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Still feel like a *** in a trance today, been shopping sweet and sour chicken for tea, biscuits and gammon for breakfast, and some beans with piddly sausages in for nostalgia, misses is out boot camping then I should be free to go, weather looks nice for it though just wish my brain was in gear 😁

I haven't used the rigmarole but can't praise 15lb hydrotuff enough tbh, it's never let me down, I've hooked into some pretty robust pads and snags and given it full load and always got my rig back, fish wise I've not worried about it yet,once wet its a lovely line to use sinks nicely, perfect for me

I've got Permission for a night tomorrow, so have been prepping stuff, I am tired today been up since 4am all week. but does anyone else find sorting there gear out stressful, I don't know why, I just find myself reorganising stuff and wondering what I am missing because I've made extra space in my rucksack, it just does my head in, I have lessened the amount of stuff I take and I am better organised but jeez, my overactive brain makes this task a mission in itself, 😜 I might write a checklist of the things I need to take while I am there, 🤓 I feel like I should be continuing using bags, as its obviously made a huge difference to my catch rate but tbh, I can't be bothered to sit tying them all the time, I've done a few so may use them on one rod but it's just not relaxing enough and adds to things I need to do before I leave 😔 I've got about 4kg of liquid loaded boilies soaked in goodness and finished off with crayfish and krillmeal jackets, I think they look ready for action now,these should be oozing goodies into the water column 👍 My mate is coming round for some beers tonight and I think I need a few to chill out its been a long week 😩🙂 But I can't wait till tomorrow, its like Christmas everytime I get to fish these days,,🤶🎄🎄🎅😂 Tight lines all

I just read a post on fb about underlit alarms causing light to go down the line as well 😳😳😳😳

The elliot gray pop up theory sticks with me from those tbh where his rig caught the box common, I still think pop ups will probably catch bigger fish overall, and on the whole will be presented correctly more often, after that and Pete Regan just chucking them in weed, all I can say is I'm not going to be as fussy where my rigs land tomorrow, I'm geared up to fish anywhere and over a spread of bait I have been liquid loading(not just glugging😁) for 3 days, creating the feeding situation and getting them grazing the area will be the most important thing then hopefully they will slip up, I am keen to try the stiff hinge rig with the doubled mouth trap, I am hoping that may prove tricky to eject, although one rod is going on the trig hammer ronnie with d rig kicker I made last night,

My unregulated 42"net has never not been big enough yet 😝

That's what I thought too, but I've never measured one 😳

Non splash leads would be better for that 😁

I guess so, I bet sound deadening shrink tube could be a big seller though, imagine the paranoia that could create 😂

I did see castaway pva are going wholesale BTW, I like there products 👍

Its probably looks like a massive bream 😁

There are lots of other little shops that just sell, terminal tackle, hooks, rig bits, pva etc, clothing, and they all seem to have similar products, what will make yours different,? I know a lot of these seem to sell the same stuff rebranded are you going to sell on ebay, amazon I know most of these also do to drive custom towards there own site, then you have to factor in fees etc, Also you need the bait company you are using to be super reliable,and good, it will give you a bad name quickly if people are let down on there bait and bits for the Weekend Hope this helps

I never find anything cheaper on angling direct,crooked fishing shop imo, I never really use them, they always have loads of sales or offers but it's never the thing you want or the colour you want or the thing on sale is out of stock, I tend to not even look now waste of time

It might not be a problem but I just wondered if the metal clanking noise may be amplified in water, just a consideration really,

I often wonder about all the metal and the klanking underwater and whether it acts like a warning bell to the fish, I can splice avid pindown leader a treat now, hooklink was just too narrow for my chubby fingers 😳

You forgot give carp.commers a healthy discount 😁 I don't mind the urban banx d and b, at least its hard-core, better than all that house music they try and set the scene with more punk music for videos I say 🎧

Fair play, each to there own and all that, but that is one ugly fish, looks like its about to explode 😳

I didn't have the patients for the spliceable hooklink, it does look a nice rig though, Can't help wondering if you could just use a spinner or ronnie rig set up with a d rig kicker and get a similar presentation though might try it, 👍

I've never used either of them tbh, I reckon both would work, bait is a personal thing, I've used baits people swear by and not caught on them, but that's probably not the baits fault, you just have to find one you are confident in, and that usually comes from results not other peoples opinions Good luck

I cant believe they are going to make people cast in this heat 😱😱😱😱

Trial and error the only way to learn 😁

I'm using size 4s maybe I need proper shark hooks, they aren't small eyes either, maybe the extreme is just too extreme, will keep having a play though, maybe the non extreme will be better to use, or I can find another use for it, I'm not buying anything else 😂 I already have a few chod filaments and fluoros 😳 maybe next time 😏 That being said the cam h20 that's in the hydrolink is lovely to use just needs bending amd shaping into place,

I'm starting to think I am not dead keen on the hydrolink extreme, I'm probably missing the point or doing something wrong, but if I want to make a simple knot less knot when I go to push it back through the eye the braid doesn't but the fluoro goes through, it's not the most user friendly product I've come across, I do own quite a lot hooklinks this one may also go into the at home tackle box 😳

I've never bought any for this exact reason 😁 They never write on the blurb what flavours they are and that annoys me 😳

I meant on nicks 360 type rig, I'm with you on the hinged one