker, two weeks since giving up the vapes and what an improvement, the hospital consultant said it was vaping that was causing the issue proper not keen on vaping longterm. Bought a oxygen level monitor hitting all the right numbers on a walk so I doubt I have any serious damage beyond ageing.

Be there tomorrow I didn't get any corn officially.

Seen it in the shops, packaging looks plush if it's made by Munch baits I can't see it being anything different to what is already available, The results you get from making fresh really is worth the effort on some waters.

Rigs are all tied and ready on the pb jelly wire, did alright with the the jelly wire previously so it's my first choice, all sitting in the box having a straightener, pretty much ready to go bar the arrival sandwich I take for afternoon lunch on the first day.

Booked in for Sunday, they reckon it's boilie and pellet only, yeah I'm taking a lot of sweet corn... and boilie, I know,.. I pre booked even picked picked my peg, been before but not in a while, I'm trying to stay local so it really limits specimen carp waters. I had a look a Bishops Bowl but they have a lot of filling in work going on so the actual specimen lake is pretty much closed unless you fancy a bit of a hike,I have never fancied Mitre pool it's a bit like Barston, if the rod goes at 4am might be a good un but more than likely not. So Dog Lane is looking good, I was thinking about Mineral lake but they have Sturgeon to 180lb I think I will give that a miss shame as there are some really big carp in there. So it's two rods on what is a margin venue from what I can work out, bait boats are very popular and no one uses a boat to fish the margins, I like my peg choice as well, nothing to the right of me and the next two pegs to my left are empty and have been hemed in by myself and whoever is in the third peg to my left. Shame they don't draw pegs on the day as it's a 10am start for all anglers arriving on that day. Food for me will be simple, a breakfast and shake before I leave home and a few bit for the evening the next day will be porridge and pot noodle. I'm thinking, get there for 10, set up and sit back real quite in the hop the fish come into a less pressured area with lots of corn to hold them, see what the fish are doing before putting my rods out around late afternoon time. I'm in a slight bay swim so can set up back a bit. It is a nice venue nothing built up or main roads near by, the old fellas son runs the place, I used to get on alright with his dad, as in he would let me do overnight without a bivvy just a tent. Although Dog Lane is said to hold over 250 large carp, they don't always show up from what I can gather off recent online reports I got rigs to tie, well booms to attach to spinner and loop rigs, will be using PB jelly wire as it's a clear flat bottom something very supple would be my choice I've a feeling it don't take much in the way of rigs standing up or bows of floro in the hook length to see them do the offski.

Finally finished the van build, reckon a few laps of a big lake Is due

You might find something with twin tips that would work, the problem being any rod that is suitable for silvers will struggle with carp most silver fish are very fast feeders using the rod tip to set the hook needs a very light tip that's why feeder rods usually come with multiple tips, you would want something that is good for large perch and chub as well as silvers, that would be the sort of thing you are looking for.

PVA bags or stick mix would be a easy change without going mad on end tackle I'd use the stick mix PVA approach with a simple multi rig tied to a size six hook, if you are struggling, the Korda booms and loops make a great combi rig pretty much straight out the packet, plenty of hook metal you can keep the hooks prone with a cheap very fine file.

Hybrids have been on the canals a fair bit, usually bream x roach didn't think you would get bream x carp the photo I seen was looking carpy, not a generated image as the boat yard was in the pic.

Not sure if twitter inspires me to get out for a few days or put you off, one poor chap is struggling with the wind, got the alarms on lowest sensitivity the wind is still being a disturbance. Rod tips in the water with heavy bobbins would fix that? think he would of been better off bringing them in myself till day light something I do on most sessions if I have a fish or a problem and a rod needs recasting I will wait till that first twilight bit so I can see how the cast went into the water, only reason I do that is, if I cast in the dark, come first light I will be more than tempted to bring that rod in for a recast.

Definitely silvers stocked for the match angling, there are silvers in the canals near me alot of hybrids as well, sure one lad had a carp bream hybrid out the canal it was a bream but with a carp like mouth, didn't think you got carp hybrids.

So I popped out yesterday afternoon, fishing the waggler and led rod, grabbed two bags of frozen corn and some rubber bits out my carp tackle, was having silver bream on the float rod and one small carp, the led rod went mental two large carp about 15 to 20 lb just smashed my hook size 10 just spat it out after taking my gear on a lap of the lake, they really did want that corn. Got to be some of the finest close in fishing I have done in a while, can't believe I got carp looking for corn on the deck they were cruising the top all day the confidence they had on the corn was saying something.

The local stretch of the Avon do a good season ticket for 90 pounds they do ask to see the EA rod licence before selling a ticket pretty sure dog lane are doing the same as well on your first visit.

I got camo, rod sleeve and two bags, seems to bring much hilariously fun gests talk of looking like an angler in the Korda camp minus the extra hold hair mouse.

Seen that myself fines are huge, you would be daft to fish a popular venue without a licence these day.