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Thanks nick while I am fairly confident my matching baits will work I want to test the idea and see if a bright/different bait may work quicker, I caught 10 carp on my runs water on matching wafters last week, bottom is clear due to the murkyness so I've no doubt they are finding them and fairly quickly, but it is a runs water but good to see we agree that yellow should work well for murky waters 👍 I also am thinking about using tipped snowman rigs more but I've become a bait screw fan and I am waiting for some longer ones for snowman rigs cos I am too lazy to tie them

Hi guys I thought the zig thread has been interesting and I am currently looking at pop ups quite a lot, mainly in non matching colours to my bait as I use the same matching ones, and I want to make my hookbait stand out and I was thinking it may be interesting to see if anyone uses different colour pop ups for different conditions,water clarity etc with regard to making your hookbait stand out, The lake I fish is pretty shallow and clear with a silty weedy bottom so what would be your go to choice? I would say yellow is a No no as its Probably too blatant,and the ducks seem keen on visible bait, I am thinking washed out pink or pink may be ok, The club lake I have been fishing lately is the total opposite clay based and murky as hell,so my go to would probably be yellow ? What colour do you guys favour in your own range of conditions ?

Do good choice of colours not vary due to water clarity, that's been my general thoughts lately tbh when considering pop ups but I thought black stood out if the fish are looking up to it from below as it's the most contrasting colour to the light from the sky,

I've been using a small citronella candle and the trek deet free spray for my night sessions as I was getting savaged, that combo seems to work quite well

Turmuric should work although it will probably stain everything wear an apron

There is a cheap 1080p one I saw dunno what it's like but the reviews sound ok https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202435966493

That is what I did 👍

I think texture may play a big part tbh, maybe if it's already starting to breakdown and it doesn't need to soak in the lake water then maybe they can digest it better and easier once it's been in the lake a while

That's me sold on it 4 runs in 2 hours 3 landed one fell off at the net, all after epic battles though, and in far from ideal conditions,biggest a scraper double but it's nice to have some runs and get to test my ideas out, a much welcomed confidence boost

I've just read this as yesterday I decided to bait up a bit on the little club water, I also decided that due to only being able to nick a couple of hours here are there using washed out baits would be a great edge for me, So I took home a bucket of lake water and added some frozen dumbbells to it then I added some spod syrup and robin red oil the result a fantastically attractive but washed out looking soft bait,I think this can only help with short session angling tbh As I reckon the carp will be getting loads of leftovers and living off those mainly as it's a days only mixed lake so I believe leftovers will be there main food source,

I've had a bit of base mix kicking around I've added it to spod mixes and stuff to create a cloud effect and added a dusting to boilies and pellets etc , i think used this way it should be ok not sure if it would just compact into a blob though without anything else in the bag, give it a try might work a treat and create a lovely bit of attraction without giving much content other than the hookbait

Hair rigged Kebab meat

Deep pan Pizzas cut up into floater size chunks might work,use a dominoes for the oil slick it would create

A kid I knew at school did that and we saw him bagging up on chub in the town centre river I remember being quite stunned at how effective it was

This video has some useful tips and equipment for scaling up

Just incase you didn't find it this is the video, this may help you to work smarter

Have you ever seen the carpcatchers bait making video on you tube that may have a tip or two to help you speed it up a little? He has a production line going on In his kitchen, What set up are you using, I guess next level is pneumatic gun and one of these looks a lot quicker even with the manual version there is a video on the page of it working https://www.boilieroller.co.uk/bait-making-equipment Have a look at caulking guns BTW you can get pneumatic ones of those and they may be cheaper and just as useful

I think it will do the job but I used mole grips the other day and they seemed to work well enough

Thanks chillfactor have bought some to try, looking at them I think that may be just the ticket, I did try a running rig buffer but it doesn't quite cover the quick link and that's not good enough, hopefully these should work a treat cheers

Will have a look at those thanks, I have done pilates in the past and it is good for core strength, so I will try some of those exercises when it's a little better

Going for physio next week, hopefully that will get me back on track a bit, maybe after that I will get on with the exercises, until then it's gin and painkillers for me 😁

Quick question about the avid leader if I may, I've just bought some leads without swivels on, if I tie one on the the end of the leader I wouldn't have a swivel is that going to cause twisting on cast? I have tied on a quick link but don't really like that either Happy with the rest of it bank tackle sinkers with Tungsten beads seem good they shouldn't move without a bit of force, and the fluoro leader looks like a winner, but just not dead happy with the lead end? What's the solution please?

A back massaging bedchair, I've just done my back in again I was set to return to work tomorrow littlun decided to jump at me today and its gone again, I'm getting so bored of it now it gets better then goes again when you least expect it, either that or I need a ghillie, not fishing is killing me, 😭

I thought it was well shot, showed some good potential, you caught some nice fish and showed how you did it , and there was a little banter, Negatives Music was very similar to other videos, and maybe a few similarities to other vids More banter is a good thing, I guess that comes with experience, but more importantly just show that you are enjoying or not enjoying it, just be yourself, great first effort though I would definitely watch more

That is kind my point tbh each lake is different, each angler is different, it seems silly to try and make classifications of what is or isn't stalking