kevtaylor

I had neoprene ones before and I ended up ripping them and putting little cuts all over them walking round my old snaggy water. Even when new I can't remember them actually keeping me dry, damp and warm more like. Do lots of walking round in them and they rub badly. Sore walk back to the car. Bad times! 😂

I bought the cheaper ones with white in the straps not yellow, no complaints at all - the best waders I've owned. The one with the yellow straps look good don't know the specific differences as to why they are better- don't think you'd be disappointed with any from the range. Heard the ocean ones are good to.

I'm a bit lost here. If you're getting 90 yards with your 3.25lb test rods, work on your technique, you might be able to get 100+ with them and not need new rods, its not much further is it really. When you start talking about proper casting rods the price goes well above your budget, but your talking about much bigger distances. I'd practice with the Sonik rods you have - they should be able to do more than what your getting. Look at the line, leads, lead-setup, shock leader, casting glove etc etc first and foremost. Then if you really need new rods start saving up for some proper jobs.

Think you need both tbh Pods for hard ground, stage stands for wood and singles for soft ground or well spaced rods. There's no fix all unfortunately

I'll try that - thanks for the tips mate

Great thanks for that chill My mate is suggesting a single hook and hair rigging a half roach. Where he fishes it's all zander so no trace needed whereas the stretches I grew up on were full of jacks but it could well have changed, there were no zander then anyway lol getting on a bit. Walking my dog along my old haunts I've seen one area that gets fished a little by a couple of sprat bashers so that will be where I start. Never had a zander they seem pretty Carpy!!! 😊

Hi, I want to target Zander on my local canal. On my stretches I believe there will be more jacks than anything else, which leads me to question traces. a) am I right to think a trace is a must in this situation? If the answer to this is Yes b) How light a trace will I be able to find and how should I set it up for float fished deadbaiting? Cheers

IMO if you want a casting tool - take the word value out of your question, you get what you pay for. Whats the budget?

Well they are Abu lures from before it became Abu Garcia, he's mostly got people from Europe watching, Swede, dutch etc, think they know a lot more about these lures from the 60s than we do - gonna be interesting, I will pm you a link to them if your interested in seeing how it goes

Lol - your like my mate selling stuff for a profit- love it well done, you saw him coming! Used gas bottles for sale! 10 quid😂

You did alright there fella - nice!

My mates selling some vintage pike lures this week gonna be very interesting he's got 20 odd watching so it's likely to be exciting, can't wait

Fishing kit usually sells cheap 2nd hand - does anyone pay the 70 for the old version or is that just what the seller wants. I wouldn't pay more than half price if it were me, just saying

425!!! they are only 507 new. I'd say 250 personally half price - pretty standard for 2nd hand, thats if they are not old otherwise less edit: just noticed you said 4 and receiver in which case a bit more say 350?

You could try less maggots? Its a bit in your face if they are wary I tied a sick maggot rig last night, will look bob on with about 4 maggots on it.

He looks ace - sad that he's gone, you must have given him a good life, that's all you can do

Good luck fella

Why don't you ask the lads in Banks and Burr Tackle, Rugby I'm sure they will help out. They are knowledgeable and friendly.

Beast - love it, what a fish!

The JRC STi 2 man is very good for the price, it will do everything that a more expensive Trakker shelter will and they do last and condensation is vastly reduced through the venting. I've more recently bought the AVID HQ mk2 2 Man - bigger inside than a standard pram hood design and good quality - no complaints.

Like his funky fringe - quite the man about town!

It's next to your baccy pouch under the swim runner mat!

Yeah you can't see them obviously but they are there believe me

Yonny's got special carpy eyes!

So this is why I blank - gotta get one! and the toilet roll holder I saw in a tackle shop one day - still laugh at that 5 years on