salokcinnodrog

At the same time, advertising or reposting them is not a good idea.
 
 
 
For now put them in DVD reviews.
https://forum.carp.com/forum/43-dvd-reviews/
 
I had a look around my control panel yesterday and I can't add a new section so I messaged Neil to see if he can do it.
 
I do love new updates....

Nash, a brand I try to avoid giving money to.
At Gladwells we had Nash deliveries come in straight from Felixstowe docks. I spent a lot of time sending tackle in the rods and reel boxes back to Nash as it was delivered broken, or was returned broken shortly after purchase.
Then add in my own personal Nash Tackle problems and lack of faith in his ethics...
 
 
In terms of reels I do like the Shimano ST6000 baitrunners
Johnson Ross aren't the cheapest, but are a shop I trust:
https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-baitrunner-reels/15312-shimano-baitrunner-st-6000rb-reel.html

This is a small carp on a Marco Cortesi pin its actually a Matt Hayes version but they are all built by the same firm under licence

Marco Cortesi reels are not too bad, however, the quality control is patchy, you can get good or bad... Strikeright pins are solid, don't drop the Bakelite one, they shatter...
A good pin for carpingwould be a Speedia wide drum or a Mordex Merlin, possibly if you wanted modern materials, an Okuma  or a Westlake Severn or Trent, all are good pins for carping
 This is a 22lb 10oz mirror on a Speedia wide drum and an 8' sharpe cane spinning rod

Hey, I'm not responsible...😆
I know what you are saying, although I am wary of angling practice even promoted in magazines in the past, where tackle and fish safety were not shall we say, of the highest quality. When tackle manufacturers are advocating unsafe practice...
 
Anyway as I said, I will see if I can add a section, increase the Mods workload and censor every video, (joking, partly) so that media ideas can be passed on.

I'll look into it.
We do have the DVD and book reviews, I'll see if I can add a new section in that area of the forum.
Big problem with anything is the 'sponsored' video.
Fox produced a couple of pike fishing DVD's and the PAC asked for them to be removed as some very fish dangerous practices were shown.
Anything that is bad angling practice is a problem if it gets put onto a video and onto YouTube, TikTok etc

I'm not the best 'pin user, simply because I don't do enough stalking or fishing with it. Too much time behind the battery...
It is the pin I learnt on, and I found easy to use, both casting and playing fish. Just remember that a a spinning spool slowed down with too much pressure can lead to a burnt thumb...

Hey, I'm not responsible...😆
I know what you are saying, although I am wary of angling practice even promoted in magazines in the past, where tackle and fish safety were not shall we say, of the highest quality. When tackle manufacturers are advocating unsafe practice...
 
Anyway as I said, I will see if I can add a section, increase the Mods workload and censor every video, (joking, partly) so that media ideas can be passed on.

I actually use a Marco Cortesi centrepin myself, usually rigged up lift float method for stalking, or for a small fish water, or with a freelined dog biscuit hanging from the rod tip just touching the water surface.
Both methods are great fun, especially the freelined dog biscuit where the 'screech' is the indication of a bite as I am sat back with the rod butt under my hand.
I've managed carp to just under 20lb, and do think with no gearing you have more feel.
The real reel specialist is Chris Yates.

Bait Boats are under the Tackle and Equipment section.
I can possibly add a 'sticky' in there, but with technology advances a thread is only relevant for a maximum of 3 years and the same on Google, who 'limit' their search finds now to 5years maximum. 
That is actually one reason I split New Purchases into separate threads as the original was started in 2018. Searching for an original post on that thread doesn't show up.
 

Hey, I'm not responsible...😆
I know what you are saying, although I am wary of angling practice even promoted in magazines in the past, where tackle and fish safety were not shall we say, of the highest quality. When tackle manufacturers are advocating unsafe practice...
 
Anyway as I said, I will see if I can add a section, increase the Mods workload and censor every video, (joking, partly) so that media ideas can be passed on.

Bait Boats are under the Tackle and Equipment section.
I can possibly add a 'sticky' in there, but with technology advances a thread is only relevant for a maximum of 3 years and the same on Google, who 'limit' their search finds now to 5years maximum. 
That is actually one reason I split New Purchases into separate threads as the original was started in 2018. Searching for an original post on that thread doesn't show up.
 

