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Nice to see a new question on the same topic on a thread. A lot of the time as you pick up the rod and move the lead, the hooklink can tangle around the mainline, especially with fine mono and braids. When you cast, feather it down, that pushes the hook and bait away from the lead. As it falls, obviously the end tackle follows it down, it can coil around the lead as it lands. On picking up, it then tangles, making you wonder for how long. PVA'ing it up tidily can cure the problem, as can a stringer or mess. Even coated braid can tangle if it has been stripped or hinged, or is fairly soft and supple. With an anti-tangle, I found a stiff shrink tube is better than many softer anti-tangle sleeves which can bend and flex up. Obviously PVA stringers, even a single bait on PVA, can reduce tangles, but sometimes to get maximum distance a single bait is best. For that I will often go to a stiffer hooklink material, a totally uncoated braid, a stiff mono or fluorocarbon.

I normally use running leads, so as the line pulls tight and 'snaps' out the clip it creates a 'shock' strike, converting slow runs or pulls into a sudden definite run. If i'm using bolt rig/tight line, the clip shows up slack line if a fish gives a slow drop back. The bail arm at 12 o-clock I found is my preferred position; I find it gives better indication, there is more movement on the indicator even if I'm not using line clips. My The Ones have built in line clips on the rods themselves, but I did used to use Delkim Clips, which I would position right next to the handle.

Almost all the time.

I actually used to hand deliver rods if I could if it is close enough in East Anglia. In cases where I had to post rods (or long items), I would actually check the exact price and quote that on delivery. Carriers are really tight on long parcels right now, and to be honest, I wouldn't even think of selling and posting rods right now.

Welcome to Carp.com. This might be useful, especially the second post which has a couple of recipes if you want to make your own from scratch. The choice is then what flavours and liquids you add.

If you want to balance the rod to the reel the 10000 size is likely to be better. The 6000 is quite a bit smaller. The line capacity of the 10000 with 0.35mm 15lb line means you likely won't cast much above 90metres. If you do need to cast further look at Big Pits. The ST range of reels I have used, and I would say I'm not sure the extra money of the DL's is going to make much difference. I bought DL10000's for myself a few years ago when the DL's were first available, on my 2.75 tc rods. I don't think much of some of the build quality, but that is modern Shimano. I managed to bend reel handle grips, the handles themselves seem softer metal, and I bent somehow the central pin the spool mounts on, but I do use and abuse my gear. Saying that on the original Aero baitrunners I had, they got the same treatment and I never bent or broke them. Shimano reels as I said, seem to have dropped in quality. If you do want good reels now the mid price range in Shimano is not the best buy. The bottom price bracket, then the £100+ price is the place to go. Basically check and feel everything.

I agree with you Mate, but at the same time, in fishing and life, companies are creating and marketing things we don't actually need. Plastic bottles of water spring to mind...

Easily! You can do it a couple of ways: Distance sticks, you know how many wraps it takes to get your fishing rods to the spot, the spod rod will be the same number of wraps. The distance between the sticks is the same no matter what length rods you use. You can clip up and walk your end tackle down the bank to a physical mark; bankstick or even something like a bramble bush or tree trunk. The spod rod again can be clipped up on that physical mark. That physical distance does not change.

Like other things, I should have patented and registered the idea to stop tackle companies ripping anglers off😖😉😀

I've used wooden balls for baits, so I countersunk some, counterbored others to stop crayfish pulling boilie stops out. Thought 'hang on, that looks tidy, i'll do some real baits' so used the countersink for them. Colour coded? Would you like fishing colours? Yes I use my local tackle shops, yes I have worked in my local tackle shops, and there is always a rep coming in and trying to sell the latest 'must have'. Do you know how much stuff gets purchased and then ends up in the '90% off' bucket after being unsold for 5 years?

Don't be facetious; jewellery screwdrivers are tightened with fingertips not with hand pressure. My point has been, the countersink itself, the head on that is exactly the same from manufacturer to manufacturer. Come on, admit it, you work for Nash, this is taking the mickey out of anglers. When Rolson or Famag, Screwfix or whoever sell their hand countersinks, none are above £6.20. You by choosing manufacturer can get the handle size or shape you want. I can go into B&Q and buy one from a choice of manufacturers, and I am willing to bet that I could find one in the exact same shape as the Nash one. (Just to say, I have been in B&Q recently as I bought myself a new tile cutter, dowel and edging to renovate a bathroom and make a new bath panel, including countersinking the screw heads). Nash Bore Tool is more expensive than all of the countersink tools on sale there.

