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Let me know if there's any pups going lol.

Bear in mind most of the big carp waters over here are crammed full of weed. I need to try and hit them before they give me a toner. Give them an inch and they'll be balls deep in Canadian. I need that alarm screaming a the first shake of the fish's head once hooked (that initial spasm as they try to throw the lead). I'm fishing the lines so tight I'm hitting single bleeps.

Yes mate.

Yes mate, tight lines - once you're past 60/70ish the last 5-10 yards is pinned to the deck anyway👍 Roller AND vibration on the Qi model bud. Best of both worlds.

I'll have the line bow-string at anything past maybe 70 or 80 yards. At 60 yards I'll go tight but not silly tight. Under 60 is semi slack and under 40 slacker still. All of this depends on weed levels though, I'll fish much tighter in weed.

These new Wolf jobbies have roller and vibration Nick. The first alarms since the Ace i3's to have that. Nice.

I use expensive alarms for two reasons - versatility and reliability. I tend to use slack, semi-slack and tight line depending on the fishing situation so versatility is important to me. I'll only fish very tight lines when I'm fishing long and that is one of the occasions where I want the alarms at their most sensitive.

This! If I'm fishing a water that hold bream the pellets are first to go. Followed by particles lol. Nuts and boilies all the way for me.

No, but I imagine it'll be scary.

The much anticipated alternative from Wolf is nearing release lads: https://www.wolfint.com/product/icon-q/?location=449 Duncannon St, Charing Cross, London WC2R 0DZ, UK&radius=25 Imo, they look a bit spesh. Market leading specs imo.

Clearly not, which begs the question what kind of mental illness drove you to join it again.

Here we go again. My statement regards cosmetics not being important to me was not directed at you, I was merely pointing out that functionality is what counts (to me). How you've managed to turn that into a catalyst to sling mud is beyond me. So I guess we're now looking at a race against time to see how many people you can alienate before you get banned. Same as last time you joined, and the time before that, and the time before that...........

I couldn't care less what functional gear looks like. If it does what I want it to I'm happy.

@crusian they're repellant to water but not waterproof. But as they're thermals and not waterproofs that's to be expected. You need a waterproof over it to tackle heavy rain. Regards tearing, I've had mine for 3 years and you've read my catch reports buddy, I put stuff to the test. No issues mate.

When set up correctly they're as safe as you can get. Korda deserve a medal for them imo.

Yes. That's the one mate.

Not meant a a dig! I genuinely think it must be awful for him lol.

I think we've figured it out Phil. Is it that Joe fella? I really feel for him doing all those vids/reviews saying how everything is so brilliant regardless of how good it is.

They just arrived. I'll try them out when home.

Agree, that shot in the Carpology article really grabbed my attention. I'm determined to find the right bits and pieces to replicate it. I really want to do some buoyancy testing.

Nah, the top of the D is different. I'm convinced its the Korda one in XL. I have some on order so time will tell.

Yeah it's rated to -20 lol

Lol, standard. We had record high pressure here just a couple of weeks ago (~1050 mbar!!). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51180211 My mate was on the bank and got the first take he'd had in several weeks. Off the deck too. That tells us all we need to know about how pressure itself affects fishing.

Imo pressure has nothing to do with how good or bad a water might fish. What does have a huge influence is the weather conditions that low and high pressure systems bring. In summer high pressure usually brings high temps with no wind - conditions that tend to see carp sunbathing rather than feeding. Low pressure systems (in summer) tend to bring big winds, overcast days and rain - perfect for getting the carp feeding. In winter high pressure can be good - it normally brings bright sunny periods which provide the warmth the carp crave at this time of year. Zigs can be a killer in this situation as they're on the move in the upper layers. Low pressure can still be great depending on temps. Some guys believe that pressure will dictate there the carp are in the water column (i.e. in high pressure they'll be up in the water and in low pressure they'll be on the deck). This is a load of tosh. The carp will be up in the water when they need warmth and it's sunny (which normally coincides with high pressure) and they'll be on the deck to feed (which normally happens when the conditions get them moving (big winds, overcast skies). Of course, these conditions are not always guaranteed. It can rain during periods of high pressure and it can be bright during periods of low pressure. Hence, the pressure itself has very little influence.

I'd have suggested the SJ6 or SJ9 for winter Smufter, but even that SJ3 can do a job. Great aint they!