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That'll do for me, if you want a high quality barrow I wouldn't get one of these rocwood ones tbh, the paint isn't great I reckon it will scratch up easily but I am not really fussy and I can get all my gear on it easily and loaded properly it should handle all I need to throw at it , I wouldn't say its the greatest build quality either but again it's pretty solid and shouldn't break, all in all I would say its a low quality but very functional barrow which I won't mind barging through brambles etc and if the paint gets too bad I will just Re do it myself, If I was spending up to £150 I would probably get a carp porter mk2 but at £46.99 this will do me as I will be able to get my kit around the lake in one trip and won't mind abusing it either You can fit a 17ltr square bucket In the carry bag and probably my waders too

If I use line clips will I end up folding my reel handles?

I never really use them perhaps I am missing out, I might try it later see if I am 😎

I've had some of my most memorable captures in thunderstorms, in this pond I used to fish as a kid I found the bigger ones always slipped up when it was a thunderstorm, I caught the pond record 17lb in a thunderstorm on a floater right under the rod tip

That is a cracker @muftyboy Well done

Have a look at parcel2go they supply you a range of couriers and usually get you a better deal, Royal mail are cheapest for small parcels anything else a bit of a rip off they only want small items

I had a mk2 carp porter years ago that was also a good barrow, but I sold that this one seems a smaller version of that really, without sides etc but I don't carry as much so will give it a try when it arrives and let you know

I do like my 10ft sonik vaders, they are nice but maybe too long as a 2 piece 5ft broken down, tbh though your baby stuff will fill up the car on a holiday you need a telescopic you can fit under your seat, the amount of stinky winky they come with is unbelievable 😂 I still have a 12ft spod though and it does make the quiver look untidy 😬

I may get into pimping my barrow 😎

I have a real pet hate when it comes to reading product reviews and that is "it does what it says on the tin" really boils my widdle I was just looking at a rake head ffs I know that doesn't come in a tin arrrrrgghhhh it's everywhere and mainly when there isn't a tin in sight, 😖

Puncture proof sports wheels https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F333151677276

Bought one thanks @finchey 😀

Thanks that's great I mainly do shortish sessions and have tried to lighten up but apparently not enough yet and this looks pretty good for the money, I might just have to get one 👍

Delving a little deeper it looks like it's an unbranded tfgear banshee anyone used one of those?

Has anyone looked at the £46.99 rocwood one on ebay looks a good smallish barrow for the money but that's just looking at the pics of it, not sure if it actually would be any good https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362021763721

No worries it's a good listen, some of the bait works videos on you tube may be based there also and they are worth a watch

Welcome to the forum Dale The Carp fishing podcast (bait works) is always mentioning the cotswold water park might be worth giving that a listen as it may help you choose a lake, it's also a very good podcast and they talk about some Interesting stuff

Hey guys Was looking into chod storage today saw the fox steam and store, but thought wow that's expensive 15 quid so 5 minutes in the garage of dreams and here it is I present to you the world exclusive Elmo DIY CHOD BIN Yep that ls right I've sawn into the middle bit of an old funnel Web tube I had kicking about, I actually think the boilie sized one would be perfect for this as it would put a better curve on the rig when steaming it, but you are free to change the design as you wish and maybe even take more care when using the saw

I took my my little one for a little mooch around and a picnic today,she loved the massive puddles best, we also went to the fishing shop she now owns an eel shad, pulted some bait around an area rather than just the spots in the hope it gets them going and looking for it, waterlevels seemed up a bit so hopefully that will do some good, just got to try and get a night to angle now🙄

No offence taken, don't get me wrong when I first got back I realised how rusty I was but it's all been coming back week on week, when I say I've caught nothing 3 bream and 2 tench I still think there are things I can do a lot better, I think I've only used 1 bait I can say is a proper bait the rest I made and that was my mini spring campaign elsewhere, where I did days only and looking back fished like a noddy, It's an interesting one, are there fish coming out the answer not to my knowledge, but there may have been in my absence tbh, there aren't many people fishing it a couple of guys for the tench but not many others so I would've thought that my regular prebaiting wouldn't have gone unnoticed by the carp, I've spent quite a while just looking and walking tbh I've cleared some spots from weed etc, but it is a different lake to anything I've fished before and even though its shallow they can be a [censored] to find as there are tonnes of reeds and places to hide, it's just a case of working my way right round the lake and building a bigger picture of it now and trying to suss the fish out a little more and finding some places they will feed confidently I will have earnt it by the time I catch one I know that, but will keep trying

I know probably not long enough and I know I shouldn't keep switching but I felt I needed to change something, I kept thinking about all the newer baits around and would they be better and would this mean I struggled against them, so I just wanted to try one to see if things improved, I'll be honest I think it's been tough not catching a carp since I returned to fishing, I am fishing a tough lake but I don't think I'm angling too badly on the whole, but I guess the lack of captures does funny things to your confidence and this may be a by product of that, I will keep trying until I gain the Confidencw I used to have

I did hear a little about but I wasn't fishing when that happened, but that was there own bait so I doubt they wanted to cut that, I couldn't have used them knowing they were ripping people off though so on to pastures new,

The bait and Feed company particle42 , it seemed so different at the time and it just seemed to catch fish, I prebaited an overflow pipe in one lake for a couple of weeks in the end they were waiting for me to arrive they liked it that much, first day I fished there 5 carp to 26lb, and it just carried on working,

I am still trying to find the bait I have total confidence in though, I thought back and actually I've only ever had one bait I knew would catch and that's sadly no longer with us, one of the things I wanted was to not just have round bait so I've got some barrels too for something different, and actually I went for this one because I liked the sound of it and it does seem to catch fish, and looking at there site they give you a lot of details and seem to have a lot of knowledge

I toyed with the idea of trying VNF this week but ended up going for dna secret 7 got to sneak 20k into the bait freezer when it arrives tomorrow shhhhhhh 😬😬😬 it seemed too much of a good deal to turn down