jules007

Nice and thanks for commenting, i do still own a strikright hydraflow but its been badly stored and not really usable now, i see NGT do a brand new pin for under £40, this would be used on Diawa proteus 10ft spinning rod, will keep looking and see what turns up

Im looking at reels very tempted to get a centre pin for float and stalking but a nice fixed spool or freespool might be the way forward

Nick how do you rate the marco pin mate, is it as good as made out

I am back and pretty active on here so more than happy to keep a close watch on the content and take any action needed.............about time i started earning my mod badge again lol

Im not a stranger to using a centre pin reel float fishing for carp on an avon rod, this was on a club lake where largest carp was just over 14lb, however having scored a pleasant but not life changing win last night on lotto im rather tempted to treat myself to a Marco Cortesi 4 1/2 inch pin reel, in the past i used an old bakerlight pin also a nice strike right pin for a bit of course angling Of course im not suggesting trying a pin for big carp just up to 20lb i guess

Hey i still have "A passion for angling " DVD but this is a good idea, maybe it will be possible to change the DVD section to read "DVD and Youtube movies" i dont have the power, would need to be done by admin

I dont see a need for a section on bait boats, this can be covered in the section for carp tackle, but lets see what other members think on this, i feel it would be like having a section for rods, a section for reels and so on

Not a bad idea but may be tricky to implement on here

@B B couple of nice carp mate are you still fishing Nene valley area, i used to fish little horseshoe near Stibbington but club ruined it

Okay, i made what proved to be a winning bid on a pair of wychwood 9ft rods 2.75lb for £53 posted, these will do the job just nice

I am looking at fishing margins so i can drop a rig on a clear spot (weed problems) , i figure its better to place a couple of rigs close in and know they are on clear spots and not tangled. I plan on putting little tiny pva mesh mini nuggets with boilie crumb, and in line lead, but need to decide what rig to use that will do for both pop up and bottom bait? Incidentally i purchased a spool of ESP Tungsten loaded hooklink braid, by eck that stuff is dam near impossible to strip the coating

Managed to tie a slip D rig pretty much same as the Mike holly rig, things have changed since i last carp fished lol

Thats what im doing £40 for the year got specimen lake with maybe 175 carp to mid 30`s plus some canal fishing, got rid of proper bivvy and bed chair years ago as i knew i was done with session stuff

feeling like i made wrong choice getting the 12ft rods, im learning more about the lake im fishing and a few of the pegs are a bit "tree`ed in" for getting a cast with longer rods, also i think i will be doing a lot of margin fishing, so might sell the Diawa 12 foots and get 9 or 10ft rods

Have to say i am made up with the westlake day bivvy shelter its perfect for my needs just doing days, it feels good quality and well designed

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

Yep i had a nice haul today another 3 kg of Crave boilies plus pop ups then some ESP rig tube plus micro ring swivels and some 2.4mm silt colour heat shrink, also got another bulk spool of NGT camo line but in 18lb this will do till i get new reels, got another order for more crave bait coming in a few days.....oh and new leccy kettle for kitchen lol

seems Okuma are good, so might look at this brand

Okay guys my 18 year old reels are looking tatty, maybe even rough in places, they still work like clockwork just some area`s of corrosion/paint loss, so im thinking a pair of new reels, i have mentioned to my daughter i may get her to pay for one as an xmas present and i buy the second. I am only fishing one club book venue which is a 3.5 acre lake, fish to low 30`s, a bit weedy some snags, rods are Diawa 12ft 3lb tc..........so can i have some suggestions please and low price is key here thinking £40-55 per reel i like Freespool but also happy to look at mini pit reels with fast drag, i have sort of looked at Wychwood reels but i did have a set of the early rogue reels and they were not great Thanks in advance guys

Interesting post, have to say last week i wound in to cast to a showing fish, nicked on a mesh bag of pellets and boilies but "old clumsy" here dunked it before lining up the cast, whipped it out double quick expecting my wife to be showered in salmon pellets but it made it on target, no fish though

Im with you on the Kryston heavy putty and i would of bought mine about 2010, still got a bit left

I think i might have a play with this rig, i really like the idea of it and being able to just pop a new fresh hook on an existing rig appeals

one issue i have is spending even more money on more line and looking ahead that i may replace the old reels at xmas

Cheers elmo, the tackle box test is good info, now the lake is pretty weedy but does have a lot of hard bottom snags like bits of concrete and stone, maybe a case of doing some feeling about with a lead to find a good spot to fish with a thinner line and i think your right about the 0.40 being to thick for my spools

Small update from me, so the 42" landing net that cost a whopping £12.70 with stink bag and spreader is spot on, super pleased with this item, now for an interesting development on the NGT line, so at first i re spooled with NGT 0.30 15lb line, it loaded onto reels very nicely, but then at lake was told really should be on 18lb main, so stripped the NGT and loaded ESP basic 0.40 18lb, now this line is just not sitting on the spools so well, i can see me going back to NGT but in the 18lb. Also got an NGT boilie chopper coming will see how that is