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I'm of the mind that 'too big' reels are better than 'too small' reels on a rod. When I first got my 2.75lb TC Century SP's I had Shimano 8010's on them, and they didn't feel right, but with Aerlex 8000's all was good. The follow on NG's felt good with DL10000's and 7000XTA Beastmaster reels, from a medium to a large reel. I can go back even further to some Daiwa 1350's I had in the 1980's, they were fine as general reels for float and ledger rods, but stick them on a Specimen rod they just felt too small, yet Abu Ultracast Cardinals were fine. You could equally put the Cardinals on the ledger rod and fish comfortably. It is down to how it feels for you

I did 2nights this week, no bivvy again. Straight from work Wednesday night.

@yonny I would love to agree with you, but sometimes you have to remove the idiot factor, if this means roping off the snags or banning the lead clip and having rig checks... Personally I don't like lead clips, but that is me. They jam up with weed, which itself can stop the tail rubber coming off. Despite having to use helicopter setups at times, I don't like them either, much preferring to use run rings or inline leads. @yonny Here's my point exactly, I've just retrieved this from the lake, the lead clip rubber was jammed on by weed. I can only think birdlife has removed the real bait. Around 450mm of tungsten tubing, 4oz Fox lead, Korda hybrid lead clip, curved shank size 4(?) Ronnie/Spinner rig on coated braid. You (generally not personally) can effectively only use leadclips especially with tubing on weed free lakes, otherwise go back to run rings.

Thing is years ago I was a Carp Society member, and previous to that NASA, National Association of Specialist Anglers. Of the 2 I found NASA was better value for money, not for waters, as NASA never ran any, but in terms of information. When CS bought Horseshoe with the scheme there was no way I could afford it, nor travel across the country to fish, except as a holiday, which other waters catered to with day tickets. I could join clubs in the area for less, in fact at one time I paid £20 for a season ticket on Horcott so I could camp over for Fairford Air Show and fish and have a holiday. Ashmead is the same, and it has become an elitist water because of that. You could argue that any syndicate is the same, but £500 syndicate membership (my lake) is cheaper than £500 in day tickets every week over the year. My £500 goes towards fish stocks, an annual weed cutter boat hire and owners etc. Of course not all syndicate prices are the same, some will be higher.

That's not the PAC. And note, I don't think any UK anglers were involved. The water companies can sadly choose who they want to hire the water out to. The announcement is of particular relevance to shallow Fisheries like the Norfolk Broads, many of which are less than 3metres deep, where fish are dying from stress. Deeper Reservoirs may well have colder water.

Yes Mate, I've done it as well. Drove 70miles to Nazeing, saw the fish in the inlet feeding on massive ball of daphnia and all the sailing bank swims with anglers in, walked around the South and Central didn't see another fish and the weed was thick in front of South Pylons and Helipad so just walked back to the car and came home. Done the same at Suffolk Water Park as well. Thick weed in Heaven and Hell with the fish hiding in it, anglers in any swim that the fish could move into so went home again.

I think your first idea of a little oil might be the right one. I hate rolling bait in hot weather, having to keep the ball of paste in the fridge to keep it cool and rolling as quickly as I can. Roll them when as 'wet' as possible. Other than that I'm struggling for ideas.

Ah yes, I should have replied earlier, but was miles away at my Dad's. How big are the holes through the middle? A normal loop knot on the hair is usually tight on my wooden balls. (Oh er!) I often tie on a meshed pop up to the hair loop end, it holds the ball in place. If bigger, a piece of braid pulled through, knot the two ends together tightly leaving extra as a tag end and you can attach it to the hair loop, or even rig ring on the shank.

See if you can pinch mushroom trays from a local pub or restaurant kitchen, give air drying room.

Particle time, quick energy from vegetable fats and carbohydrates. Tuesday to Wednesday looks a good bet I'm still continuing on the river after last week's chub, will wait to decide when to go back on syndicate.

I pretty much ignored chub last year, I think the carp syndicate had its claws into me, but the hot weather this year meant that I didn't want to be at the lake. I've been doing 2 trips a week overnight on the river for chub and maybe a barbel, not even casting in until after sunset, and packing up around 6am. This was my first fish from the stretch.

