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Thanks for that . I’m 200 miles from you but nevertheless that was a damn fine read , very interesting indeed , and must have took you ages to write . I’m amazed nobody else has had the courtesy to reply tbh but It’s probably a quiet time of year for the forum . thanks again , and I hope your great grandson catches a forty from Worsbrough , sounds a nice place 👍🏻

Howdy fella , Grays actually . I used to fish at Crow Green quite a bit but the big lake used to be very hard , the others not so much . I expect I’ll end up there again in the spring as the small lakes are always good for a bite especially if my boy seemingly wants to get into it . I ummed and arrrred about the Billericay club for ages but it was the lack of night venues that always put me off to be honest . I don’t drive , never have , and my Mrs or occasionally a mate would take me/pick me up etc so when I used to Carp fish I would go for 2 or 3 nights as it was always easier to arrange transport . plus on day sessions it was time to leave by the time I got set up 😊 My Mrs getting up at 3.30 to take me fishing was never happening , she’d drop me off at the Chase in Dagenham ( where I was a member) on a Friday afternoon and come get me on Sunday or Monday . Anyway back to venues , as I say , any half decent day tickets have now gone secret squirrel round here by all accounts . Im looking forward to getting back into it all albeit slowly . It’ll be like a complete novice again , back to my roots and all that . Shame there’s no decent Barbel fishing round here , that’s what I’d really like 🤣

When I was younger I always felt I’d like to wet a line if I was ever down in that part of the world. And then Matt Hayes put me off….

I won’t say I haven’t used em before mate , because I have , but there’s a sort of satisfaction about catching a fish , ANY fish on a rig you’ve made yourself and I’ll continue to try to do that if and when I can . I admit on the odd occasion I use a Chod rig they are ready made . I can’t recall which ones I have , maybe ESP stiff riggers ? That rings a bell lol

Yeah Nick Puddledock IS a muddy puddle that is on the list . Alexandra has been (their words) extensively poached by our Eastern European cousins and now only contains Pike & Catfish . right up your alley 🤣

Has anybody suggested Hemp Oil yet ? The oldies are the best .

I’ve always been as deaf as a post anyway . Do Ritchworths still happen ? If memory serves the orange ones were pretty good . venues ? Dunno yet tbh , most of the half decent Carp lakes have turned members only or syndicate from what I can find out . Im gonna feel my way back into slowly anyway , probably float fishing or feeder on a commercial I used to frequent over Brentwood , teach my little un the basics and see where we can go from there . If anybody knows of anywhere in the Thurrock area maybe they can point me in the general direction . when I get round to overnighters and or session fishing I’ll probably hit the Chase at Dagenham till I can find somewhere nearer . Well run and some big fish there too .

Very reassuring mate , thank you 👍🏻

Looks like a glorified Chod rig to me 😊

Ok … I’ll ask … what’s a Ronnie rig when it’s at home ? 😂

Most of my hook knowledge I got from you anyway Nick 🤣 I take it I should bin my 200m of PVA mesh I just found ? I messed about this morning trying to tie a couple of knot less knot rigs and it all came flooding back to me , I was having trouble with the line aligned though , I thought for a minute my arthritis was worse than I anticipated till I realised I was using short lengths of Tungsten tubing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi fellas , I’ve been up in the loft and dug out my Chub smart box which is full of bit and pieces I’ll be needing to get back into this fishing lark but I’m after some advice as I dunno whether some of it will be any good after what has been pretty much a 6 year break . im inclined to think that stuff like rig sleeves , run rings etc will be ok but what about my hooklink materials ? it’s mostly Suffix braids & mono hooklink materials along with some fluros like Ghost . Does this stuff deteriorate over time or ja all reckon it’ll be ok ? it’s no big deal as it isn’t/wasn’t expensive but just wondered . What about hooks ? I’ll need to restock as I’m running low anyway but I’ve found some B175’s some GP204’s and a few mugga’s still in the packet . Do these deteriorate ? By the way I like the look of these VMC Mystic hooks ? Are they new ? anyway thanks fellas 😉

Thought I’d bump this one up to the top again as it’s how I’ll be approaching my reintroduction to Carping this coming spring . seems appropriate as float fishing , like most of us , is how I fell in love with fishing in the first place . it’ll be a quill or waggler straight through on the lift method , a couple of Swans 4-5” from the hook and Bob’s your Auntie’s , Rod dependant on what’s still in one piece once I’ve emptied the loft . I used to use the Avon type one I floater fished with so if it’s in good nick I’ll probably start there . looking forward to it .

Morning fellas . Does anyone keep or have kept Ducks ? If so can they pm me please as I'm after some advice . Thanks

Not forgetting commission of course

Sorry Rob I've only ever heard it discussed in relation to its cats . Famous for em .

Hello mate I can't help you much with the match side of things . I think Dayvid fishes a few matches so hopefully he will see this . I'm sure he'll be able to advise you

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121776527661 Trust me it's a goody . Worth 3 times the price

I always found the brown to behave a lot better than clear , knots better , NEVER snaps unlike the clear and believe it or not seems to camouflage better than the clear too .

They do boast about them being Crayproof

You can thank me afterwards https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271211812588

Not as expensive as Curtis . Allegedly

West Ham lose at home again tomorrow and it'll be Bilic not Beckham hanging up outside the ground Nige . And it won't be an effigy lol

Is this what you're after BC ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331703833836

As far as the England managers job goes Theo , the Dinosaur would have bored the opposition to death but got through both the qualifiers and the tournament group stages by respecting the point etc but as soon as the knockout stages came around he wouldn't have a clue . Your not allowed to draft in the under-18 squad midway through a tournament