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Used them years ago, very handy piece of kit😉

Not quite used it as a chod rig, but used naked helicopters long before it became fashionable. At the time, because the available rings had a tendency to abrade the mainline I came up with various other versions, from Cox and Rawle beach beads, (https://www.gerrysfishing.com/cox-rawle-beach-beads-20pcs-1-packet.ir (do NOT glue them) and have the large holed bead nearest the rod tip), to home made versions. The pics I used are on this thread:

I love my river fishing, for chub, pike, roach and carp. First night of the season I'm often on a chub hunt, and in warm weather chase them with floaters, had a few to over 4lb. I have also had the pleasure of carp to over 15lb on sweetcorn while chub fishing, as has my mate Bruce, and I managed a 28lb river carp intentionally fishing for them.

That would get me going off on one. My eldest daughter was coming with me from the time she could run, and coming in a dinghy. My youngest daughter while not on the dinghy fishing front has been fishing herself, as has my son since he was that age. Shame about having F1's in there, a bred modification designed to please match anglers, and can be a pain to carp anglers, and that price is miles too high for what it is, especially since there are other waters in the area on club books with higher quality fish. In fact, found this, spinning with a multiplier, she was 4

I must confess I have reservations about pole fishing for carp. The pressure on the mouth constant up pull I think is responsible for a lot of mouth damage, especially when the elastics are increased to 20, even 30 and I recently saw a 50! As a fishery bailiff, and having been on a number of waters, it does seem that match fished pole waters fish do seem to have a fair bit of mouth damage, more so on high stock waters than more natural fisheries. It also seems that carp are more susceptible than other species to this mouth damage, possibly with the exception of tench, which are probably the two hard fighting species. If you must, I know the Middy White Knuckle works, in fact it was a short margin White Knuckle that I first got my son years ago.

It is a really simple job to adapt your Spomb to float. Undo the holding metal pin, and push it back through the hole. I had some floating foam, which I trimmed to size, and push that onto the locking spring pin, then force the pin back through the original hole. You now have a floating spomb which won't wobble on the cast. An added benefit is you fill up the loading bay, and stop overload preventing it from shutting or opening in flight.

I managed to leave my polarised sunglasses at a job last week. Not a happy bunny! I wore them anytime I needed sunglasses.

If the fish haven't spawned, it may well be that they are just mooching, not feeding, just hanging around waiting. Seen that a number of times if the fish start, then the weather and temperatures drop.

Just think they spoil the skyline😉 You've seen the ones I have had to cast under❗️

Other than the high tension power lines, a pretty looking place

You'd get charged Pole Tax...😖

I know the ones you mean, the TFG Super -Tuffs, I didn't like the look of them either😉

It could be the gap is a known 'danger area', where carp are often targetted, so are particularly wary of rigs. It could be that your 'slightly supple' boom is sticking up from the bottom, whereas a totally soft braid could confuse them. It is possible that by going softer your hooklink doesn't stick up out of the silt compared to the coated braid near the knot. (Before anyone says anything targetted is the correct British spelling, single t is an Americanism)

No problem, posts like this are always appreciated. As long as the previous owner looked after them they should be fine. They don't look dated, or out of fashion😉

I think the latest TFG Boots are the same as the Jack Pyke. I got myself a pair a couple of years ago, and have been out and about fishing in some real cold weather, pike fishing in the snow. https://www.fishtec.co.uk/buy.cfm/fishing-boots/tf-gear-primal-ap-extreme-boots/40/yes/37810?Affiliate=4,397&gclid=Cj0KCQjw28_XBRDhARIsAEk21Fh2rgD3t8zeFiIrIxvbV0opGmqKUDCFD7cZPw-T6dwblSrq9wHLWJcaAv0NEALw_wcB For summer I prefer a decent pair of 'combat' boots, usually Hi-Tec Magnums. They are not cheap, but get plenty of abuse, lasting around 2 years, being used on site, walking the river and around the lakes. http://www.military1st.co.uk/m800892-magnum-classic-boots-black.html

