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@Its-grim-up-north, I've just checked your specs and you have no port which is a real bummer. You have no centre flash pin or jack port so an intervalometer cannot be used. Your only option is to use a wireless remote.

What kind of port does it have mate? Mini jack 3.5 mm or......?

I think Nick covered this perfectly👍

They'll work all year mate. Don't use too many. They're best bulked out with something imo (hemp is a good option). I tend to use them with boilie to avoid nuisance species. I don't do anything fancy when it comes to rigs. Keep it simple.

You could still use it. It's the park lake you should be looking for money back buddy.

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The priority is finding them mate. If you can figure out where they like to be you're half way there. You'll likely be feeding tench and bream with corn/hemp imo. Big boilies and nuts would be my first port of call for the carp. It wont stop the nuisance species but it should slow them down and allow the carp to get a look in.

The prices are ridic at the mo aint they?!! I've just taken my SS3's off the rods in favour of something more suited to distance and I'm almost considering selling them. I have like 8 or 9 spare spools and all together they're worth ~2k which is ridiculous. The tournies are essentially the same thing so 400 notes is a proper bargain. The chap selling them is in your neck of the woods too mate.

Yes. If you wear them all day they'll become minging very quickly. They'll stink of stale sweat mate.

This.

You can get a set of tournies for that mate. I know of a set up for 400 quid.

This👆 They use a supple hook link that give the hookbait movement and allows it to be sucked in👍 I think that even in the perfect situation (heavy weed) the chod rig has LOTS of flaws. But it's the only possible to way to fish that type of area effectively. To use it outside of that situation just accentuates most of those flaws imo. There is no logical reason to use it apart from chucking at showing fish when you're not 100% on the substrate.

Expand mate. In what situation do you think it would be tricky to deal with? It's basically just a hinge without the boom that allows the hookbait to be taken when mr carp sucks (as we all know they feed by sucking/blowing). They'd have to be suicidal to get hooked on it imo😅

It's defo warmer off the bottom. Water becomes more dense the colder it is so the coldest water sinks to the deck. It's not comfortable for the fish which is why when they do feed on the deck in winter the feeding periods tend to be very, very short.

Just had a cheeky offer on a set of 3 accepted. Good call mate👍

There'll not be that much interest in feeding anywhere tbh mate. Your best bet is to have a hookbait where the carp are located which at this time of year is midwater for 95% of the time. They will feed on the deck but those feeding periods will be very, very short. From now until mid May is the best time for zigs in my experience mate.

This time of year temps are more important than food so for me it has to be a very bright, very colourful pop up on the deck, or a bit of black foam mid water. There's nothing wrong with super-charging you pop ups so you have the attraction to match the colour though.

I have heard of them fished off the lead but for me that accentuates all of the rigs many flaws. Over anything but the cleanest/hardest substrates you need a boom i.e the stiff hinge rig. I cannot think of a single advantage to fishing a chod off a clip/inline. I can think of loads of disadvantages though mate.

No you're not mate. You're speaking sense. A heli is a leader/lead set-up. A chod is a rig. A chod has to be fished on a heli set-up to make use of its limited advantages (those being presentation over substrates that cannot otherwise be fished). But any rig can be used on a heli.

Yes mate. It's the monster retrieve I'm after.

Yeah the Emblem spod and pro are 122. I didn't realise they did a 45 spod (do you have a link?). The 45 SCW QD I saw had 104. If you're talking about the Crosscast I'd rather avoid the budget models tbh. The 35 SCW QD spod is the one with 124 which is monstrous. They'll be used in place of a set of SS3000's so I'll get a huge improvement either way. I just need something that will make chucking/retrieving long easier.

I'm told it's the same reel with a different spool so am considering them too mate. Gearing/retrieval is the same. You can get the spod spools for 35 quid too which is chips nowadays. Thing is the Pro's go for 100 each second hand so there'd not be much difference in buying something new.

Maybe a bit of a long shot on here, but does anyone use these as standard carp reels? I'm looking for something with a silly retrieve and these seem to fit the bill. Are they reasonably usable? Struggling to find spare spools in the UK. Does anyone know if they take the standard Emblem S35 SCW 5000C QD spools? Was thinking about converting the old Emblem Spod but just seen these.

It already has. Highs of 6 here today. The long range forecast looks set for a cold snap at the end of the month and April isn't looking too rosy either ☹️

And the rest buddy. Last weekend ours climbed 2 degrees as air temps stabilised at double figures. Then the big winds and 16 degree air temps on Wednesday sent it up another 2 degrees. Then that amazing sunshine this weekend bought it up to 9!! It has to be the most rapid increase I've ever seen. I have no doubt we'll see more cold weather at some point in March but defo a promising sign.