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12 hours ago, crusian said:
At last a breathing space for you and your Brother ; your Dad's in safe hands , and much easier to visit regularly .
Shame about your car , at least it lasted while you were commuting to Aldburgh .
Skoda Yeti , ooh I've been looking to buy one of those , but my Wife is not so keen 😢 .
Well tight lines , Nick , and best wishes to your Dad .
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Honda and VW are my two preferred manufacturers, and while Skoda is owned by VW, it just doesn't feel as comfortable and is slightly short of power. I've also found it slightly more difficult to balance the clutch and accelerator on starts. There is room for the gear, but not loads more as you would think. I'd happily go back to the new model Golf, although I am not sure on the liftback of the newer Civics.
I did see my dad today, he was dressed but in his room as I think he finds daytime television and the lack of conversation in the lounge annoying. He doesn't understand that it's a rehab unit, and they've got various stages of dementia.
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On 07/09/2025 at 22:13, crusian said:
Well that's sounds encouraging , Nick .
When your Dad is back at Aldeburgh hopefully you can draw breath , and relax a little after your difficult few weeks .
With these big winds , and rain of late they should be biting down your syndicate .
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Hopefully now things should settle down, my dad has been transferred to a rehabilitation unit in a care home quite local to me. He is still confused and unable to make decisions for himself with his dementia so my brother and I have signed the contract for the free treatment for 2-6weeks. It does mean that Dom and I can do alternative day visits to him, which might mean I can actually get fishing in again on the syndicate.
On a negative note I had to scrap my Honda Civic after a failed MOT, but have a hire car even if it is a Skoda Yeti.
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On 15/09/2025 at 10:54, OldBoy said:
Just an update on original post, after playing around with the stuff it tended to make method mix very sticky and not as firm as I wanted (oh err).
Anyway, probably should have thought of this before, just blitzed up some flaked maize to add to existing mix and it seems to do the job nicely.
Off to an 'easy' Kernow water next week to give it a go.
Flaked maize itself is sticky when wet and works well in Method Mix, no major need to blitz it up.
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yesterday's driving music
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I got into discussions with someone about bait companies this year and I gave some figures for various bait companies. Dynamite baits (owned by Rapala), have less than 10 employees, and have a turnover of less than £1million.
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2 hours ago, ouchthathurt said:
To be honest, if I want a different hookbait, I just make the pillows the way nick described, put the sausage on the rolling table and cut it like that. Also using a (I think, im sure someone will point me right) using say, a 10mm sausage on a 12mm rolling table will make more dumbbell shaped baits? Im sure I’ve seen/heard that somewhere. Never tried it though
I'm sure that I have done that for dumbell shapes, or a too large a sausage, say 14mm for ovaloids.
In fact on a 'compatible' nozzle and rolling table, say 12mm, if the gun compresses the base mix, as they are extruded they will expand slightly and be slightly off shape as well.
1 hour ago, framey said:I must have miss read it easy mistake to make lol but it’s all cool however you want to do it.
Another alternative is you could always just air dry them without boiling at all to get a harder skin on them and once that has dissolved you would have a paste so even quicker as no boiling involved
it would keep the Rudd away for a little
I used to air dry unboiled base mix balls totally, mixed with water and the other liquids, to get a fast breakdown, basically like the ball pellets that were available at the time.
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34 minutes ago, yonny said:
When I was 19 a v large water near me came up for sale at 40k.
I pleaded with the bank to lend me the money and of course they just laughed at me. Ten years later it was sold again for more than a million.
I still haven't forgiven the bank 🤣
I can remember when Taverham Mills was sold, a 25acre lake, stretch of river, a house and I think another 20acres of land. The Carp Society put in a bid, but were outbid by Anglian Water with a bid for £1,000,000. Anglian Water managed to fence the lake trapping otters inside the fence.
What irritated me is I had built the fence around the roadside and the woods at the back when I ran it and had no problems. Anglian Water ripped the fence down to rebuild it leaving it down for weeks, allowing otters to get in. Those same otters were getting the barbel and carp in the river before they got into the lake, so AW would have known otters were in the area.