Do you really believe that? Or rather have you convinced yourself that? Or even worse, who pays your wages, and be honest, because your bias is noted? Nige, I have had one for years, like the Nash one which I got from Screwfix, the countersinks are designed for wood, which is why they are hardened steel. The difference in handle size is for the size of the hand using it, NOT for what it countersinks into. I could stick a countersink from my drill bit box into any of my removable bit screwdrivers if I needed to. The handle could be Stanley, a generic, or Rolson.

Nige, Would you prefer to pay £4.51 for the Rolson hardware countersink or £5.99 for the Nash countersink? That is my point, carp tax being added on non fishing items just to sell them to sheep...😖😉

Don't get me started, £33 on a cushion when B&M or Argos can do a grey one for £5.

I have a feeling the Fox Royale Barrow is not supposed to be available in UK. (I could be wrong). As standard it comes with the Under Barrow bag. The spare code for the under barrow bag is Fox CTR009-03. I am pretty positive the TFG is universal, but that is from when I worked in the tackle shop.

I use the garlic infused cooking oil spray. Not the nicest smell, but it does work. You can spray hookbaits, inside and outside PVA bags, even just on top of Method ball groundbait on the feeder.

Please tell me they are joking! https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/nash-bore-tool Come on Nash tackle, you really are scamming the carp angler now. What a waste of money! If you are so inclined stay Carp tax free: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolson-3-Piece-Countersink-Set/232854214242?hash=item3637315662:g:BoYAAOSw-d5bTzDY

I have Shimano Beastmaster 7000 XTA's, which have since been updated, why I don't know, they were a blooming good reel for the price. The lastest incarnation is the Shimano Beastmaster 10000XB https://fish.shimano-eu.com/content/fish/eu/gb/en/homepage/Product-detail.P-BEASTMASTER_XB.html Shop around for best price though, they go from £65-75 I think from what I have seen.

I've caught carp, pike, perch and chub on slugs, in fact I freeline slugs specifically targetting chub on a size 2 or 4 Super Specialist. I have thought about using snails on the hook, but found putting a hook through the shell created a larger than needed hole if it didn't crack, and I never fancied drilling them. The furthest I got was putting live snails in my spod mix as I got to the bank. I do not know if they added extra attraction.

Sadly Mate, I don't think pictures of what discarded tackle has done will deter some, as the notices prohibiting fires are ignored. The nearest car parking area to the park lake near me is sometimes used as a 'fly tip point'. Some of the anglers who fish there really don't care about other animals, dogs etc. Just before the end of March I walked round with Sky, and found a pike trace and trebles just dumped on the ground. It is not the first. I have put fires on the bank out myself, then wished I had called the fire brigade, just to draw attention to it. If the fire brigade keep getting called out then they might put pressure on the council. In all the times I have walked round Chantry Park, I have only seen two park rangers this year. They are spread too thin, no on-site full time staff. 15 years ago a ranger went round every day emptying the bins and clearing litter with a trailer on his quad bike! I keep on emailing the council with pictures of the litter, of overflowing bins, so maybe it was that pressure that got those rangers down there, but I haven't seen them since, and I do walk Sky around there frequently, and I still email the council with pictures and information when the bins are full.

Tie an overhand loop in the thicker material, then the thinner material put through the loop parallel and tie a Grinner or Uni knot around the thicker material. I lighter blob the tag ends. I would suggest checking leader to mainline knots regularly, and please make sure any end tackle can be ejected in the event of a crack or break-off. If it goes anywhere, it is nearly always at the leader mainline knot.

I'm the same, but I worry since Kryston is or was in The Taska stable that it has changed since I last bought any, so I started checking alternatives. I rarely lose any, although for some reason crayfish love the stuff, picking it off hooklinks. The best I found has been Gardner Critical Mass.

I know this is an old thread, but thought I'd bring it back up. I keep on going on about my local park lake, even back then, some things just don't change, this was yesterday, right next to where a bin has disappeared from.

I thought that was just me salvaging bits from where I have found other peoples rigs. 😳 Saves me a fortune in micro ring swivels😖😆 Like you I clear up the swim so Sky (my dog) is safe. If she finds food, a boilie or hookbait, she will snaffle it quicker than the blink of an eye. I do the same on my regular dog walks round the local park lake, picking up and clearing rubbish.

I've been splicing Merlin for years, (since the original olive green and white), probably before Kesmark's Octo-splice, it also works with Silkworm. It is a sneaky way of creating Multi rigs with a simple single tidy knot to the swivel😉