yonny

Thanks very much , everyone , that gives me plenty of information to think about .
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UB yes 
sorry..

They are that buoyant even chuck Norris can't push them to the bottom of the lake. 

Yup. I have pots of these that are years old, completely saturated in glug, and they'd still hold up my car.

But is your car a Mini , or a Hummer , Yonny ? .
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Yup. I have pots of these that are years old, completely saturated in glug, and they'd still hold up my car.

Not many will stay up as good as PJPU's mate. They're mega buoyant!

And probably the next generation you leave them to lol

Wash your mouth out with soap young man 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoy, mate. I'm sure they'll serve you well!

Thanks mate, I always laughed at the Diawa coffee grinders, now I am happily waiting on a set.  The only other reels that do it for me other than my LC's are the old light blue Shimmy's but I cant remember the model and not paying over 2.5k for a set 2nd hand no matter how carpy they may be.
I was thinking of rods that give me something different to the TE's but the Aviators just look like an upgrade of the same beast so happy days.  I'm glad you like the spod rod that breeds confidence in my choice 👍

Yeah man. Proper reels 😎
I have 3 sets of tournies kicking round. Noisy, clunky, old fashioned, but last forever and NEVER let you down!
Cheeky. I have the Aviator spod and it's the nuts. I considered a set of the Raven's myself but since I can only do the odd day once every couple of months, and I already have loads of rods, I can't (yet) justify it!

I've heavily glugged proper jobs and they still stay proud, I did hear they were a certain favourite of the top goo anglers. 

Thanks mate really cannot wait to receive these rods, not custom built as not got the time or desire tbh but the Black Raven edition.
Despite always banging on about Shimano I've gone rogue with Diawa Tournament ST 6000's.  Just wanted a lighter reel and not paying silly top end money, not that they were cheap as such, I kept to my Old Skool but Cool over latest silly money jobies and after the Shimmy spod being so unreliable I fancied a change. 👍

Likewise but thankfully the need to spend fell on a sale weekend so I got some good deals.
So the ceramic lining on one of the butt rings on my Torrix has cracked and fallen out - my fault rod not secured and fell on the barrow.  I couldn't be without my babies for weeks in May/June so bought a new set of Aviators and Lighter reels than my Shimmy Big Pit LC's as much as I love them to bits.
Line, back leads, floss, butt and tip protectors, 3 x Delkim line clips oh and 50k of Pro Stim Liver boilies.
Oh and decided to get all 3 Torrix rebuilt instead of just a single eye replacement and the 3 Shimmy's serviced whilst I can be without them so to say it turned out to be an expensive weekend is an understatement.
Thats gotta be me done spending now for the year!
 

Did Thursday to Saturday in one swim this weekend, had a stocky on the stiff hinge rig in the thickest weed bed in the area.

Then back Sunday for the night as I was super keen having caught.  This time chose a swim round the corner as all the fish were there on top but despite expecting a take come first light nothing materialised so back home tail between legs.  Can't wait till Friday to get back down, but might have to fish a flooded swim just to get in the area if it's busy.  Loving my fishing more than ever at the moment - gotta keep pushing on!

Not many will stay up as good as PJPU's mate. They're mega buoyant!

Not many will stay up as good as PJPU's mate. They're mega buoyant!

Hi Everyone
I have some Proper Job Pop Ups , lovely and buoyant , but I have this mental thing where I want to have feed Boilies and Pop Ups the same flavour .
Trent Baits I can have matching pop ups ( that stay up ) ,  and boilies  .
Essential Baits , is it me or do their pop ups not stay erect as well as PJPU , and Trent Baits ? .
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a  mad rush after work /school for me and the daughter, made it for a night out on the bank last night, just about set up before dark.Forgot loo roll, cutlery and her little rod, Lovely looking swim, blanked like a good un till 10am then moved here for a bit

blanked till lunch time,put rods out back in the other swim, had hot dogs, packed away everything then back to this swim where we tried hard, cast to showing fish and did everything we could,we blanked all the way home too.n
Nothing to show for it but a nice time was had,
 

Sealed my waders with fantastic elastic flexible glue, £1.59 from poundland, it's done the job 👌
My mate had to go home on day 4 for work, but I stuck it out. My session has been saved by a small common tonight 👍 
Happy days 👍
 

I'm honestly finding Met Office totally different to the BBC, can't understand why, MET Office saying next to no rain this week, BBC says raining daily.  MET Office is the one thats proving to be more accurate at the moment, or it has been on my trips so far, strange!
Unless my data for BBC is not refreshing from when I looked days before?

