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  7. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted · Edited by elmoputney

    I thought this thread might light up with black friday bargains, 

    I've gone a little nuts 😂

    20kg of AA Baits tropamino base mix 

    Fish Liquids,salmon oil, scopex flavour 

    Electric caulking gun 

    15mm rolling table, cork dust 

    And whilst shopping in morrisons @dalej2014made me😂 purchase a stand mixer for £35 (bit of a bargain tbh) 

    So it looks like I've become a home roller this weekend. 

  8. View from your bivvy door.

    in Scenic pictures and wildlife

    Posted

    2 hours ago, crusian said:

    Hello Elmo 

    Sorry if this is hijacking your post , but is this a good time to remind anglers not as experienced as you to ventilate due to the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning ? .

     

     

    That's a fair point, I would like to add anytime I did any cooking, tea making etc I did open the fart flap more to let air in, this was mainly when it rained hard 

  14. The Effect Of Rain On Fishing

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

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    I caught this one while it was absolutely chucking it down about this time last year, the downpour made me think I had no chance and was going to be on the end of a two night blank. Luckily this one ignored the script and I was happy to get a soaking. Packing up in the rain wasn't much fun though. But you won't catch em at home. 

  15. My Koi Journey

    in Blogs And Diaries

    Posted

    On 27/10/2025 at 12:14, yonny said:

    No more worrying about leaves...... I spent Saturday building some netted covers. I made 3 in 2.4m x 2m rather than one biggun - A) to give some flexibility in coverage, and B) because a biggun would weigh a tonne. Quite happy with the result and it's nice to know that not one single leaf will be in that pond from now on.

    The fish are slowing right down now, winter is defo on its way. It's a bit gutting after such a short space of time to enjoy the pond, but at least I know we're in good shape for next year. The water quality is the nuts, the fish are looking very healthy, all set to grow a British record in the coming years 🤣

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    Very smart, I did notice the fish outside at the garden centre had slowed down a bit the other day, weren't so bothered about the pellets floating on the top.

    Hopefully won't be long till it's British record time 😎

  16. Loop to loop leaders

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    5 hours ago, OldBoy said:

    Just a thought, I use inline leads when bag fishing, no leaders or lead core. 

    Probably best to make sure if you have a crack off / cut off, that the line can pass through your lead set up?

    I use the fox tadpole set up with solid bags and leaders, because you remove the original insert on the fox lead, they have a decent sized hole that easily comes off the tadpole insert which is kind of designed to be like a shock system if that makes sense 😂

  17. Loop to loop leaders

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    1 hour ago, jh92 said:

    Has anyone heard of any issues with the loop getting snagged on stuff? 

    I'm gonna give it a try, see how I get on 👍

    Not really, sometimes get the odd bit of weed on the knot but nothing you wouldn't probably get otherwise. 

  23. Not feeling it!

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted · Edited by elmoputney

    I agree with the others, you might as well have a bash at those whackers, you've got the ticket and you may as well, you might find you enjoy it when you catch another one. That being said I couldn't be bothered to go tonight, I was so tired last night I couldn't be harrised to sort my kit out just to rush before dark, so I didn't 😂

    You might find the banks are a bit quieter now and that might help you to enjoy it. Rather than comparing it to the other place look at the challenge you are faced with and think how best to catch them whackers. 

     

  24. October catch reports

    in Carp

    Posted

    7 hours ago, yonny said:

    Now that's what I call a catch report😬

    I'm not jealous at all @kevtaylor. Not one bit🤥

    Well done mate.

    No I'm not either, I am doing an overnighter Friday that's probably it for the month 😂

    Well done Kev some absolute crackers and sounds like you got it sussed. Good observation on the spots too. It made me think how often I expected to catch more but hadn't. Not something I would usually even consider tbh 👍

  25. Snails

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    On 10/10/2025 at 08:37, jh92 said:

    Could just get the catfish rods out instead 🤣

    They were weed cutting yesterday and it's made it pretty much impossible to fish, big weedbergs the size of transits floating down wiping the rods out 🤣Weed cutting again today and over the weekend 💀 they aint removing it either so it's just getting pushed up and down by the wind 👎

     

     

    Once it clears though you will be able to wakeboard behind the catfish though 😂

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