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The line breaking on a naked helicopter set-up is something I discovered years ago, (1994ish), so came up with my own version using stiff tubing and rubber beads. I have copied my post from years ago in Safe Lead set ups

One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist. I don't like what he did, but he was human enough to trade for peace with Ian Paisley. Ireland was a mess, some of the violence was sectarian Catholics vs Protestant, some was gang warfare, fighting over areas. Civilian targets are wrong, but Britain did it as well, carpet bombing, Sunday blooming Sunday! (There were 2!) Would you you offer tributes for Nelson Mandela? He was classed as a terrorist in his lifetime! sunday blooming Sunday https://youtu.be/EM4vblG6BVQ

You might be fortunate to get a liner, from a tackle shop, but bear in mind that liner will have fallen out of a rod ring... They can be glued back into place, but it will always be a possible weak spot. Reasons for them falling out are the rod ring guide has been bent, the liner got broken or chipped and cracked out. The best solution is to replace the rod guide with a new one, and it is not that hard a job to do yourself. Buy the correct size rod ring, and file and sand the legs down so they are perfectly smooth. With a scalpel cut the old whipping thread off the broken guide. Gently with wet and dry remove the old varnish from under the guide. Whip new ring on. Clear nail varnish can be used to build it up, but a proper rod varnish is best.

I had the same problem getting used to mine. Grab the top section boss by the spokes and push the lock up onto it. If you hold the lock against your chest it should push and lock. Then I think most have a screw that fits in place holding the brolly erect.

Expensive! Close on £300 even discounted to SSP. I've been using Chub Vantage Flatbed myself for over a year, and paired it with Morpheus Extreme bag. It still folds flat even with that wrapped inside.

I know you read the other leader thread, and since then on my clear water I have been using leaders again. The leaders I have been using are the clear TFG Lok down leaders, available strangely from TFG, they are quite supple, and are looped at mainline end, with swivel at hooklink end. You have to put on lead attachment, lead clip or run ring, or they do a heli leader as well with quick link clip on end, and heli swivel. Should have said first, welcome to the forum

I managed to break one last week, (I always have 2 just in case), pulling a hair loop knot through a wooden ball, not bad life, must be around 4years old, and well used. It was only because I needed a new one I went searching on ebay. Mind you I did buy one from a cheaper seller with free carriage

Piffle! I got hundreds of free hair stops when I used to service fire extinguishers, enough to last a life time

I know they are good, in my view the best but this is a bit rich:

I have always used Duracell batteries and not had any problems. I have had Vonny's problem of water on the sensor, and managed to sort it instantly. Turn the alarm off, remove off stick or buzzer bar, blow the sensor clear, shake and repeat, back onto bar. On the two occasions it has happened that has been an instant fix, and the Delkim alarms themselves I got back in 2000'ish are still going. I have had to have them repaired, but only when I numptied and left a battery in and the terminal corroded. Again both times, repaired within a week, even though the alarms themselves are that old. Note I have Delkim ST's, paired with ATT receiver and dongles.

Welcome to the forum As CM says, there are fish that to start with won't look at a boilie. He does omit to say particles, or even groundbait. Vitalin may be the way to get fish onto bait, and can be used to introduce boilies. As the fish munch it, it may also break up the weed, digging right into and uprooting it. I know at the moment the naturals are starting to show, bloodworm, shrimps and the like, so it's quite possible the carp are really onto them, which is where groundbait may compete. Also in my view it's possibly a bit early for pellets, although low small amounts may work. Other baits that might work, maggots, worms, even bread

Welcome back to the forum. These threads aren't new, but may contain some interesting posts worth a read from the attached link: The area around Thorpe is still worth a try, but I can guarantee from spending time around there it is not easy, nor is the Postwick area. Wamps on here still lives in the area, is a mate of mine, and his advice is to be valued.

