jules007

I ended up sending a message and they insisted on full refund so all good

okay its Warwick baits, not gonna complain as the main man has been through a bad patch this last 6 weeks, and he dont need whinging winnie going on at him, will put it down to experience but will look for a different product from a different comany

Don't want to name the bait, maybe they will produce and they not in tackle shops

So i am known for trying to do things on a budget, buying the less well known kit for a lower price, i decided to go over to single hookbait pop ups and ended up ordering 2 tubs of 15mm pop ups from a well known name, sweetcorn and a nut based, these were not cheap at £24.40 posted, they arrived today and 1st thing they are not 15mm more like 12-13mm the nut based smell like damp mould, and very hard to say what the sweetcorn smell of, part tempted to see if i can return them but guess i have to just stash them in a corner or something and buy more soddin pop ups but from a lower priced outfit, out of respect i wont name the brand

Funny enough its ESP Ghost i have from way back and yes its a nice flouro i think i have the stiff rather than soft

Im just gonna buy new, not having any luck catching as it is so no point risking losing a fish should i actually hook one, and would not be good for the fish to swim about with half a rig in its gob

how long would you guys keep hooklink material/line, i have a couple of reels of fluorocarbon that are about 15 years old but they have been kept in the dark so to speak, in a rig wallet so not exposed to sunlight, do i use it or bin it and buy new?

welcome to the forum, good bunch on here that will help with any questions

A lot of forums are being targeted lately and admin and mods have to be on the ball to keep the forums a nice place to share your hobby with others

you did indeed and i should of listened to you, my main issue with the xl i got is storage

My latest i bought the NGT deep XL carp unhooking cradle and totally hate it, its way to big, i have a really nice beanie mat that is perfect for me but my club water is stating from October has to be padded walled mat/cradle, so i either loo for a new water to fish or sell the stupid big thing and find a more suitable walled mat

welcome aboard

Good on you for putting fish welfare 1st mate, some anglers forget the Pike is a bit of a delicate fish in some ways

Otters raiding all the fisheries and now Beavers coming back, i guess next step will be the Wolf as a predator to maintain numbers

Sadly i dont have a dog my old bivvy rat of a Greyhound passed many years ago, and i dont fish for pike, so will just get a cheap NGT cradle