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I stupidly didn't even realise it was April fools when I replied, but the amount of lakes these days with luxury accommodation and hit tubs and fish with super growth tanks it didn't seem that far fetched.

I wouldn't not have a decent mat though as much as its massive, on the odd occasion I do catch something I want to know it's well protected.

Would be radio controlled swans.

I got the 25lb and I didn't get on with it either. It felt wirey, I also found 25lb mouth trap to be similar, 15lb is much nicer to use tbh

I'm starting to like my non essential car bag idea tbh, i could leave my net, unhooking mat, scales, camera,rods & reels pretty much everything I don't need to not catch fish, might as well just park up and sleep in my bivvy, game changer 😂

Not that far fetched tbh

That's what I do every year 😂😂😂 One day I will justify a power barrow 😱

Doh, sadly it wouldn't surprise me if this was real 😂

That will be perfect for that, just out of interest what breaking strain was the stiff link?

That sounds like hell on earth. Will they pipe in birdsong to make it sound authentic.

There wasn't that much I don't use, other than some bits in my tackle box, and scales, camera etc if I am blanking 😂 I have 5 sections in my rucksack 1) rig box, scales, unhooking bits like forceps, side cutters and antiseptic etc. 2) marker float, pva mesh x2, glove, mini weed rake, spomb, lead pouch. 3) buzz bars, bite alarms and receiver, banksticks and matrix piledriver, and one spare alarm just incase. 4) electronics in a case , camera, light, head torches x3, binoculars, power bank, camera light and intervalometer,leads, spare batteries etc. 5) tackle organiser korda tackle box, 2 other sections one with a korda pouch for my tools (files, baiting needles, floss, lighters, the other one with a few spools of leaders and hooklinks that don't go in my tackle box. And a rig tray Maybe I could lose a headtorch and some items of tackle but it seems to work because I know where stuff is lol. I mainly fish with the car so I could quite easily leave some stuff in a car bag which could be my main barrow bag as I always take it just incase I need it, I can feel a reshuffle coming on. 😱😂

Lucky boy, love good days like that, one of my neighbours recently moved and gave my daughter a pair of old 11ft daiwa sensor Z carp rods, they will be perfect to get her started. I've bought her a new reel for her birthday, hopefully she can get out and catch a few with me this year on them.

I really don't use D rigs often these days. The spinner is my main go to pop up rig. But for the odd time I do thinner ones work OK, I prefer them anyway as they are a bit more supple.

I quickly went through my rucksack this evening, i removed a dozen leads and that was about it,still have about 10 spares but it still feels quite heavy, but everything in there all seems to serve a purpose. My tackle box didn't seem that heavy, just a few things that weigh a bit combined. Will try and reduce all my other stuff next.

What type of rig are you trying to make? stiff link is good for booms, but not so easy to knot(it can be krimped) , mouth trap is good for chods and hinge rigs etc but I've found it tricky to use 25lb for d rigs as it doesn't always like going through the eye 3 times, I use 15lb mouth trap sometimes, and actually I mainly use 15lb boom for my spinner booms. If I am making a proper d rig I would use a fluorocarbon

You should try and book another trip while you have their sympathy, hopefully they will roll out the red carpet for you next time, sad to hear that though sounds like the people fishing it just removed it so they could fish it. That's the gamble with day tickets you never know who will turn up.

I did one trip at the social but it was a struggle lol, most of the time I don't need a barrow so it makes it easy to take extra stuff, I will get down to 1 bucket one day 😂

Are you gonna get it down to 1 trip now 😱😂

I need to have a trim down of what I take, my rucksack has got to the stage where it is heavy again. I don't know what I take that I don't need though 😂 Will have to get ruthless 😱

I've had mine a few years now, they still look mint I have underlit ones newest version I guess, they are the most reliable alarms I've ever owned, batteries last ages, you can buy all spares for them if the casing does get tired, I initially bought the standard receiver, and it was the one thing that I didn't like tbh, it always gave this weird double bleep for the first bleep, used to scare the bejeesus out of me, I switched to the deluxe and it's now perfect, so buy the deluxe one and save yourself going through that. But yeah still brilliant, I love them.

Hopefully you catch a few, that will make up for the disappointment of not being where you were meant too Good luck mate

I went for 300yds of purple angryfish celebrity in 35lb for a tenner, I also bought 4 sweatbands for 4 quid off amazon that I can soak and leave on my spools to keep my line moist between sessions. Thanks guys

Amazon have got this one? https://amzn.eu/d/iDRnwot

Probably 25 wraps or so opportune time. Yeah you are all right it's probably not a good idea and I should probably just stick to using a braid as I use mine as a marker rod too 😂 I found the gardner spod braid better than the one I am using now. Anyone found a really good one that doesn't get too many wind knots. Thanks guys

Anyone do this? I've been getting bored of wind knots in braid lately and was thinking I might try some mono with a shock leader, Thoughts please?