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I'm getting excited got another quick overnighter planned for tomorrow, did a sneaky pre bait yesterday, I've done all I can now we just need the carp to play ball, nice bit of low pressure coming it's looking good Tight lines all

My old emcast evos are in need of some TLC or an upgrade, nothing majorly wrong that a service wouldn't help, but is it worth it or should I just get some new ones, I quite like my evos tbh, I certainly don't feel they are holding me back but one does sound a little coffee grinder ish, if I get them serviced I could also get nice wooden handles as a treat 😁 Or should I just upgrade them for some second hand emblems or tournaments? Can anyone recommend someone to service them ?

I am looking to upgrade my reels at some point, I have seen 3 used tournaments going for 600 + recently 😳 I want 3 for £350 max 😁 I think there will be more deals the closer to xmas we get tbough i think

Even the second hand market is mad, things seem to sell for nearly the new price of the item, I remember back in the olden days pre pandemic, many moons ago when you could get some cracking deals on tackle, 😭😭😭😢😢

The buzz bars have another great feature you didnt mention, they can also be used as goalpost or as normal buzz bar set up, depending on your mood 👍 I think they also do some decent products tbh, i still like my rods after a year I quite like the look of there unhooking mats too, I think bivvies do seem to have got expensive lately, cyprinus seem to have stopped making loads now and there are no bargain ones anymore, my bunker was deal of the decade in hindsight , the ones they still sell look pretty decent though,

Ive got loads of pots of trial hookbaits lol, and will probably never use any of them 😁 They always seem like a good idea at the time 😂

https://www.haiths.com/haiths-baits/under-the-radar-secrets/ Tbis came up in a search for hookbait hardeners, has a bit about glycerin in it,

Paul cast a line heseltine uses them and he catches a few

Ive not tried it myself but you could maybe try curing some in rock salt

Check these little funky pop ups, they smell quite amazing too garlic and banana, works so much better than you would think

I use to have some mini Microns in the olden days loved em tbh, only thing was a wired sounder box and I didn't want to spend out on the attx receiver and dongles lol, so I sold them for more than I bought them for 😁 If they are as good as those i would like them I think, all I want is sensitivity settings these days and a reliable receiver oh and to be loud enough to wake me up 😁

Just look for the far bank marker and bingo 😁

Just having a look at some new items and thought we could start some discussions Fox mini Micron x seems to be the new alarm on the block does anyone think they will be good or pap? I am actually a bit interested in these quite like the look of them and if they are as reliable as the old mini microns they could be OK

I don't see much advantage to not using sticks to be honest,for me they make things easier, you can then record the distances you cast and its easier next time, if I know the swim it's usually 3 ot 4 casts and the rods are fishing with as little disturbance as possible, I use the same rod for leading about and spombing also so I have already got that where I want it from my initial marking up I'm really trying to work on my accuracy these days, I want to bait and fish as accurately as I can and with as little disturbance, Even if I am fishing at shortish range I still use them

Not played much with the chod but when I thought it might be a good method for something I had a little look again , I read a thing by Nigel sharp and he was saying about it being a bad idea to hit the clip when using a chod set up as this will make the line tight and the rig not move freely, that had never even occurred to me so I thought I would share it 😁 I also hadn't thought about a light lead being better that's maybe why I didn't really get on so well with that set up 😁👍 Ive started using 4oz on a lead clip recently, or 3oz inlines btw

It was one of the first "new things" I tried when I restarted makes such a difference, well worth persevering with 👍

When you look at it that way I guess the question should be How can I get better? What can I do better? How can I maximise my chances? It always helps to stack the % in your favour, so every little thing you do right is a step closer

I could barely find my head torch, I accidently put the poligrip in the spod mix when I couldn't find my glasses 😁

Just thought I would add the udder side on here to keep track, a sort of smile 😀

Hi Nick I usually take extra bait so I can leave some when I go, an extra bucket would keep them fed and feeding for a few days maybe if it was a big bucket it may also mess up anyone else's chance in the swim you are baiting 😁 I see pre baiting now as an essential part of fishing really, I can safely say its added 10 fish to my account so far this season so its been well worth it, 👍

11 minutes til rods in time and there are small patches of bubbles, ripples etc going to be tough to wind in, but I have to as I promised the kids I would pick them up from school, there is always another day I will drop some moosh on them before I leave though either that or use to to cement a bbq 😁

Well the new swim didn't look great there was still a few seeds in the margin, a couple of people blanking In the big part made me look elsewhere, I'm back on familier soil 😁 I couldn't resist,it just looked good today, I cast my second rod at a showing fish, I saw loads of signs and was getting surprised it hadn't happened, and then as cinderella had to leave the ball before she turned into a pumpkin, my middle rod tears off, I struggled into the crocs and couldn't find the headlight as quick as I wanted but I have started using leadclips this week, the lead discharged and the battle was an easy one, 23lb mirror that just seemed to do more or less what i wanted, I even thought it was a bream for a moment until I remembered it had pulled the line out the clip 😁 Don't add pellets the night before btw terrible idea 😁 so heavy it cracked my spomb off, luckily I got it back casting over it, also lucky I bought a spare kilo of baits so I can just pult those out 🍀 Going to refresh the rods soon after my first light cuppa and see if I can't nick another before the final whistle

Spod mix prepping 😳 I've put some pellets and a kilo of boilies in now to soak up all the juice and go all mushy mmmmmm smelly garage now 😱

I went and had a quick go with the lead found an ish spot that seemed ok but needing work and quite shallow , still quite weedy though, might have to chod it for now and keep searching for more spots, they will be there somewhere 😂

My 3lb wychwood rods are said to have an excellent casting range of up to 191yards recorded, I've only cast them 80 odd yards so far, I doubt I could achieve that 😁 They aren't broomsticks but I do wonder if they contributed to the recent run of hookpulls I encountered when only fishing at 6 wraps a slightly softer rod would have been better I think in this situation, if only Mrs P agreed that I need more rods for every fishing situation 😁