OldBoy

Never tried that, so long ago I can't remember if the underside of top skin was actually reflective or not 😀 Do have a couple of pics from way back with the Hutchie dome covered in snow tho! Last week of the then close season, bright sun in morning then woke up to snow! Deff wouldn't like to be bivvied up in this weather atm tho! 🥵

I got my Hutchie dome from Penge Angling, had to be the alloy pole version of course! Did try to argue a 'cash' price, they were having none of it though 😂

Leaving aside the obvious faffing around making this stuff. It might be me not understanding, but what would you actually use these liquids in? If added to a boilie base mix, wouldn't the boiling process actually kill any 'benefical effects? I get adding to a groundbait might work, as for a spod mix, wouldn't any effect just vanish in the volume of water in any lakes..... guessing a lot of this 'science' might have been tank tested?

That explains it mate, btw I did notice the brolly with 'storm sides' fitted? I used to have a WaveLoc brolly with an overwrap fitted back in the day, then moved onto a Hutchie bivvie dome... luxury at the time 😂

That was the swim that many years ago I think it was Mike Winstone and another bloke won one of the first 'Carp matches' held there, using PVA mesh bags of pellets? I actually thought Tiger nuts were banned at the time on HorseShoe but might be wrong? Anyway, I used to concentrate my efforts on Winter bay, winter point and disabled swim and the middle road bank swims were good. Not sure what the place is like now, and sounds so anti what it was set up to be, obviously cannot turn the clock back but early days were actually a very special time imo Best times were before the flying rats arrived and those carp could be caught so easy on mixers very early morning when the big group of carp moved into winter bay

Couldn't post this on the news section, but it's been down for a few days for me. Missed being a grumpy old git at times! 😂👍

I might be mistaken, but think one of your original posts on here was deleted? Anyway, I have wasted a bit of time earlier looking into hydrolsates, seems too much faffing about and can't be bothered with it. God knows what the fish one smells like!!! Seems like there is nothing new anymore in the 'bait war' trends, will younger carpers actually do this... of course not. As a property program said ages ago, it's all about 'location, location, location' 👍 Tight lines to all, hopefully I will get on bank when my club lake reopens after spawning is done 👍

Why bother mate..... guess this will be deleted 😂

I got into Lego over the 'winter' months, it can be very addictive though! Built a Lighthouse, Jaws boat - a right [censored] to do - and a couple of motorised cars that I modded it was good fun 👍 Now weather is warming up, that will be on hold for now. Do rember the Airfix kits, sure I had an Airfix saturn 5 rocket - should kept it!

Have to agree with the posts about the bloke behind 'Stonze', for @Golden Paws, I have not seen the video but 9lbs of lead in 1 square metre seems completly unbelieveable 😂 I have never used drop off leads, never will, cannot see, except for very snag ridden venues, why I would want to, maybe abroard might be justified? Wonder how we ever managed to land fish from weedy venues without them? Don't need to use the set up now, but remember back in the day, a tulip bead pushed over the hooklink swivel and the zip or dumpy lead swivel eye pushed over that was probablay the safest and so simple set up to use in weedy waters imo. As @greekskii said " I’d be more worried about the microplastics than the lead. "

As the weather is now starting to warm up, I know it will take weeks for water to do the same. I am going to get the method feeders out again soon, did look at molasses meal but not that easy at a good price, decided to do my flaked maize soaked in molasses, has anyone tried this? Yes I know it is supposed to be a bream magnet? Didn't RH actually have a bait flavour called Bream Attactor? Will be testing it this weekend? Anything caught will be a bonus. Good luck to all out on the banks now 👍

I can relate to topic, Think my best carp fishing days were in the mid / late 90's, without boring people to death with nostalgic memories, but my early Horseshoe days were something never to be forgotten. After that, things changed, couldn't do it anymore, a very long drive and work and family stuff meant I gave up and sold my ticket., did a lot of day ticket fishing in and around Sussex, and a few club lakes too, then the noddy carp anglers arrived en mass, all the argos gear with no idea, no manners or respect. Had a great spell with pole fishing on a certain sussex venue that had lots of crucians in their front lake. Then moved on to find a few Dorset and Kernow venues that were relativily undiscoverd back in the day. What I am trying to say is, don't loose the feeling, at my age, can't go as much as I ever used to, but still have a Sussex club water I can think will do me. My one regret is that I have never caught a Barbel! Sorry for a bit of a rant

Seems like the same has happened to another water, a 'non publicitly' group of lakes in West Sussex.... err a fishing club who has lakes near Chichester by A27..... all lillie pads have been ripped out from one of their lakes too.... another brown puddle again! 😟

Yep, the dove cote bank was great for tench, loads of lovely lillie pads back in the day...... On one of my last visits they had all been sadly ripped out..... probably to cater for the new generation of 'pot noodle carpers'! ☹️ Never fished the main lake again after that

Exactly right @Roughtor it was famous, I fished there twice with LDAS, probably late 70's! At the time none of us had any real idea about the hidden secrets the place had. When it was finally closed to fishing clubs, i think the main lake was netted and the Crucians were distributed to various lakes in the surrey area?, Milton lake at Bury Hill received lots - maybe a certain Mr Rowles - was involved too? 😀