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Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab pop-up working again.
Proper wake-up call this morning, an absolute screamer from around 40metres out and a clear spot in the weed, so I can fish my preferred running leads, 27lb 8oz
 

I can normally get away with a citronella and lemongrass based skin spray since Avon Skin So Soft has changed, although mosquitoes the size of vultures did used to get me at Taverham in the back channel swims; Jurassic park round there, and I needed to resort to Deet and Jungle Formula.
 
Permethrin impregnated clothing could be handy, and @elmoputney now your not wearing Crocs, tuck your socks over your trousers.
The stuff below works, and don't laugh, it's from a company called purple-turtle.
 
 
 
It's that mosquito buzz beside your ear just as you are ¾ of the way to sleep.
Other biting bugs are deer flies, they hurt, and of course the horsefly.
 
 
 

I can normally get away with a citronella and lemongrass based skin spray since Avon Skin So Soft has changed, although mosquitoes the size of vultures did used to get me at Taverham in the back channel swims; Jurassic park round there, and I needed to resort to Deet and Jungle Formula.
 
Permethrin impregnated clothing could be handy, and @elmoputney now your not wearing Crocs, tuck your socks over your trousers.
The stuff below works, and don't laugh, it's from a company called purple-turtle.
 
 
 
It's that mosquito buzz beside your ear just as you are ¾ of the way to sleep.
Other biting bugs are deer flies, they hurt, and of course the horsefly.
 
 
 

Seems they like some people more than others, a friend came into my swim one evening and the mozzies were swarming him.  He wrapped up and they were still going for his fingers that were not covered, whilst I stood next to him with none attacking me.
I take it I've got bad blood, he's got good.

My first email was to carpology saying I feel they are partly to blame and that they should at least take the videos down.  I got no reply but from what you're saying they may have done it.
Shoddy geezer, he'll be a wanted man.  Took my mate a couple of hours on Facebook to locate his village, mobile number his cars and the clubs and venues he visits and when.
Was surprised how easy the info line was followed.
Removing your facebook account meant nothing!
 

Sorry to hear that, hope you get your refund.
I try to use PayPal for as many payments as possible as you do normally get buyer protection.
 

The number of people who think the Internet is faceless and anonymous!
 

I soak my hemp usually for 2 or 3  days before boiling it up, although I know it will go after a day.
The 3 days just allows a little bit of fermentation.
I do like the smell of clean hemp boiling.
I've taken to putting in frozen sweetcorn into the soak as well. Frozen sweetcorn, unlike tinned doesn't have sugar and salt, so needs a 'kick', and the hemp juice does that alright.
 
I have popped into Gladwells for my pellets and fresh hemp and noticed they are doing some shelf life particles in buckets, hemp and maize, hemp and tigers etc.
Convenient, but I like the preparation of doing my own

I'm in this month, a lot of hard work for the result so far.
4 hours of raking and baiting with hemp, sweetcorn and boilies on Thursday, this morning I had one of this years stock fish at 15lb on sweetcorn. It went in in January at 11lb 4oz.
I knew there were fish in the area, the young coot that was diving on my baits kept on coming up looking panicked, running away then return to dive again, so the run was not a surprise.
 

Is that the exception that proves the rule?
Beast of a common!

I had one last weekend, 23lb, first time out with the new rods, and it was the rod with the new reel, (I have disproved the myth about blanking because of new tackle) 

6 go gas £30 from St Ives tackle 

Does look good, although your reel handles and indicators aren't level...
 
Mine never are either, even on the rod pod.

I kept the 8k, I used them last time with the new rods, have to say I am dead chuffed with the set up 

I went for a walk round the lakes today, it's full of weed, I think if I was to rake a swim everyone would fish it lol, so unless it benefits me I don't think i will 😂

With so few swims fishable if the silkweed algae moves, someone will fish it. 
There are a couple of us cleaning swims of weed and silkweed and fishing each other's spots.
 

The new bait doing justice 🤙

26lb 8oz common

18lb 12oz mirror
 

I'm in this month, a lot of hard work for the result so far.
4 hours of raking and baiting with hemp, sweetcorn and boilies on Thursday, this morning I had one of this years stock fish at 15lb on sweetcorn. It went in in January at 11lb 4oz.
I knew there were fish in the area, the young coot that was diving on my baits kept on coming up looking panicked, running away then return to dive again, so the run was not a surprise.
 

Sorry to hear that, hope you get your refund.
I try to use PayPal for as many payments as possible as you do normally get buyer protection.
 

Sorry to hear that, hope you get your refund.
I try to use PayPal for as many payments as possible as you do normally get buyer protection.
 

So this never arrived (Barrow Conversions UK Ltd - conversion kit) along with many other unlucky customers.  Looks like my bank is sorting a refund (fingers crossed) but many will be out of pocket.  No answers to emails, phone line down, dreadful company!
Gonna pre-order from CarpPorter hopefully get one for winter/early spring - should have got a whole new barrow in hindsight and stuck with the big boys - not tried cowboys!  Lesson learnt 🤬

I'm in this month, a lot of hard work for the result so far.
4 hours of raking and baiting with hemp, sweetcorn and boilies on Thursday, this morning I had one of this years stock fish at 15lb on sweetcorn. It went in in January at 11lb 4oz.
I knew there were fish in the area, the young coot that was diving on my baits kept on coming up looking panicked, running away then return to dive again, so the run was not a surprise.