yonny

It has been a very healthy year weather wise. No mental heat waves has meant the carp have continued to feed throughout the entire summer and this is reflected in fish weights. All over the country fish are coming out at top weights, MASSIVE weights. It's also done the environment the world of good. The grass is green and the water is clear, unlike last year when the grass was brown and the water was pea green!

Lol..... I have one too, great jacket. Fabsil can only re-proof water proof material. It can't make normal material waterproof.

Imo crumb will just wash away on the river buddy, I think you're better off sticking to whole boilies.

Waterproofs buddy.👍

Fabsil for clothes, Fabsil Gold for shelters.

Mirrors were created by humans for the table through selective breeding. They'll all go back to commons if the gene pool is left alone buddy.

Keep at it mate, effort = reward and all that.....

Is that really you then? I thought it was a wind up lol.

It's by far the best but you can't get them any more. I just broke mine last week, damaged in transit. Proper wounded. I'm looking at the Century and the Daiwa as a replacement.

Take the positives mate. One take is better than no takes.

You're dead right. The Nash Cobra is absolute rubbish. It goes brittle in sunlight very quickly and snaps just near the loading port. It happened to 2 of mine.

Not sure. Some of them even come in the Aqua/Trakker boxes.

That's one way of putting it lol. They're ripped off.... they buy the the same bivvys from source and re-badge so yes they're identical. They're waterproof without the wrap buddy.

You can but imo it's still not wholly effective. It's a pop up rig mate. A wafter will work much better on a multi imo.

It's all you can do at this point by the sounds of it buddy. You got to fish where the fish are. Best of luck.

Good luck mate.

Agreed!

In other news I damaged it in transit on Friday. You can't get them any more so I'm absolutely gutted. I taped it up and it's lasting so far but long term I need a replacement.

At shorter range and with no significant baiting levels a plastic stick is absolutely fine (although I found the Korda jobby goes brittle and snaps after a couple of years regularly exposed to the elements). At longer range and with heavier baiting levels a decent long carbon stick is immeasurably better than plastic imo. I bought the ACA carbon stick after spending a week in France baiting heavily at range with the Korda stick - it killed me - my arm/shoulder took a month to recover. Same venue/tactics with the ACA carbon stick the following year was a doddle. Like anything it's a case of right tools for the job. Carbon is defo better but only in the right situation imo.

Well there's your answer buddy.

Imo the ronnie is no good for bottom baits. It's too heavy to be taken correctly, you need the pop up to take the weight out of it. Smaller hooks on ronnies is a no-no imo. They lead to inconsistent hook holds. Bigger hooks work much, much better in my experience.

I agree. Frozen baits straight from the manufacturer make more sense than from a shop.

No need mate, it's just carbon tube. It's the design that makes the difference.

100 yards is a long way with a stick mate. Even the very best distance sticks will struggle past 120ish. For distance the best are the ACA and the Daiwa - but they are pricey. Gardner do a decent one called the Propella I think. Decent for distance. Avoid the Scorpion - it's a short range stick. For value is has to be the Diem one - it's cheap as chips and half decent.

No mate. They are the heaviest two carbon sticks on the market buddy - mainly due to those ports. Best will depend on what you're using it for. What kind of distance do you need?