I have copied and pasted part of a post of mine from Guide to Knotless Knot and Rigs: It is as simple as attaching a hook with a knotless knot, and in many or even most cases, simple is best. There are sometimes when a rig needs to be slightly upgraded and by adding a Line Aligner then you can create a more aggresive hooking angle Coated Braid with a Line Aligner: These simple rigs can be adapted for Braids, Nylon, fluorocarbons and Coated Braids, and used for bottom baits or pop-up rigs. To use them for pop-ups, add sinker, olivette or a piece of putty at the height you want the bait popped up off the bottom Here is a Short Stiff link line aligned and a loop knot at the end Braid Line Aligner with Shrink Tubing The hook has been tied on with a knotless knot, and then a piece of Shrink Tubing threaded on using a needle, coming out the front of the tubing, and then steamed to shrink it down, then I tie on the swivel. The tubing curves in slightly to extend the shank, and also holds the hair to the back of the shank. This rig is my standard rig at the moment, and has been cut off the mainline straight after a session, so still has the beads and run ring for a bolt or running lead attached to the tag. The hooklink is Kryston Mantis, tied to the eye of the hook (size 6 Gardner Mugga) with a braid hair also tied to the hook, and then whipped down the shank and held in place opposite the base of the barb with a small piece of tight fitting silicon tubing. The small loop at the end of the hair, is where in addition to a bottom bait, I also tie on a pop-up. The hook has had a shrink tube line aligner added, and I can guarantee that it works: I promise use you these rigs do work, and are mostly as simple as I can make them, and probably as complicated as you need to go. The stiff link is what I use on The Lagoons, even though that pic is years old, to beat crayfish. I put a drilled wooden ball on the hair, and a meshed bottom bait at the end of the hair, held in with a hair stop. Even if or when the Crays manage to get the meshed bait, the knot on the hair in addition to the remains of the mesh prevent the wooden ball coming off. I do confess I am currently using Solar 101 hooks in size 6, as well as The Gardner Mugga's, but the tying is exactly the same.

I tie a lot of rigs using tubing over the hook, both silicon tubing and shrink tubing, almost every rig has tubing as I have seen fish manage to eject rigs on a plain knotless knot and hair. Blooming annoying when you are up close and personal, no more than 3metres away from the biggest fish in the lake! So I use a line aligner to prevent that happening again. The tubing I use is whichever silicone tubing goes over the eye, or quite simply shrink tube purchased from Maplins, and I honestly don't care that it is black and has white printing on it. The black is not going to stand out on a lakebed, not in that tiny length. As Nafy says, almost every hook link material, although the only rigs I don't use it on are out eyed hooks.

I think I know what he means; there are a number of farm irrigation reservoirs in Suffolk and Essex where the lake is actually built up of a clay lining and above the normal ground level, almost like at the top of a hill.

I do agree on the big bivvy being stronger in heavy winds, unless you peg an umbrella down with its back to the wind you could be in for a starry night... Overwraps for an oval aren't that big or bulky to carry. Mine is around 45cm long with maybe 10-15cm across and fits in the rod sling pocket with my umbrella. They aren't new, but trying looking at JRC Contact bivvies and brolly systems. Even though they are claimed as brollies, the framework looks more like outer poles than a real brolly

May be silly answer, but a plain straight Oval Umbrella might work for you. Get an overwrap and if you decide to do a night can be made into a complete bivvy shelter.

And so many followers that Fox decided not to change or update the rods for the new season...

Sad goodbye to Claudio Ranieri. Winning the Premier League with Leicester City, over achieving big time, then struggling this season. Really sad that he's gone, and just shows how fickle football is. A manager now must be instantly winning, and holding position, no room for any loss of position

I confess to always cooking in the doorway

Outside. The rig pic is shown in his The Carp Strikes Back

It's a good bivvy

Years ago Rod Hutchinson used the same idea, and had a number of fish hooked in the cheek.

I saw somebody fishing a bare hook over hemp, and they caught. I could never convince myself when particle fishing and I could place my bait by hand, to do the same. Cloud's idea of hiding the hook with weed has been done, although the version I saw had a bait on the hook or hair as well