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29 minutes ago, yonny said:
I bought something similar about 15 years ago. Problem is you use them, dry them, use them, dry them and after a week or two they absolutely stink of silt and god knows what else. I binned mine after a month. They were rank!
I know what you mean ,I used some Gull wetsuit booties ,they were great til the warmth made them sweat a bit ,proper stinky ...then I tried carp tec welded socks ,they were good but wore out..
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Made by Carper Tackle
Weighs 1kilo...had some nice upper doubles in it already ,seems well made,sets up ,mega fast ..same to pack away ..
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On 09/04/2025 at 13:44, jh92 said:
Wicked mate, my favourite places to fish are big open reservoirs, we used to fish upper tamar about 15 years ago, was quite a trek to swims up past the quarry 🤣 I've got a ford focus and it's like a game of tetris getting it all in the back 🤣
Same as that mate, the hide xl was being sold as a 2 man camping tent 🤣
Is that a water filter lol I take 10l on all my trips, even for a 24 hour 🤣
Yes ,I got fed up lugging heavy water around ( not heavy water as in making bombs lol )...anyway I got into another hobby ,it'd never take over from my fishing, but that's where my minimalist interest started,its great fun, one thing ,I try to do is remain comfortable, being minimal doesn't mean ,pain lol...xx
I took one of the Carp Chronical podcasts chaps for a sess as he lived In the valley nearby ,upto upper Tamar ...I had great fun ,thinning his kit down for a laugh ,...he was absolutely gobsmacked, what I took from his rucksack ...that was very fun..,no carp bay ,that was in ..
( a bit of fun ,but with a good end result,no hernia or back problems )..
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10 hours ago, jh92 said:
My mate who's fishing the canal at the moment has gone a bit mad about stripping his gear back, he's removed his kettle for a metal cup that he can use on a stove 🤣
Is it about the weight on the barrow for you guys or the space it takes up? For me it's not so much the weight of things, but the amount of stuff I take and how long it takes to pack away lol.
@Roughtor my old bed chair and sleeping bag weighed around 49kg if I remember correctly 🤣
I knew I had a pic somewhere of my minimal carp / survival stove and water set up ,show your mate ,bud and see what he thinks ...or suggest to him look on the bushcraft forums, now these guys are all about minimal ,stick stoves ,cooking on slate the lot ...
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6 hours ago, jh92 said:
My mate who's fishing the canal at the moment has gone a bit mad about stripping his gear back, he's removed his kettle for a metal cup that he can use on a stove 🤣
Is it about the weight on the barrow for you guys or the space it takes up? For me it's not so much the weight of things, but the amount of stuff I take and how long it takes to pack away lol.
@Roughtor my old bed chair and sleeping bag weighed around 49kg if I remember correctly 🤣
For me it's everything, not only weight but speed of set up ,drying off kit at home ,carrying it in my now much smaller car ,I have to know where it all is ,so I can just add bait ,bit of food ...and bye bye wife til tomorrow...
Here's a pic of myself fishing a mega water ,just tarping it under a 58 pattern poncho tarp ,which make great barrow covers n all ,walked over a mile ,over big stone walls etc
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And .....lol,I did once go down the rabbit hole of bedchairs ,like ditching them and using a Helinox or Onetigress 'cot'...and when younger even kipping on the floor to save a second trip ...( not anymore)
I'm off over the road in a mo to check my neighbours fishery for him,later if I can find this pic of when I got into tarpology ,was minimal ........and daaaaaamp..ha,ha..!
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3 minutes ago, yonny said:
Me too.... I bought a Pioneer Ultralight last year.... not used it once.... it's just sitting there.
Like you I chase the weight. I'm always looking to save a few grams here or there (in fact I just bought a titanium cup for silly money (🤦♂️).... that's how anal about weight I am). I have several shelters but I always use either the mk1 Tempest Brolly or mk1 Lo Pro.. just because they're light. I still have an original Supa Brolly kicking about somewhere... also mega light.
