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My latest rooblinos arrived today it's a 2000 sized reel that I bought to go on my old browning match rod, cos t me a small fortune £7 smooth as anything though lovely little reel.

If you like a wide gape have a look at the ESP Claw Hammer, lovely hooks and sharp out the packet too.

You can get some different types of pellet powder off the shelf, trout, halibut, bloodworm, carp, etc personally I think if the point is to use hydrolysates I would use a lower oil content powder as that would absorb more of the good stuff. You could always just glug pellets in hydro though they can take a lot of liquid on board. That's what I do quite often.

What about buying a pellet powder so you don't have the faff?

That was 4 hours worth that my daughter caught, nothing that big yet but we were just bashing them out on the whip, might get the match rod out this year and try further out for some bigger ones, I do quite enjoy watching a float sometimes.

Would it have worked better if you used less dog biscuit crumb and more of something else do you think ?

Have you ever tried the spliceable hooklinks you can get ? They might be a good alternative to braid.

I am hoping they do another rudd match at the syndicate this year, loved it last time, and we got to stock them in their new home, The pest pond 😂

That's a shame was looking forward to seeing you catch loads of fish on your new mix.

Depends on your water though, I've found that feeding rudd can also make the carp feed with gusto, they stay the party as it where.

Satay sauce is basically thinnned down peanut butter, probably thinned down with fish sauce or soy and coconut milk or something, I like eating it too much to waste it on fish though 😂

This video may also be of some interest to you guys, quite like the idea of DIY solubles tbh.

Maybe you could try this in place of liquidised liver? Might make it keep a bit longer.

I went through that too when I restarted. I've had about 5 sets of rods in the last 6 or 7 years, sonik, wychwood, daiwa, sonik, free spirit, In my opinion you are best off just buying the set you really want now and save yourself going through loads of cheap rods. I had 10ft 3lb soniks and within about 6 months of use they had gone a bit soft. Also the weather is now turning in your favour, just stick at it, find the fish, bait them and you will catch them,

Depends what you are trying to achieve, i thought the reason the liquid was added first was to get it right into the mix. My point was about trying to get a liquid right into the boilie post boil. I've always done pretty well when washing them out with a hydro mixed with some water, maybe the fact they ooze attraction and become fully saturated helps.