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3 hours ago, elmoputney said:
I have been off work with the old Co vid this week. And I've been spending time looking at bait making, god knows why but there we are, I think it started with something about an electric caulking gun I saw, then I went full production mode, then I saw a comment saying "if you are making your own, the last thing you want to do is make them round"
So I got to thinking what is the best way to cut paste sausages without them all going out of shape (like with a knife) has anyone used a pizza cutter for this task?
I've seen the method where you boil the sausage first and then chop but I would like to boil after cutting if possible to seal the boilies if I can.
I've developed a simple nut mix using AA Baits base mix with a couple of extras but keeping it simple. Probably won't save much in cash terms but I would have a fresher, better bait which might increase catch rate and be more attractive to the carps and different to most anglers on the bank with their round balls.
25 minutes ago, framey said:Years ago
I just used a knife to cut them and then roll between the palms.
the only reason for round boilies is ease in a stick to get them out lol
cant see any benefit in boiling twice personally
As @framey says the only reason for round is they catapult or go out in the stick straight.
Boiling the sausages and then cutting does allow a bit of extra attraction as the cut edges aren't 'sealed' skin.
I used to use a knife years ago to cut my sausages to roll between my palms, but the Gardner rolling table stopped the need to do that.
There is nothing wrong with 'pillows', rolling sausages and using the table to cut the sausages without rolling them, if anything its easy to do.
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2 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
Wishful thinking then, some of ours have obviously managed to avoid them for decades but show the signs (eaten faces the lot, other old ones are mint still), they've open access to the site but I've only seen them on one lake so far but the swan deaths were on my lake every spring.
Is it then partly down to having big numbers of swans and geese also on the menu? The lakes have always been there and otters have never wiped the fish out- something about the lakes makes it difficult some how - no idea really they obviously get some. Up at Bluebell they swim past without a care in the world, packed out lake - lots of dogs, no worries until my man turns up to move them on! 👍
Our lake has had them on, and in winter coots were the main diet. We rarely lost swans, but did find occasional pike were on the diet.
There were a couple of carp with damaged tails. Again the lake is open access, and unable to be fenced.
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On 08/09/2025 at 16:26, crusian said:
What a lovely Granddaughter , who looks very determined .
Shooting off at a tangent I saw a post on Facebook that said Bromeswell was up for sale ? .
A granddaughter who pinched and ate a couple of chunks of luncheon meat dusted in turmeric and garam masala...
Bromeswell is on a few estate agents and as much as I would love it...
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4 hours ago, crusian said:
Sorry , Nick , that was clumsy of me . I just wanted you to have some " Nick time " so your head didn't explode .
I should have remembered how important hospital visits are from when I was in hospital , and my Wife visited me .
All the very best .
😆no worries Mate, I know what you meant.
Believe me if the syndicate was close enough to the hospital I would fish and visit him as well, but a 60mile drive from North Suffolk to Aldeburgh is not a possibility.
I've had some 'Nick time', even if it involved a blank chub chase and two lost end tackles in a snag, and daughter and Granddaughter time with a trip to Norfolk
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1 hour ago, crusian said:
Well that's sounds encouraging , Nick .
When your Dad is back at Aldeburgh hopefully you can draw breath , and relax a little after your difficult few weeks .
With these big winds , and rain of late they should be biting down your syndicate .
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No chance of getting to the syndicate while he is in hospital, even if he goes to Aldeburgh. He needs the social time with my brother and myself so every other day I will have to visit him until he can get into a full time care home.
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9 hours ago, crusian said:
Hi Nick
Sorry I've just read your post .
So how is your Dad at the moment , please ? .
I recently took my Wife to A&E , Ipswich Hospital , and we were in there overnight for 12 hours , so I know exactly what it's like . You were great in keeping your temper under control under stressful circumstances , I could have quite happily punched the first hospital employee I saw who just wound me up .
My Mum had dementia , and it became too hard for her to live at home so she went to live in a friendly care home in the village .
Fortunately I didn't have to deal with a social worker , just a care home Manager with empathy , and knew what she was doing .
Take care .
