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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 😁

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?

I don't mind a spod tbh, I have just remembered I have a Gardner pocket rocket somewhere I may try that again before spending, its mainly a particle spod I need I can use a throwing stick for boilies 😁

Nothing wrong with casting that many times would've been nice to have found something though 😂 I tend to start with the bare lead as I know it will be weedy, I would try and feel for a drop but like you say was tough in the cross wind as all the extra slack line was making it tough but then I would slide it back a bit to try and find something, then repeat and repeat, it I wasn't getting anywhere with that so I thought i would try the gripper, maybe 100 casts on a spot with that may have cleared it enough but I just gave it up as a bad job, I will be back on it though, I'm not a quitter 😁

The fishing shop owner recommended the dot spod too, i might have a look at one cheers

When I fist got it I thought it was hard work, took a while to get used to it, I feel like I have not got it sorted a bit, 3 wraps shorter seems to be about right then cast like you would to hit the target, works quite well if you persevere, and gives a good spread, however I think I am about 3 casts from losing the airbomb as the shock beads on the leader have come off and the leader is hanging on for for grim death, so basically it had become useless after about 5 or 6 sessions, with that in mind I need a decent reliable spod, spomb that can carry pigeon Conditioner and also boilies etc, I do have a Korda skyraider spod, but that loses a bit of goodness on the cast, and I have tried spombs before, they are OK but don't always open and I have cracked one off once or twice 😁 Is the spider spod any good? Fox spod? Dot spod? Any others or is the spomb about as good as they get? I have tried a hooky spomb that doesn't open hardly ever 😁

Well nothing for me, not surprised really, unfortunately I seemed to make a hash of it this weekend, I nearly decided to go into one of the three popular swims as it was free when I arrived, however I carried on walking round by the time I got back there was a bivvy in it lol, it was then I decided to try the far corner of the big part of the lake, I think this is where it started to go wrong, I must've done about 100 casts, I started with Bare lead then went onto a gripper as I wasn't finding much, the gripper was just getting locked up in Canadian pretty much everytime, and I wasn't getting a nice drop, I guess conditions didn't help it was howling into that corner,which made it tougher as my braid was getting blown sideways but I persevered, I would've stayed if I had found something that even resembled a spot, but that would've been pub chucking at its finest and I just didn't fancy it without some prior prep work or something to target, if I can find/make a clear spot then it could have potential as the wind was hacking in there and they would surely follow it sometimes, I did move to another swim I've not fished before though so I have pretty much fished all the snaggy half of the lake now other than the swim I couldn't get in yesterday, so it wasn't a complete waste of time more knowledge gained, Need to upgrade my spot finding ability now I think, will have a think about that this week or maybe invest in a weedrake again so I am better equipped 🤔 Cheers all its been emotionless this time 😁

It's like a ruddy aquarium underneath my rods I've been feeding them to pass the time 😂

this is the sound of silence, it only takes one bite etc but not promising at the moment, had some pretty savage liners all through the night but nothing else, I think i am fishing the swim pretty well, but I only saw one show in the area last night, not seen oet this morning, the back bay is pretty much unfishable full of weed, pads and reeds and is a sun trap so I would be surprised if nothing is passing through, just wish they would stop at elmos diner en route 😂

I moved I hadn't seen a lot, I did spot a couple hiding in the back bay earlier so I've moved into a nearby potential ambush spot, and I've actually managed to get a drop quite happy now, Time to get sorted have dinner and a flipping beer 🍻😁

Set up in one swim, can't seem to find any clear spots, or getting any good drops, I think it's going to have to be chuck it and chance, wind is hacking into this corner though feels OK, and all I can find is chunks of Canadian Do I A move? Back to more familier pastures Or B keep trying and make my own spot with a load of bait and fish anywhere rigs?

Finally sorting my gear out to load the car, just started raining, gonna have to wait a bit longer 😁 Its going to be all about the timing today I think, I'm in no rush as long as the stall is set out by early evening and the dust has settled for bite time ill be happy,