elmoputney

I think he probably was just an angler trying it on to get in your peg too many of them these days, have you phoned the fishery to see what they say about it? They might not even know its been going on,and I am sure they wouldn't be happy about it, if they are name and shame them, Always leave your rod licence in your wallet or your car, removes all doubt tbh

Neither would I in normal situations but if spods are banned I would consider it, if it was an option 👍 The nash deliverance ball maker looks quite a useful tool for this in theory, as you could make nice consistent sized balls which would help with the accuracy,

Are bait boats allowed?

You will have to learn to get groundbait out that far then maybe if you want to use particles 👍

Use a smaller bag if the lead is coming out on casting, looks like the bag is too heavy for the distance you want to cast it, Either that or a shock leader to take the sting out of the cast

Throwing stick for boilies?

If you think you should be having bigger hits try solid pva bags, I found these can get you much quicker bites, I've had takes while I am still settling the line down, and quite often within minutes of casting them, I had a 10 fish hit in 24 hours earlier this year it was exhausting, I was spodding constantly to keep them in the area, I agree with Yonny it's probably more down to baiting than rigs, I would create one big spot and fish at least 2 rods on it rather than spreading them over the whole swim, or 3 in a line, get them competing they will slip up more

I just use a ring swivel and loop my rig on, I prefer not to use sleeves in a bag, as I want the rig to be as natural as possible, but if it works for you 👍

Just a question why are you using an extra swivel, and a quick link? Why not streamline it down and just use one swivel?

Finally received my rig marole hydrolink last night, I have to say this is much more user friendly than the extreme, made a couple of lovely little multi rigs messing about with it,

I would lose the back leads too, just take more time sinking your line and if you aren't fishing at distance I would fish a slacker line rather than a back lead, I put my line into the line clip on my rod , to increase the angle on the bobbins, I feel this gives me better indication, also and much better control on how the line lays out the rod tip,

I would say they change from day to day, depending on the situation, when I walk my kids to school they don't want to go the same way everyday, they like a slight change of scenery, I just think they can't do the same thing day in day out in exactly the same way there will be variables into what is happening , they may visit an area often, especially if there is a regular food source or something they like , but I would l assume they slightly change things I think you may be able to train them to go a certain way with regular baiting but maybe naturally it would probably vary (my kids would walk past the shop everyday if they thought they might get an ice cream or chocolate 😁) That is just my thoughts though and others may disagree 😁

I do think the same, most situations can be solved by chatting, and if he had been fishing that bank when I walked back past I probably wouldnt have chosen that swim or at least asked him roughly where he was fishing so I could leave the area alone but he was fishing the lake next door lol, which is why I think I dismissed it at first, no harm done it didn't bother me at the time, I tend to forget these things anyway my brain hasn't got the capacity to store grudges but I may ask him if I see him again just to know for sure, a good icebreaker if nothing else 😁

Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission, I don't think this should be an issue on any lake really as long as you are both quiet and respectful of others, ultimately if she likes it and decides to have a go they will sell another ticket

I think it's just like emmcee said, try and intimidate the new guy, probably hadn't seen me around and had probably been used to having half the lake to himself, people are very territorial about swims I've noticed, I won't mind jumping in a few when I get the chance 😁 But yes I agree politeness and respect goes a long way with me happy to stay out of people's way if they ask nicely, or mainly if I like them tbh, This Is a syndicate I am on lol 😁 The day ticket over the road was almost comical at times when I fished it last year wow that could be like jungle warfare 😁 I don't remember people being like they are now many years ago, I seem to remember people having respect and just being nicer to one another and having a laugh, don't get me wrong I have chatted to some good guys since I've been back to the bank, but there a good few these days on the other end of the spectrum,🤔 I don't think carp. Com has changed that much though since I first joined, still a great place to come and have a chat I think they must know I now have a matrix piledriver so I can get my rods level and they don't like it up em 😎

Don't worry I am not too worried about it, I just remembered it and wanted to share the beautiful moment 😁 if he tells me that again I'll build a weed free plateau 😁

I just found it very odd when I thought about it, probably a golum complex or something "it's my precious" eff off 😁😁

No not to a bank still about 30 yards off it 😂

Spot on👍 that's big wedge, you want to be completely happy with it for that price, firm but reasonable is always the best way, if it's not up to scratch they should be jumping through hoops to make you happy imo

I think it's 2020, it's really sent to try us for some reason, I keep thinking can't get any worse, then it does 😂 stay strong fellas 👍 I'm not sure but when I was trying to find my spots last weekend, I seem to think someone told me to eff off, he was fishing in the adjacent lake and as far as I was aware no one was fishing that bank, so I felt I was allowed to look for spots towards the left of my swim it wasn't bad though, but I heard eff off and looked over to that bank and he stood there, then vanished he had been chatting constantly on a walkie talkie to his mate, I didn't think a lot of it at the time and I certainly wasn't that bothered I just carried on, but these last couple of days, I've started thinking about it a bit more 🤔 One thing though, if I am in my swim I will fish it how I want, I have as much right to be there as anyone, if someone had been in a peg there fishing I would have asked him and been courtious, but it just started bugging me, wait til I get my castable rake mate 😁

I always find boilies get stuck in spods can be very frustrating I tend to find sloppy mixes work best in spods otherwise something is always stuck I have a snide spomb I am going to take to work to see if I can't improve it, it does seem to be opening OK at the moment though 🤔

Airbomb hack Incoming 😳 Right fixed/enhanced the leader 🤔 Basically I had an old lead free leader lying around, I've looped the airbomb ring onto one end the other end(marker swivel may also work for this if you didn't have the ring) I have added cork balls as a buffer, hopefully this will aid retrieval then done a good old fashioned granny knot to make sure they shouldn't come off 😁 I had to replace the standard swivel as it wouldnt easily go over the loop and I had a marker swivel handy, this will either work better or worse than the original swivel but can always change this if needed, saved me £15 buying another one so if it performs OK, job well done 👍👍👍💷😂

Thinking about it, it's probably quite easy just to make up a new leader for it 🤔 Tfg sell one for 3.99 but want to charge 4.95 postage, I'm not going to do that, I have some old leaders or could make one will bodge one together can't be any worse 😁

Do you mean the pro logic new one? I did only buy it during lockdown?