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Hopefully my dad should be going back to the community hospital for rehabilitation tomorrow. He has managed to get around using a walking frame with the physio.
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4 hours ago, elmoputney said:
Gardner make good quality stuff imo, my alarms are bomb proof, my g force stove is amazing even after 2 years the piezzo ignition still works (great stove) and a decent price
There are few tackle brands I trust totally, knowing that it is right first time, but Gardner are one of those that I have not ever had a dodgy item.
In the 1990's I bought a Gardner Landing Net. It lasted until 2004 when it was stolen, I don't recall even replacing the mesh. Gardner hooks I have found blooming (as in to make bleed figuratively and literally) pinprick sharp straight out of the packet. I used their PVA mesh bags for years, and I haven't changed from Gardner Pro line other than a brief flirtation when no-one had any in stock after Richard Gardner sent me the sample batch to test myself before its release.
On 04/09/2025 at 15:08, yonny said:Gardner said they'll be out in 2025 so they could still be a couple of months away.
If I ever contemplate moving away from my Delkim loyalty (I've never had any problems) the only alarm I would switch to would be Gardner. I did play with the original TLB's and the wired sounder, they were nice and did look good.
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I really don't know where to start!
It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.
Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/
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9 hours ago, OldBoy said:
Haven't used hemp seed for a few years now, became to expensive and quality seemed to drop too.
I am now using my own spomb mix, over method feeders, was very impressed how the buckwheat 'resembled' large hemp seed when cooked, might be worth a try for others on here?
Hemp quality has definitely dropped. It is smaller, harder to split and just doesn't seem as effective.
I love standard birdfoods, although the additional aniseed ones are even better.
Buckwheat is a good choice mixed with crushed maize and birdfoods.
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1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:
NO - gonna ask my mate to see if he can turn it off in the settings
I had a good look through settings and couldn't find anything to turn it off on my Samsung phone and tablet.
Ai notes on Facebook posts have gotten ridiculous as well; asking what my dogs temperament is, how do you look after Sky, really bugs me.
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Oh grief!
I am so wound up. My father is 84, and has dementia so my brother and I split visits with him a few times a week each as he is still independent and living on his own.
Today was my day, and I had to be there from 10am until his normal medication delivery arrived, but immediately after had to go pick up his antibiotics prescription from Boots and do him some shopping, which involved a trip into town.
So one of the 'homeless' trying to 'help' at the car park ticket machine, in other words beg.
This idiot chose to give me verbals in Ipswich town centre, and then decided to try to push me when I refused his assistance as I paid on my card. I put him down and left him tangled up in the post at the car park. Got back to my car and he was taking photos of my car.
He then tried to carry on with the mouth and wanting to fight. I just picked his bike up and moved it and him out of the way.
You can see what happened to his trousers when I left him attached to the post by the waistband
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7 hours ago, elmoputney said:
You mean kind of like the magic twig where you push it in the ground and then the prongs come out and it gets stuck in weed 🤣
Facebook always knows. I haven't looked at tent pegs on there and this ad came up.
7 hours ago, kevtaylor said:So annoying, was on the phone to my mum whilst walking the dog, talking about her broken garage door. When I got home every advert on social media, news pages and youtube on the telly was garage doors. Stop listening to me - unreal!
Are you happy with Ai listening in? I get so many adverts after checking links on here and not all are the good type...
I have flicked the search on fleabay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=bivvy+pegs&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313
I don't mind ebay adverts, I use it anyway.
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On 15/08/2025 at 08:03, bobcross said:
A bit like American Football absolutely boring.
I beg to differ, I'm an old school Chicago Bears fan, and played for 20years.
Terry Hearn is one of the few people I can watch.
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I'm one of those who uses standard strong bivvy pegs. I've looked at mine and they are the screw in pegs provided by Rod Hutchinson with the brolly system, or some screw in pegs I bought for another bivvy.
I did also have a quick look at Johnson Ross (https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/1477-bivvy-pegs) and Tackle Box and to be honest in terms of tent/bivvy pegs carp tax is actually low.
I've not found ground I can't get that type of peg in, and I have always screwed them in rather than used a mallet, and at Nazeing I did take one just in case for the sailing bank which was hardcore, but was always able to screw them in.
