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Is that really for when you have to live in the doghouse? I would I think, most have headphone sockets anyway if you wanted to use headphones 👍

The play 10 one looks pretty good for the money I think, still fairly small 18cm long 10cm high, haven't heard one though but my mate used to have a portable one which sounded pretty decent

Is that a headphones only one though? Dunno if I would want to use headphones for 3 days solid

Roberts were always really good dab radios, mine was pretty bomb proof survived trips to work and all sorts still works must be nearly 20 years old, I do have another one now but I can't remember who it's made by will have a look tomorrow

They are tungsten anti tangle sleeves and yeah smaller ones, tbh I've found putting the knot inside them makes it go horrible and bendy, which is why I've settled on the long loop for now, I could tie them on I guess🤔😁

Just wanted to share my thoughts about hydrolink, I'm starting to love it, last night I made a lovely double wafter /snowman rig based on the German rig, its lovely to use and straightens up nicely, I wanted to start using wafters on clearer spots again, I will be using curve shanks with it but only had a trig hammer to hand, although it looks quite blatent on the green background, when it's in the margins, it's almost impossible for me to see (remember I am colour blind) 🤣 Hydrolink extreme is still rubbish though, probably only suitable for booms or actual shark hooks 😭

Personally I would shorten the chod rig and give more curve A bit more like this might help and make sure you have a nice buoyant pop up on there, the other rig doesn't look too bad at all tbh, the hook does look quite small but that maybe the picture, otherwise looks fine and should catch fish if its in the right place

Ive been looking at these for a while now, is it perverted to like the silver ones ? I also like the gold spool ones too, i think when I've saved up a bit more I might get some of these in one colour or another, I always wanted a set of emblem 5000t the gold ones I still think they are lovely

Funny you should mention that I also used a lot less or no particles recently, when I was doing well I was using quite a bit 😳

I think I've been becoming a little bait and waity lately, 5th blank on the trot now, I guess that's rubbed off from the more settled regulars influencing me indirectly,and maybe I've followed suit, which may be the reason for my sudden downturn in form, I think my successful post lockdown sessions put me on a false path, I was convinced because they had been eating a lot of bait that I could carry on giving them quite a lot, I've regularly been using 3kg plus of boilies on a couple of spots for an overnighter, it's not loads if they feeding but if they are only grazing or not there, I am really hampering my chances of a bite, I think accuracy might be the next thing for me to work on bait is fine, rigs work, but if there are too many rogue spods out there it could be an hour or two not feeding on the danger spot, I think people can forget to enjoy fishing when it's going badly, and it can become quite stressful, I think the key is try and enjoy it, even when it isn't working as you want, remember it will happen one day, I found it really stressful last year coming back and changed things week in week out, none of it did me any good, keep it simple, stick to one lake, one bait or combo of bait , one rig, look for the fish and hopefully it will all fall into place Good luck

I've found line goes on better If you soak it first BTW just my preference I also have a spool loader clamp thing which I think is brilliant

Personally I would just fill up all 3 Spools with the line if they are empty, I usually cut off a few metres every few weeks, as the line can become stretched or damaged, maybe if I had some line on already I may leave some on as backing but i would always want atleast 200m of the line on my reel

I probably would donate a quid or two if it had been clearly written who they were and why they need to achieve this, and would have probably respected it more if they had gone into details of why they needed 100 grand, like costings, how much the club was putting in if anything and why they couldn't if not, it just looks like my youngest has written it and tbh she may have done a better job 👍

Fair enough, I wouldn't donate to that page though, I put more info on my pages, when I did a fundraiser people knew who I was and why I was doing it 👍

It doesn't say anything about this on the just giving page?

Is it this one? I just found it on just giving, no details about anything on it, my main concern would be is it a scam?

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for donations to help do the fence , if it helps the syndicate fair enough, I would support it if it was my syndicate or one I wanted to join or had been a member of, if you disagree with it just don't donate to that cause surely, , it's not really my place to comment what's right and wrong for burghfield, I don't know all the details but personally it doesn't offend me them starting a crowd funder for this

That makes more sense, I take it the fence will cost a lot, I also think it's probably unreasonable to pass this onto members, personally I don't see why they shouldn't try and raise money for it, it does seem cheeky, but if it helps let em Get on with it I guess, doesn't really affect me but maybe it might lead to more clubs and lakes doing similar in order to raise funds, so could help you indirectly in the future

Well I am Intrigued, haven't got a clue what your on about 😲

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this but a mozzie mesh for your bivvy/brolly really helps, keep it closed from eve til morning and you barely get attacked indoors, I used 3 coats of skin so soft last night and whilst outside still got attacked, as soon as I went inside the mesh fortress, I was free of them pretty much, apart from 1 or 2 sneaky ones who must've got in whilst the drawbridge was down 😲

I did think that afterwards when I looked at the original rig, so I edited the post to be more helpful 😁

I try and use a bait screw whenever I can so much easier, 👍 Bit of I do tie it on I use the framey method 👍

I like hydrotuff, I think it's a great line, I would happily use Gardner lines all day long, gets my vote, this may help

Sounds like you either need to make your own spot or find something in between the 2 spots where they would pass, personally I wouldn't bother baiting a spot that is being fished all the time, that probably won't help as there will be regular baiting already being done, fish the spots if you can but maybe trickle some in elsewhere if you think they have another area they may visit, I'm currently in a similar position where people seem to be getting swims going and swims I've tried to bait up have been taken when I get there, my aim is to just make my bait as attractive as I can fish everywhere and build up a picture, I may start a little pre-baiting later on in the year, once I've got it sussed out a bit more but for now, just keep moving round and try and find something where no one else is looking,, 👍