Been too hot and uncomfortable to fish the lake for a few weeks, so I've been spending some time on The River Wensum in Norfolk. Last night was proper chub time, a 5lb3oz beast caught on a 15mm Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab boilie over pellets. Despite the lack of smile I was chuffed with the fish as it is actually a new personal best by an ounce. For the rest of the night I was smiling as I replayed the fish in my head. It came from an area that has been ravaged by otters over the past few years so it is good to see some big fish still about

I had to buy some Kodex bags as I was running low, and first thing on test, they taste awful. Lick and stick is my preferred way of sealing them, but it will be lick finger and twist. Just hope they dissolve and don't leave taste residue... Dissolve wise they are ok in water at 10⁰, taking around a minute max, although the lick and stick took a bit longer.

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I used to munch half of my home prepared tigers myself, love them, a good healthy snack. As long as they were properly prepared first, yes. Pour some boiling water over them to thaw them out, then check they are soft through. If they are still hard through they won't have been boiled, but if they are soft they will. If not, leave for 12hours then bring to boil and simmer for 10minutes. Love chickpeas as bait, they catapult nicely quite a distance.

I've been up in Norfolk pulling nights on The Wensum after seeing a couple of barbel just before I joined The Syndicate and while getting over the 'to-do' on Alton. Hard work although a friend has kept me in touch with the river, and had a couple to 9lb. That is small compared to the fish I saw in the area. Really hard fishing as there are so few fish left due to otters taking many of the fish, including barbel and chub.

I honestly don't want to fish the lake right now, there is very little shade. The mat even after soaking before putting a fish on it is still going to be warm. Sky would be miles too hot.

You will find that the glugged ones the flavour will likely only soak in so far, depending on hardness and time in soak. Easy to see if you got a pale colour and the glug is coloured and you are happy to cut one in half after a few days soaking. Glugging some in Rod Hutchinson Shellfish Extract, and garlic oil is a winner. Leave some unflavoured though.

I've avoided the syndicate lake, it's too too hot for Sky with very little shade. The only fishing I've been doing is nights on a river. 2 reasons for that, the area is paddleboarder and canoe heaven, and quite shallow the fish only move onto it at night. Its next to a mill pool so should I get what I'm after I do have well oxygenated water to return it to Sounds like it's stirring the bottom up as well.

Mix the Layers Mash in with Vitalin (or other groundbait) is good, or in with particles for the cloud.

It's 'alright', but I don't think it provides as much bits as Vitalin. Can I suggest you try these people, I screenshot the seller. They quoted 3 day delivery, so expected it Monday earliest, made it in 2, and delivered on Saturday

Goalpost sticks and buzzer bars can be more stable in the ground than a pod on it. The pod is obviously going to be better on Nazeing style hardcore banks or on a wooden platform, and with a guy rope, or bungee or even tie wrap to 'chicken wired' platform. The only thing better is a stage stand! Solar buzzer bars until recently had a weakness, the single central thread underneath, but they have now come in with drop-in adaptors. Oops, just conned myself out of more money...

I made sure every day during the hot weather she was able to be near shade and water so she could cool down. Sky has had moles out of the hole. She waits if a molehill starts moving as it digs out then shakes it. Young moles have been leaving the burrows or tunnels recently, even in daylight, I've seen barn owls in daylight picking them up for their young.

I'm sorry I am a Solar Stainless person through and through, complete with a rod pod...☺️😂 When I do use single sticks, it is Solar banksticks, some of which are over 20 years old. In fact I nearly always walk my lines out, so I do use a single stick every trip. The P1 stuff is pricey, but I have tried budget stainless, and yuck, it just didn't have the feel, no ground driver point. On occasion I need a pilot hole it is tent peg in the ground, then stir it round. My other suggestion if you want lighter would be the Solar A1 Aluminium sticks or RH Gunsmoke sticks, but I'm sure that the Rod Hutchinson ones are 19.5mm outside diameter, probably the same as your storm sticks.