I'll look into it.
We do have the DVD and book reviews, I'll see if I can add a new section in that area of the forum.
Big problem with anything is the 'sponsored' video.
Fox produced a couple of pike fishing DVD's and the PAC asked for them to be removed as some very fish dangerous practices were shown.
Anything that is bad angling practice is a problem if it gets put onto a video and onto YouTube, TikTok etc

View from the new Westlake bivvy day shelter, what an awesome but of kit, nice and cosy, goes up in a jiff packs away small and goes back in its bag without a fight 

You can get away with a Multi-rig!
I've used it for pop-ups, snowman and bottom baits.
Longer hair to the rig ring for bottom baits, maybe even snowman, but it works.

You can get away with a Multi-rig!
I've used it for pop-ups, snowman and bottom baits.
Longer hair to the rig ring for bottom baits, maybe even snowman, but it works.

You’d need to register the fishery with the EA if you’re going to run it as a legitimate business. Then you’d be able to get stocking licenses. These allow you to stock fish from reputable fish farms and dealers. and also allows the EA to do spot checks for rod licences. 
 
 

That's been much of my fishing since last October.
I hate being ill, so I'd go fishing rather than being sat in the flat. The fresh air seems to brighten you up.
I do know though, when you have sepsis any session is hard work and I end up sleeping all day when I get home.

I never used PVA on Ardleigh or on Suffolk water Park.
Moulded Vitalin and particle mix around the lead and the hookbait was pushed into the bottom of the ball.
 

I used to test and time my PVA bags, string and mesh so I had an idea of breakdown time of various brands in the water winter and summer.
The bags I use now are either Rod Hutchinson or Alacarp, run by Dave Goring on my syndicate.
I just hand him a £10 note and he fills my hand with packs of PVA bags. Both brands break down within a couple of minutes.
I know one thing, 15years ago, Nash PVA bags used to be awful, with a breakdown time of over an hour in the side pocket of a pair of combat trousers that have gone through a 60⁰ wash
The outer plastic bag was unsealed, and the bags themselves were still complete despite the bag being full of water.
 
Knots do take longer to break down than the rest of the PVA

Crayfish love putty, they chew tungsten putty and tubing for fun.
Like you I try to avoid putty anywhere crayfish are present, so for balancing pop-ups I went back to olivettes, either small inline threaded and fixed on boom sections or 'lock and slide' olivettes with a piece of silicon or shrink tubing fixing them.
In terms of putty, I still use Kryston Heavy Metal, once tried never beaten. I bought a tub around 2008 for Brackens on Nazeing, I finally had to buy a new tub this year.
Dave Chilton did say that the make-up was lost by Tasker (?), so he had to go and get it redone for them. It is as good as it was, so it's still my goto.
I do use a bit of putty moulded around a swivel or knot join on combi-rig pop-ups when no crayfish are about, and you can get away with it on silty areas as they don't usually feed on there.
 

Crayfish love putty, they chew tungsten putty and tubing for fun.
Like you I try to avoid putty anywhere crayfish are present, so for balancing pop-ups I went back to olivettes, either small inline threaded and fixed on boom sections or 'lock and slide' olivettes with a piece of silicon or shrink tubing fixing them.
In terms of putty, I still use Kryston Heavy Metal, once tried never beaten. I bought a tub around 2008 for Brackens on Nazeing, I finally had to buy a new tub this year.
Dave Chilton did say that the make-up was lost by Tasker (?), so he had to go and get it redone for them. It is as good as it was, so it's still my goto.
I do use a bit of putty moulded around a swivel or knot join on combi-rig pop-ups when no crayfish are about, and you can get away with it on silty areas as they don't usually feed on there.
 

Test it on gravel, not Rocky bottoms...

That's been much of my fishing since last October.
I hate being ill, so I'd go fishing rather than being sat in the flat. The fresh air seems to brighten you up.
I do know though, when you have sepsis any session is hard work and I end up sleeping all day when I get home.

Rods out on my first session of my new campaign water. 
 
it appeared on my club book, no one knows what’s really in here. No one really fishes it and it was stocked 20yrs ago with 50 or so carp. I saw a 26lb on the bank and that was me sold! Just down for a few hours today to get the eye on the water and the first session ticked off.