I've bought over a post from 'Who Still?' by Chillfactor as this answer really cover the same points on pop-ups as it does on bottom baits. In my quoted post above, I mention Thwaite, as my runs water that produced fish in almost every weather. At times pop-ups were the only thing that would produce, despite trying beds of bait, on what had been a carp match anglers 'paradise' until the fish grew too big in a snag lined lake for match anglers to deal with them. Yet most of the time, from spring onwards, carp would come over bait. 10kg of Vitalin for 24 hours was not too much! As November came on, it was back to pop-up time. Each of us have our favourite pop-up rigs, Multi Rig, D-rig, Swimmer rig, or goodness knows how many other variations. With the possible exception of the Multi rig, I would think that many are based on a final D-rig that is something like 35years old! I am not saying they are all the same before anyone jumps on my comment, although I would like to be reminded of any differences. The thing is any standard bottom bait rig can be used for pop-ups, only thing needed is a counterweight, and usually a shorter hair😉 Have we overcomplicated things or are some of the additions really beneficial?

I love my Beastmasters. I honestly don't know why you need to spend major bucks on a super light, all singing, all dancing £250 reel compared to these. It's not a baitrunner as such, a quick (inner) drag kn ob on the front of the spool. I always tighten up the main drag or clutch, and play fish on backwind, so have not noticed any line twist. Playing power, plenty of guts for dealing with big fish at long range, and they do cast a bit.

Makes looping and tying them on the hair easier😉 The ridge will hold the loop nicely

I like them! Those shapes are awesome, could well totally trick the carp!

I just looked at ebay, a pair of blue leds SX's went for £75 with hard cases, a single red with case is up at £22. I agree fees can be a pain, just had my seller fees come out of my bank for putting a 240/110V generator on the bay, £9.50 for £90 sale. The paypal payment usually does however give some warranty, although as buyer collected direct from me, I made him check it before he took it in his company van, which I had researched as buyer and company first😉 However, if buyer collects, as in this case, and if you use Schpok or whatever, you negate paypal protection, and it can be charged back. You do need proof of postage, carrier details etc. Make sure you check and put a real postage and packing or carrier cost, and don't let buyers convince you it is too expensive as you could lose out. As an aside, the Micron SX's should go as a pair, and would also be suitable for pike fishing.

Definitely no selling allowed on this forum😉 The paired alarms and reels may go on ebay, but don't forget they are only worth what people will pay for them. The individuals pieces, try, but be prepared not to sell.

Chub Beanie Mat. Shop around as there are deals about as I think they have just squared the corners on the new ones. I use mine for carp, pike, roach, tench and chub fishing where I am roving along various spots. It has a carry handle, and the pegging points attach to straps to my Ruckbag.

For day trips I use a Theseus Carp Barrow like the one in the link: https://www.pauls-angling-supplies.co.uk/theseus-carp-fishing-barrow-trolley-p-1909.html Otherwise I would be looking at Carp Porter Porterlite http://www.carp-porter.com/product.php?id=9

Hmm! What 4500's? I think there were a couple, although probably first choice was Baitrunner Aero 4500 Gte, replaced by 8010, later model I think is now St8000 or DL8000. The ST range are black, DL, next range up are dark blue. I use my ST 4000 for surface fishing, or even one of my DL10000's, depends on venue. The ST Aero is not new, over 10 years now. You could use a modern baitrunner, ST4000, 6000 or whatever you fancy.

Strangely enough I used to avoid high protein shakes and diet food when I was playing American football. I ate a reasonably healthy diet, and played from 1998 to 2008, with a few trips to the gym to keep fit. It's actually a company I didn't work for that I have seen what goes in and I wouldn't trust, compared to Crafty Catcher, Rod Hutchinson Solar and Nutrabaits who I do. Ages ago on a thread or threads on here I put the ingredients for a couple of Crafty Catcher baits, and the ingredients list for Mainline Cell and Essential Cell. To get fishmeals and meat meals not to go off, they need to be dried out, and low oil. It is the oils that often make the baits go rancid and off. Fishmeals most definitely do have a 'use by' date. There is something else, in that I think many European anglers have a preference for shelf life over frozen, so what is happening over there compared to over here?