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I do have an eclectic taste in music, so this Pure Moods was playing in the car recently: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2lvb7VFQbiOq0z1NDJrfkrTDZ-hJLsMM&si=JU5fz6XXFqdkfSAO

Different lines work best with different knots, although the Palomar is one of the most efficient. I use various knots, Rapala loop knot, Clinch/Uni knot, or half blood knot. Amnesia works best with a 3turn blood knot, although for other lines I have found 4 or 5 turns best. Gardner Pro I always do a 5 turn Clinch knot, where Sensor gets a blood knot. Braids for hooklinks get a Clinch knot, while on hooklinks where I need a loop, it is the loop knot.

That was one of my bug bears on Nazeing Lagoons, leaving the gear unattended was not recommended when walking around. Having to walk Sky would not be a relaxing experience on there. At least on my current lake it is safe. I have had a phone call from my dad having a problem, reeled in, driven to his and taken him to the doctors, then gone back to the lake. I struggle with staying or moving, I probably split the two 50/50. The numbers of times I see fish move onto a spot after 48hours. "Oh, you need washed out baits", not if the fish aren't even coming onto the bait or into the area for a day at least. Taverham got like that; the Friday night bait up, and fish would avoid the spot until Sunday. Fish were obviously caught at the weekend, usually to small traps, but not so many over bait. I've had numbers of fish from baits left in place for 2 days, not even reeled in, not something I can do now obviously. If I move onto the fish I see, it's nearly always a single or a bag or stringer. No point in piling it in and potentially spooking them.

There have been a few about. I think that what saves this stretch is actually how busy with people it can be, and the otters don't get the chance to settle. They have had some of the chub, perch and pike, but with so many paddleboarders and kayakers going in and out near the mill and car park, fish are given a refuge. I'm there again tonight, so we'll see if the chub are about again.

I know exactly what you mean. I sit in the bivvy extension with my binoculars almost pinned to my eyes. A couple of years ago I was opposite someone on the syndicate and at dusk saw a fish roll at the end of the island. It was closer to him than to me, but not a spot he could reach as an overhanging willow prevented him casting there, so I launched a big boy cast around 120metres. First thing in the morning I had a 23lb common. Next thing I've seen him wade out to in front of the willow, around 15metres, and try to put a bait where I had the fish from. I hate moving, it hurts, but again, I had 2 blank nights over a prebaited spot, so moved to the actual swim the angler above was in, only 100metres to my right, and flicked a bag under the willow, that lead to a 20lb mirror. The fact that the move took 3 hours and was a nightmare, the fish made up for it. Every day I do walk around the lake, both for fish hunting and for Sky's benefit, and if I have to, will move. Funny though, frequently I will see fish somewhere else, get ready to pack up and move, then they start showing in front of where I am. I've got a couple of three sets of scales, a small set of digital luggage scales for chub and roach, my Grandeslam scales for carp and pike and a set of flyweights that live in the car just in case. The flyweights have weighed a few thornbacks up to 7lb as well as stalked chub and carp.

Welcome to Carp.com. It's a real fun time picking your line and hooklink materials... Just a suggestion, Shimano Sienna 4000 reels? You might want to change that for carp fishing, look at 6000 or 10000 size baitrunners, either the ST or DL range. (https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-baitrunner-reels/15312-shimano-baitrunner-st-6000rb-reel.html) (https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-baitrunner-reels/16575-shimano-baitrunner-dl-10000-rb-reel.html) For around 25years I have used 15lb line for carp fishing in almost every water I have fished from 2acre lakes up to 475acre reservoirs. It will cast up to 150metres on my rods, and is pretty good through weed. For years I used Daiwa Sensor in 15lb Brown. I found the brown version was slightly softer than the clear, cast a bit more smoothly and was easier to tie knots in. However, it did need replacing more often. Hooklink again is a matter of choice. I've used Kryston hooklinks since the 1990's! There are many more available now than then, but I found Kryston Merlin, Jackal, Snakebite and Snakeskin work so I have no need to change.

I waited until dark to avoid the children, paddle boarders and kayakers on the River Wensum. 4½lb chub on half a cocktail sausage, size 10 Solar Tackle 101 hook.

Oh Mate, please don't. From the original umbrella tent, Fox Jekk shelter overwrap to a couple of Fox EasyDomes, Rod Hutchinson Apotheosis, JRC Roamer Dome, Nash Hurricane Outlaw Dome and overwrap, TFG Hardcore, TFG Oval and overwrap, then the current Rod Hutchinson Hybrid Cabrio Brolly system and Extension. Actually, it's not that many over 40years! I know I killed a few due to weather, the JRC poles delaminated, and I did manage to drop one of the Hybrids on a lit stove. I thought I used and abused my gear, but looking and thinking through that list it is likely that most died of regular use, or I changed due to circumstances. In fact the Apotheosis I gave to my kids to use in the garden. Strangely enough of all of them I returned to the brolly and overwrap, and I would happily go back to the Jekk overwrap over a 50inch brolly. As much as I love a comfortable bivvy, the size and weight of the pramhood or external spoke system puts me off, so I very much prefer the umbrella system.

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I am absolutely shattered today, and my right knee and hip are agony. Yesterday was a busy day, from Ipswich to collect Bruce Lait and take him to the airport at 2.30am. Back home grab a couple of hours sleep and then go collect my son Levi from Basildon and back to Ipswich via Poplar Nursery at Marks Tey for coffee and a doughnut. Definitely a cafe/restaurant worth a visit.

I was looking at the specifications for both, and like you it would be I think personal choice. Quality wise, I think both are good, and it is just down to others opinions on which they think is best, and I bet you'd get people each saying each one is the best.

I managed to get myself a Radar key. Saying that I do go to the local co-op and use their toilet, which is disabled friendly. I dislike the Tardis like portaloos they are foul, and believe me working on building sites I've seen the worst.

I've owned bivvies by Nash and Fox, and both were good quality, if anything, before Fox were sold, the Fox bivvy quality of my 2 EasyDomes were very good. The Nash Outlaw Dome I owned was easy to use, in fact I still have it. @framey makes a very good point. A bivvy can go up very quickly, but it still takes time to put everything away and in order. It can make a mockery of the term, and like him, I hate 'quick overnighter'. My overnighter is, or more correctly, was, arriving after work, fishing the night hours and packing up first thing, usually before work. I may be fishing less than 10hours. Saying that, I do fish like that on the river, setting up just before dark, and being off by 8 or 9am. On an overnighter I will use no bivvy at all if it is going to be dry, or use a plain straight umbrella. The umbrella has an advantage, I can put it up over my bedchair if the weather does turn. If you need to use a groundsheet then that may also make a difference, and do you need any inner dome? Something else to bear in mind, may be worth thinking about, NashBait are being closed down in order to concentrate on Nash Tackle. Fox are so far solidly owned. It might be worth thinking about the possible connotations of that.

Grief, another month gone and we are into August already

Actually make it even easier, go 250metres, or 69wraps at 3.66 metres (12ft) and then you can get 2 fills from 1 1000metre spool