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The lakes are my escape, it did wonders when I was diagnosed with PTSD after afghan

Oh god, don’t start! I’ve got 6 different types of leadcore! Several types of anti tangle tubing! Different lead clips, heli-safe clips, various different split links to quick change leads on helicopter rigs... half a dozen splicing needles, several baiting needles, nut drills, stringer needles! Helicopter rig kits, anti tangle sleeves, several types and sizes of shrink tube, silicone tube, bait screws, two penknives, a leather man tool, mini screwdriver set, batteries, two types of tungsten putty, several pairs of scissors and braid blades, 3 types of marker floats, 3 types of marker elastic, several types of pva string and tape... swivels? Mini bait swivels. Quick change in size 8,10,11... spinner swivels, normal swivels in 8&11. As for hooks??? Wide gapes, curve shanks, long shanks, trig-hammers, cranks, choddies, crank-choddies, fox med curves, Nash fang, Nash twister, drennan super specialist... long shank twisters... I just can’t help myself, I am always buying bits to tinker with my rigs... yet I always revert back to esp striptease with Nash fangs blowback rigs. Or Ronnie rigs for pop ups... all the “wonder rigs” I tie up on dark winter nights usually end up gathering dust in my rig box. on the bright side, I’m paying off my tackle dealers mortgage!!

50?? 5 is a stretch right now! my brolly and bed chair system has its own layout, everything goes exactly in the same place every session. I don’t bother with a bivvy 95% of the time, just chuck a brolly over if need be. I only got a barrow last year! Before then, if I couldn’t carry it on my back, it stayed at home... ... then I thought, hang on I’m not a serving squaddie anymore! My shoulder was telling me that it was time to get a barrow...

I have a barrow for my hooklinks...

I hang my head in shame!

Those days are behind me!!! I’ve fully embraced civvy life!

Yes yes the tackle bag is a right mess!!

This stuff is awesome!

Only because I ran out! Lol!

Do they have fold in handles??

In my bag, I’ve got... iq fluro iq2 fluro esp ghost esp bristle filament korda mouthtrap korda boom fox illusion fluro korda camo, esp sink link ridgemonkey RM-tec soft korda hybrid stiff green esp tungsten soft green esp tungsten soft brown esp tungsten semi stiff green esp tungsten semi stiff brown esp striptease (original) esp striptease two tone brown esp striptease two tone green Korda supernatural brown Korda heavy metal Korda dark matter Korda n-trap soft brown Korda n-trap soft green korda n-trap semi stiff brown Korda n-trap semi stiff green fox reflex fox camotex light soft fox camotex light stiff gardener ultra skin stiff brown Thinking anglers micro strip stiff green drennan gravel braid brown amnesia clear I think I may have a problem...

I mean really... where are the silver coil indicators sliding up a knitting needle?? Or at least a monkey climber? may as well just stick some shimano bait runners on and be done with it... 😜 I wish I still had my optonics, they got swiped!

I have to say, lockdown hasn’t been kind to me... my fishing cammo trousers I wore since leaving the army, (they’re my lucky afghan trews, still with blood group and zap number written all over them) well I can no longer do the button or fly up... 🙄

I think one of them is Ardingly (or something like that!) which is about 40-50mins away, he did a video in Lewes, which is about 35mins away. He did the “big carp from small river” or something along those lines which I would love to find, but I’ve got a river/canal system nearby that I’ve got a ticket for, plus a system of drains and dykes that have a few carp in, but with work/lockdown, they are on the back burner for the time being.

To be fair, I do enjoy their vids, the reservoir diaries were my favourite.

Just setting the ground rules... 😛

I am a massive fan of the esp tungsten loaded, I moved onto that when the striptease proved hard to get hold of.

Sorry to add extra work mate, but the intermediates do look good...

Just wondering what everyone’s preference is for a hooklink material? Going though my tackle box, I’ve got 20+ different spools, fluro, braids, coated braids etc... I seem to flit from one to the other at times, yet I always revert back to esp striptease coated braid. It’s thin, versatile and I’ve got so much confidence in it. What’s your go to hooklink material?

Yeah I did like the look of that place, I love huge ressies, wasn’t it where they had some problems with the locals?

1 for sorrow 2 for joy 3 for a girl 4 for a boy 5 for silver 6 for gold or for boilies eaten before they got cold...

The marina is definitely worth checking out mate, they are like little havens for carp. The boats, being out of the flow, food, cover, what’s not to like? One thing with marinas though is that they can be no fishing zones, but you can get around that by baiting the entrance and fishing over into the entrance from the opposite bank, provided you can fish from that bank and boating traffic allows. You need to keep the boaties onside in situations like this though, be polite to them, be prepared to reel in if need be, it can be beneficial to recast after a boat passes anyway, they can kick up debris as well as your rig that can muck up the presentation. It will be an adventure, the thrill of the chase, not knowing what you could catch next! I envy you, having that canal so close!

Mind you, then you just got a bigger cat in your garden!

Get your own lion and problem solved