If I have any complaint it is that in soft ground in windy weather pegs pull loose.
I have got one bent RH bivvy peg, but that is actually down to Sky catching her lead around it as she went for something. It was deep in hard ground, and she pulled and bent it out. Saying that, she has also bent thick banksticks, storm poles and storm sticks, and blooming dog spikes.
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47 minutes ago, elmoputney said:
Thanks I enjoyed both and the pack of custard doughnuts. I was proper lazy with food this week, brioche rolls, burgers at night, bacon in the morning, biscuits and doughnuts
Custard doughnuts, one of my sweet treats. I do try to avoid 'junk' food, but I do have a sweet tooth.
My fishing lunch is frequently smoked bacon sandwiches or bacon rolls, with a proper dinner. It was from a Tim Paisley book, and Rod Hutchinson advice to do a 'production meal' at night. It takes time up, and obviously is healthy. I feed Sky from 17.00 onwards, her stomach has a clock timer, so after I have fed her and given her a 'pee walk', a hundred metre wander up the bank, I get my dinner sorted. I do try to do the healthy option, which is actually easier in winter and cooler temperatures than hot summers unless I go buy fresh meat or fish every day.
I try to make the biscuits, jam tarts, doughnuts or whatever as my evening dessert.
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12 hours ago, elmoputney said:
Finally got out and caught one this weekend. Got to the lake Saturday lunchtime to find only one other on. Had a look around in the island half of the lake and as usual found a few mooching about. It was really weedy everywhere so I continued walking, looking at the bigger end of the lake I just thought it looked good, whilst it was still very weedy.
I got the plumbing rod out to look for a spot I used to know. It still existed a bit but was a lot smaller. Did quite a lot of leading about and didn't find a lot else so raked a spot close in for a 3rd rod, one mountain of weed later it was done, flicked in a load of pellets to let the Rudd go to work, I stuck a rig on it straight away but a couple of hours and it had stunk out my pineapple pop up. Continued baiting it and left it for the morning.
2 rods went out to the bank of pads and weed onto a plateau baited with a good few spombs of boilie and pellet mix and just chucked the 3rd onto another clear spot I had found in the other side margin.
Nothing much happened until I was asleep and about 2am I had a series of beeps and line was being taken so I hit it and instantly it was weeded up, it came in like a big ball of weed for a while when it got free of that went nuts and found another weedbed, this continued for a while and I just kept trying to gain line, until it got to the weed In front of the swim I tried and failed to get it round the side and it locked me up solid. In the end my only hope was putting the rod down. Luckily after a vape I picked it up and it came free I ended up landing it and a free ball of weed.
Couldn't find my tripod, or water bucket, and my intervalometer batteries were dead so had to find some more of those. Luckily I could use a picnic bench that was in the swim as a tripod. Not the greatest photo but at 3am it was the best I could manage.
31lb 3oz of hard earnt carp. I also lost one to my line parting (happened straight away off a drop back) , caught a massive rudd on a size 4 pop up I had a couple of what I thought were liners because my raked spot was fizzing, sadly no takes because of the Rudd, and I also had a pretty big tench with weed ball also on a pop up.bith slipped back because I needed a nap, The trig hammer XT got a big test and passed with flying colours.
I had a little nap and came home a happy but tired and achey man.
These were the biscuit of the week in my world, they came alive when you dunked them. And pink what's not to love.
Not sure about the biscuits but that is a heck of a fish, proper result.
Today's thought.
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My brother has a newer model CRV, and I have been in it on a decent journey when we came back from Tottenham Stadium when the Chicago Bears beat Jacksonville. It's nice, comfortable and on my list of 'possibles', as is the Nissan X-Trail.
I've got a collection of books for my Dad, the type of things that interest him, the cracking of Enigma, Orford Island and it's uses in military research, The Channel Island and German Occupation and the development of the Spitfire amongst others.
His problem with socialising is he gets an interest in something and doesn't understand that it is not always relevant, or that in the case of the charity work he used to do for Greenways that during school holidays children would be included so he needed a DBS.