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One washer now mate , or should I say one on my additional reel now , always had one on the original two and they’ve always been fine . The problematic one isn’t too bad at all now , perfectly acceptable to me now anyway and it’s not twisted or anything . You know Elmo , I think it’s how I was holding the rod when I was winding it on … I tend to hold the butt section up in the air like I was playing a fish as it’s easier on my arthritis but when I wound the line on a 3rd time , keeping the rod low , matchman style , it lay a lot lot better . How much did you get for your reels ? Was it what we discussed the other day ?

Thanks . After I’d calmed down a bit 🙄 I tried it again and this time it turned out a lot better . Not perfect by any means but a lot lot lot better and more than acceptable to me thanks . I hate maintenance .

Ok well either everybody’s out fishing or they can’t help me , that’s fair enough 😊 Anyway I’ve had to try again as weekends is the only time I get to do this stuff , so , I’ve taken a washer off so that it’s the same as my other 2 reels in an attempt to get rid of this ‘coning’ on the spool and respooled in exactly the same way as I respooled my other reels and it turned out exactly the same , maybe even worse , right to the brim at the back and middle , about a centimetre from the brim at the front 🤦🏼‍♂️ Im now at my wits end 😡.

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Hello Phil I got to see one of these in the flesh the other week when I was looking at getting their brolly system . They look and feel seriously impressive. They are definitely worth the price tag and if a mate wasn’t sorting me out with a Cabrio system I’d be investing in the Avid one without a doubt . You’ll be pleased with it I reckon 👍🏻

Ok so I’ve now got my spare spool and I want to Respool my one with the dodgy cone looking thingy from above post 🙄. So , do I literally throw it in a bucket of water , put it on my reel and that’s that ? Or do I have to do it twice , off the spool and then back on again to make sure it goes on in the right direction/clockwise/anti clockwise ? I really don’t get this stuff 🤦🏼‍♂️

So unless they’re leaking you can’t reallly tell then 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ok Nick humour me . how can you tell the difference ? Especially at range.

Well I passed my fork lift test last week so how hard can it be 🤣🤣🤣

I’m thinking one lump sum crash course. it would either get it all over in a week or so or be a colossal waste of money . 60 years to pass my driving test eh ?

I need to learn to drive . I’m too old now I think …. solve all my problems though .

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That sounds good mate . Do me a favour , next time you set out on a trip take a pic of how you cram it in the motor . Ill need to invest in another one of these eventually but it’s more how to get it all in the car lol. She has a Ford ecosport which is ok , the back seats do fold down but there’s usually 3 of us in the car so I can only fold one seat down .

Just a thought Elmo , how do you get the barrow in the car with all those bits of tackle in there ? Will it fold down or do you have to empty it out ? im thinking I need one but it’s one more big thing to get on the car …

Like the look of these , the washed out look . Keep me in the loop re these mate

Yep there’s nothing quite like catching on bait you’ve made yourself . I did it myself a few years ago though I kinda cheated a bit . I used Odyssey xxx base mix which I tweaked with various bits & pieces and a few pop ups which ended up more like wafters before they were trendy . Still felt quite an achievement catching with em though . Its all about time for me ( I don’t have it) cos it’s certainly no cheaper like it was years ago . I admire you Ouch for your commitment and I wish you luck on those rivers . Which Rivers out of curiosity ?

Bear with me Ouch as I’m not very up on this kind of stuff but I was thinking does it matter ? I suppose there must be a point where you can overdo it and they are only pop ups so they ain’t going to eat em ? But I have something nagging me in my head , and don’t know if it’s something I read long ago , but 1ml per egg rings a bell . could be totally well and truly wrong and probably am as what you have used seems about right to me but , as you know , there are a lot better qualified than me on here to help you with this .

Well he forced me ( at gunpoint of course 😊) to take him again today . Different venue and they weren’t quite as keen to jump on his maggots so he became quite restless early on . I don’t think it’s going to be as easy as I thought it was and the secret seems to be to catch early on but credit to him , he was fishing in what seemed like 15 minute bursts and he got his reward in the end .

Expect a pm mate

It happens mate , I’m always on the lookout for witching hour finishing times for auctions . tidy profits to be made sometimes as well 😉

Well done young Jordan that’s a fine looking Tinca indeed . perseverence pays off .

To be honest mate I’m just a creature of habit , I always used Daiwa’s (and Mitchells of course)whilst growing up . Ive never had one give up on me and though they never got a great write up at the time due to their dodgy line clips I got my Emcast Evo’s out the other week and they are still in great Nick , got another off fleabay despite Nicks advice above and now I have 3 😊 I also think Okuma are good quality functional affordable reels too . I have an old silvara pro that I use for all my feeder fishing and have recently aquired an Okuma Spod/Marker reel that , although I have yet to use in anger , looks very smart and feel’s indestructible so I’m expecting that to be fine too . Ive never owned a Shimmy but loads do so I’m sure they’re great too . not a fan of bait runners in general though but that’s just me .

Couldn’t get him home after that , he wanted to stay all night ffs 🤦🏼‍♂️ I missed the first ten minutes of the West Ham game 🙄 Now he’s nagging me to go again .. today . well I told him that ain’t happening but we have a few maggots left so it looks like we’ll be going again tomorrow after his swimming lesson , another little afternoon evening sesh . what’s not to like eh ?

Then he pulled out a couple of little snottys and a few more little roach . He seemed to get a bit bored after a while and started wandering up and down the bank watching everyone else . Anyway after a while he sat back down , inspired I think by something he’d seen a couple of swims down . My Mrs stuck a few maggots on his little size 18 hook for him and he flicked it out . As it hit the water the tiny float disappeared. And didn’t come back . He yanked it back towards him and this … nearly yanked HIM in 🤣

Well yesterday was the day . We took TJ to Puddledock farm fishery , a local hole in the ground . In the first few minutes he whipped out a couple of little Roach 😊