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This is the one. Decent.👆

This👆👆👆 Wrap sticks cannot give you line twist unless you're taking line off the clutch👍

Coincidence. I just bought a pair this week too (the salopettes). I went for the Sungpak Torrent Extreme jacket instead of the Tundra jacket. Really like Snugpak stuff and tbf if they did waterproof salopettes I'd have got them too. Impressed with the Tundras though I have to say.

You can sell the infinity spool for 40 and make a profit. Result 🤣

Good lad. Those old Daiwa reels are absolutely bomb proof. I picked up a set of Emblem Pro's (the fishing version of the old Emblem Spod Reel) for a couple of hundred quid to use on one specific water due to their silly long retrieve. I use them for 90% of my fishing now despite having several other sets worth much, much more!

They're basically a cheaper version of the Infinity BR's, which are essentially the bait runner version of the old 5000 tourneys. I had the infinitys for ages, and still use the tournaments. Absolutely awesome reels. They'll be bombproof fella 👍👍👍

Not in Lincs by any chance is it?

Maybe just that your usual hookbaits are a better match for the given situation i.e. more readily taken over the chosen freebies 🤷‍♂️ I found they worked well as singles and over alternative baits. I rarely use boiled baits nowadays so probs not best placed to comment.

What approach did you take? Over boiled baits? If so what kind?

I saw your interaction on the other forum. The bait section makes me chuckle, it gets a bit silly on there at times. I did well on the SHB's. Decent hookbaits imo.

A mate of mine opened this place last year: Home | Fieldview Fishery Not been yet myself but it gets rave reviews and has a very plush lodge. The owner is an absolute diamond so more than happy to vouch for the place.

Sometimes we need to take a step back mate. Hope all goes well and you get the bug back at some point 👍

Why mate? Everything ok? The fact you're on this forum on a Monday morning says you weren't ready to get rid of your gear!

Awesome mate. I stayed on there an extra year trying to catch the Patch Common but it was not to be. It never came out again so I think I was fishing for a dead'n!! I was lucky enough to catch Scaley. Twice in fact. What a kipper that was!

Mainly otters, although I do seem to remember a pollution issue too. Further, a bunch of french carp (illegally imported, en-route to a lake in the valley) were dumped in there when the importer panicked when he came close to being caught. They all washed up dead, along with a bunch of originals, not far from Oundle. Parasite issues at a guess.

It means the lead must be able to release in the event of a line breakage👍

Beautiful area. Enjoy 👌

God knows how this thread has got so many posts🤣 Nick, your taking all this far too literally. A wrap is a term commonly used throughout the carp angling fraternity to describe a 12ft increment for casting. Your post is of course technically accurate, albeit obvious to the point of condescending (no-one is confused🤣), and some guys may choose to put their sticks less or more than 12 ft apart. But when guys refer to wraps, 99.9 % of them mean 12 ft increments. This is the point mate. To almost everyone, it has become a distance measurement. Call it slang for 12 ft. If you prefer to use metres crack on, no-one has an issue with that. I personally couldn't care less what guys use to measure distance. A wrap is as good as 12 ft is as good as 4y is as good as 3.66m as far as I'm concerned.

The Nene is a pale shadow of what it was. Used to be loads in there, proper bigguns too. But the otters put paid to that. Having two is a real result mate, I can assure you it's not full of carp. Well done!

To be taken with a pinch of salt imo. To get 150m (~165 yards) with a 3lb tc rod requires incredible technique. Completely unrealistic for your average angler imo.

Nah. Use with confidence buddy.

It's decent lads 👍👍👍

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Not used that stuff mate. I ditched petrol many moons ago.

Horrible mate, dirty, smelly, times have moved on imo. As Kev said, propane/butane mix is the one👍