My first session since getting my gear stolen in December and having to buy it all again. I felt rusty but I managed to get a couple on the bank. 

Managed to get out for an overnighter on Friday. A little syndi water I joined last year. I managed a night in September and lost one in the weed which was a bit rubbish. Not had the chance to fish it again until Friday so I was buzzing to be back.
Anyway..... it was quite busy when I turned up. Managed to find the carp pretty quickly, shoaled up in front of a swim that was taken 👎. Closest I could get was a swim down the way which was v tricky to get to. Loads of mud and puddles 6 inches deep meant that not many were prepared to fish it. On go the waders and I manage to get my barrow there eventually. The swim itself was underwater so it wasn't the most comfortable session. Found a spot for the brolly back behind some trees which was muddy but doable.
The swim was weedy as anything but managed to find a couple of little spots. Choddy but clear enough for a pop-up. The rods went out nicely and I put 2 spods over each rod. Not much happened in the day but I saw enough signs to think the night would give me a chance. Popped a couple more spods over each spot ready for the evening ahead and settled down for the night. Sometime in the night I started to get liners on the right hand spot so was pretty confident of a bite. Couple of hours later off it went and a nice little mirror ended up in the net just before first light. A lovely little fully scaled thing.
Thirty mins later the liners started on the left hand rod so I was expecting another but it just didn't materialise. Disappointing but hey, I'd just caught my first from the water so can't complain.
Showed the kipper pic to the syndi group and no-one recognised it. One chap said he might have had it on opening night in the 2015 season (!) so it looks like it's a rare'n. Not a biggun but a very, very pretty fish.
Not sure when I can get back now which is a shame as I really like the place despite all the mud!

 

Managed to get out for an overnighter on Friday. A little syndi water I joined last year. I managed a night in September and lost one in the weed which was a bit rubbish. Not had the chance to fish it again until Friday so I was buzzing to be back.
Anyway..... it was quite busy when I turned up. Managed to find the carp pretty quickly, shoaled up in front of a swim that was taken 👎. Closest I could get was a swim down the way which was v tricky to get to. Loads of mud and puddles 6 inches deep meant that not many were prepared to fish it. On go the waders and I manage to get my barrow there eventually. The swim itself was underwater so it wasn't the most comfortable session. Found a spot for the brolly back behind some trees which was muddy but doable.
The swim was weedy as anything but managed to find a couple of little spots. Choddy but clear enough for a pop-up. The rods went out nicely and I put 2 spods over each rod. Not much happened in the day but I saw enough signs to think the night would give me a chance. Popped a couple more spods over each spot ready for the evening ahead and settled down for the night. Sometime in the night I started to get liners on the right hand spot so was pretty confident of a bite. Couple of hours later off it went and a nice little mirror ended up in the net just before first light. A lovely little fully scaled thing.
Thirty mins later the liners started on the left hand rod so I was expecting another but it just didn't materialise. Disappointing but hey, I'd just caught my first from the water so can't complain.
Showed the kipper pic to the syndi group and no-one recognised it. One chap said he might have had it on opening night in the 2015 season (!) so it looks like it's a rare'n. Not a biggun but a very, very pretty fish.
Not sure when I can get back now which is a shame as I really like the place despite all the mud!

 

Most apps and services use the same weather stations so for the most part they're all the same in terms of accuracy. I believe Met Office invite civilians to submit data from their personal weather stations to add to the data set. No idea if it makes a difference or not.
I've used all sorts over the years but now just go by the BBC. Let's face it, the weather here can change at the drop of a hat so no-one can really have massive confidence in the longer range data.