One thing that winds me up.... as new versions are released (Tempest mk2 and RS, Lo Pro mk2 etc etc) they ALWAYS put on weight. Thicker material etc. I hate that!
Yeah it's funny ,because I've pretty much got all my kit 'down ' as they say ,but bivvys oh ,no ...no...far too much overthinking goes on in the darkness. ..
Mind you I do like the look of the lo pros . I'm currently switching tween various MHr and a Tacklebox long top ...lake depending 😂
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Wow,they look lovely ,especially with the new centre bosses .
Lezak is a member of my club ,I've yet to meet him ,his stories of Slapton Ley inspired me to spend the day on the beach and all the history that goes with it ...the Americans and requisition of the cottages ,.
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Has anyone ever seen the beauty of a lezak Delag reel..they are art ,art work of the highest order in many ways ,too nice to fish with ...
Be interesting to hear from bluelabel as he knows all about this stuff it makes other makes,high end stuff look not so good in some ways
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Thanks mate
( Will has an alarm and Daiwa ss3000 fetish,he's got all the variations of them ,just now to get a pair going)...
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There was a low 20 in a little complex I was a member of,it was the biggest in the lake ..sadly it got dropped and landed side on ,on a scaffold pole, on a bordered a bark swim ..we all thought it was going to die ,injuries were awful ..but on advice it was put in a salt bath and survived and grew ..
The amount of Carp
I've caught with predation damage is unreal ,and yet as long as the fish actually survives ,regeneration can occur ..here a pic of my first fish from a little water ,its clearly been munched at some point ,and has started to grow back..
I guess I'm trying to say carp are proper tough creatures.
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Will ,is a passionate angler ...he not into forums etc ..
Is there anyone else who repairs old skool Delks or other alarms ,other than Dale Daletronics, ..he's got a few to sort out ..
Cheers..
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Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words ..I'll just say this my mate Will ,lives in the highest village in my area ,on a small holding in a caravan ,there is nothing to see but country side ,nothing fazes him,nothing ...so when he points out ,look ,look,look across the lake,its drinking from that spot you take notice ...I didn't see it ,because during the night it was behind my old armo..
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For Elmo
This is 15mm Ressi special ,its quite soft as its high leakage ,so I use the hard hookers ..it was developed for Big Cornish waters ,College, Argal ,Upper Tamar,lower Tamar amongst many lesser lakes ..
I feed my carp with it as well..
Hope that helps a bit mate
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1 hour ago, elmoputney said:
Who's Mr Watts?
Yes,like Framey says ,Marcus's company Mirage or it used to be Future baits..
I've used a lot of his stuff including the CSL pellets, I found very good, the paste I use a lot ,especially the Ressi special version..
Did you know that Source is the brain child of Marcus, it became Ressi special ,when he had Bait Bunker ,his shop nr the Platt in Wadebridge Kernow,the Rebrander ,I know it as all the different incantations, and still use it all the time ...its very good bait ..in general ..put it this way ,a real good friend of mine ,who makes his living from writing about bait,told me he'd be more than happy to only use his stuff...it utilises lots of Haiths products ...
I ordered mine yesterday night ,it came today ,buy hand...lol..I know I'm very lucky...
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1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:
30 years ago I got the feeling that me and my mate were being watched/stalked by a big cat, but we didn't actually see it.
Round the back of the big ski lake at Grenville we found about 4-5 fresh swan kills, together in a corner. Walking past and up the far bank we could hear something following us within the bushes, snapping the odd twig. We fished a few hours and I just got feeling it was level with us and still watching. Fair to say I was nervous but no proof just a feeling.
No idea if there have been any sightings in Northants tbh
The hunters ,being hunted
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5kg of Mr Watts ,Resi specials ..
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I like those 3 in ones n all ,cept I find having a wee,wee a lot ,after drinking them ...lol
Oh dear
Minimising to Essentials
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That's proper hard core that is did you get many in the end