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You can set up the naked chod with mono just the same as fluorocarbon mate , just make sure you use the bigger sinkers to keep it on the deck and good rig putty on the swivel .

I reckon sufix knocks seven bells out of the K stuff . But without turning this into yet another "i hate K" thread i have to say i DO . With a couple of exception that arent terminal tackle ☺

thanks for adding that gary and beanzy , reason I asked that is that I was trying to explain to one of my lads how to do it over the phone , would you believe , when he was fishing at the weekend. it was his first time out fishing on his own and he was having the same trouble as frogy. I`ve let him read your replies and he is now confident that he will be ok this weekend . poor lad I think I`ve got him into fishing , he`ll forgive me one day. personally I have never had any tangle probs when I fish running lead set ups , which is pretty much all the time nowadays. I only ever used to get tangles when I fished with lead clips....

I KNOW what you mean mr beanz , but , serious question now ( no smileys

Si , a small pva stick wont hurt at any time of year mate . Or a mesh bag size of a 50p . Its hardly overfeeding even in the depths of winter . I asked that very question myself recently and the general concencus was ; its autumn they should still be on the munch . You'll know when its winter

Si , i dont know how to post a link to a different thread but take a look at the sticky in this section entitled "safe lead set-ups". Theres some pics on there mate and it'll sort you out .

I missed it woody , post it again

Now THIS thread might get deleted ...

I tend to have the bottom bead at least a foot from the lead and usually nearer 2 feet to try and reduce the chances of the fish getting clumped round the ear'ole but i use slack lines . I cant get my head around the probability of the hooklink floating in mid-water if fished on a tight line . Nick , how do you combat this ? Are the sinkers (i dont use a leader) sufficient to keep the business end pinned to the deck ? Cant see it myself ...

Bones

I think "characters" is the expression your looking for . Oh and eccentric

Mick brown was so proud of himself he looked like he was going to cry , proper emotional he was and thats what i remember more than the actual fish liam . I realise that the stocking of foreign fish grates with a lot of people and i think everybody , in an ideal world , would like to catch a proper old english beaut , but its not the fish's fault and it still had to be landed . If a garlic chewing 40 wanted to eat one of my hookbaits i wouldnt be drop kicking it back into the lake lets put it that way ...

The passion for angling episode with the unfished estate lake is my fave . Along with the matt & mick episode where mick catches his 40 ... Anyone remember jack hargreaves' out of town ?

Cant believe its taken me 4 years to find this thread . Keep it up boys , best thread i've come across in years . I havent laughed so much since grandma died.....

Thanks ian but only doing what you and most on here would have done mate . Stevo your 100% right mate long may it continue . You never did pm me with regards to your last comment ?

Yeah you got a bit of a deal there i reckon even without the missing part and even if you end up paying £20+ for the chub bars your still coming out on top . Cant beat the jrc bivvies imo

I know you wasnt to know but i still cant believe that geezer flogged on the bivvy without the central tension thingy ? Hope the price you paid for it reflected it

Or , of course , you are very welcome to mine if your more in my neck of the woods

Try putting chub tension bars in the search engine .

Ok , now , chub used to sell a set of 3 bivvy brace bars which do exactly the same job only they are a lot more solid . Trouble is THEY are now discontinued as well BUT i recently picked up a set on fleabay for a bit over the odds so they are still about . I heard that trakker do something similar but i'm not sure and taking a look at the jrc contact bivvy , that middle pole looks similar to the chub bars so maybe jrc do them now for their own bivvies ? Either way the geezer who flogged you that defender has had you over because the bivvy is useless without that middle pole and he would have known that too . On a more cheerful note , your better off getting the metal brace bars anyway cos the pole supplied with your bivvy is more trouble than its worth mate , a real pain to thread through ! I was told about the chub bars by ian (welder) who posts on here . Eventually he will be along to give you his tuppence worth but he's at the social at the mo so probably as drunk as a sack

Well you have a similar problem to the one i'm having at the moment in that the defender range has been discontinued and i dont know whether the (new) contact range of bivvies has the same set up ie the middle pole that you are missing. Google the latest jrc bivvy range and take a gander mate . If they dont use the same part then there IS another way ...

If its the same as the sti's then there should be an elasticated fold-up pole which threads thru it from the back to the front just above the door . It keeps the bivvy up mate .

Ah gotcha so you could probably deduct what type of silt it is by leading around a bit beforehand . I suppose its common sense really that no fish would want to dine IN something that smelt as foul as some of that stuff can . Thanks mate its good that you are still around for me to pick your brains , so many regulars seem to have disappeared from the forum lately. Apologies to the original poster for hijacking the thread.