Phil

I've blown up two spod rods before but never cracked off. The tips about Keeping your upright and using a mono shockleader are good points.

Deffo tea for me, either Yorkshire or Twinings lol

I had a set on test for a while and to be fair they worked well. Certainly had no problems. The receiver worked really well in some thick fog and the setup did what it was supposed to do. Which is why I've seen no reason to buy them. I have a set of MK1 delks that I use for perching....if I need to, and a set of Nash r3's, along side a pair of old Fox Sx's. The delks with the vibration sensing work really well, especially with species such as perch which hate any resistance. They also work perfectly well for carp, tench, pike etc. My old Sx models are war torn and battered beyond belief but work really well. Despite the casing being cut in half by a rampaging carp, after the mono got wrapped around the casing. (If ever Gr60 needed a bigup...that's it!) The Nash R3'S were an impulse buy. I really like them. Great build quality. The preset sensitivity works well as does the "speed sensing". My point being. If you want the best bite indication for carp. If you have the money and want the best bite indication. Money is no object. I neeeeeed the best because that's what Kevin mcfairbrass and Mark Delkim Mcblair uses..... Buy some floats. No bite alarm will be as accurate It's 50yrds behind the action. I like the new Rx+. They looked smart. I've not been willing to write prose about how they will change your fishing for the better, because they won't. So they went back. Good alarms. For what alarms do. Just think carefully about why you are spending your cash.

Agree 100% with this

Drennan subfloats work well to be honest. Depends how you want to rig them up.

Synchro loaded is a nice line. Although I do prefer my GR60, deffo my line of choice. The Sensor is a good choice though, especially for the price. Just be sure to load in on properly and remove any twist in an open field. It will treat you as well as you treat it.

Funnily enough I have been looking around for a reel for this exact rod. I've also been using an old Aero 6010 but wanted something more compact. One of the best I've found is a 4000 Exage, but it's silver and my brain can't cope with that lol

I usually feel that Cray's don't tend to hang about if there are feeding carp present. Applies to chub and perch too.

It's pretty, and well made. I'd still rather buy bait though.

Btw, I always figure that if the Cray's are around, the carp arnt.

Used to open up a paperclip, then wrap it around a biro to make a spring type thingie. Used this attached to a hair to mould the paste around. The spring from a clothes peg worked well too lol.

I wouldnt worry about the colour. The diameter is more important.

Brilliant for fishing over a bit of chod. Amnesia combi's have been a fave of mine too. I tend to fish fluoro in long lengths, like 18" plus with small D sections.

I'm fishing 5oz inlines with hawser tight lines at the mo. Even added some weight to my springers the other day.

Hi Reedy, I think you may have said already, but where abouts are you based?

All good places to fish! Don't even dip a fishmeal pellet in the canal though, unless you like bream.... Milton Keynes and Luton AC control loads of canal sections, but don't forget nearly all of it can be fished on a day ticket, assuming someone comes to collect the £5

Check out the ready made leaders, nash diffusion etc. Saves needing to faff about with knots etc.

Those Warrior nets and handles are a brilliant buy. Grabbed one myself not to long ago.

I've used mine alot for my piking. I often don't bother trying to unhook, just snip, remove, put on a new trace.

Its funny but I have heard anglers (carp anglers at that, on another forum) scoff at the mention of forceps. Comments such as "what do you need those for?" "never needed them" and my total fave.... "if you need those, you shouldn't be fishing". Growing up unhooking silvers and tiny perch with disgorgers and forceps was like learning to write my name. Meant to add. You can practise all of the unhooking methods/tools using a rig and a raw pork chop or chicken breast. Learning is good.

I cant see how a barb of any size can stop a hook twisting in a soft medium such as flesh, surely a barb only restricts a hooks movement in one direction? Barbed or barbless, it sounds as if the fish had either been lightly hooked, or played too hard, or played with an unforgiving setup. Or lets face it, sheer bad luck.

I would be more interested to work out how the hook came out and then re-hooked the fish.

Ha! love it Actually, the woman named Lou must NEVER, EVER, discover 'P's cheese'. As then, said woman, shall fully understand, just where the expensive stinky christmas cheeses go...... Muhahahahaha!

I'm thinking the same thing. Ive got an old Nash Barbel Elite, 1.5lbtc that is soooo soft. Might press it into service and fish a few big lumps of 'P's Cheese' Which has been sat in the freezer for too long.

I like chub, good fishing mate.