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Decided to try and fish one of the new lakes on the complex this year, first time out had a walk round and found the motherload of the fish all tucked away and chilling had to barrow through a swamp and lots of flooded pathways but when my rod ripped off this morning I knew it was worth it, what I realised pretty quickly though was it felt pretty heavy, when I saw it I knew it was quite heavy, I chucked my other rod in the reeds and made sure I wasn't going to lose it by playing it as delicately as I could, I needn't have worried it was nailed on the ever faithful spinner rig, as I sit here contemplating what just happened I've realised I still haven't had a proper cuppa yet today so kettle on and chill time. 31lb not bad for a first night on a new lake 😊

Some of my tackle is still muddy from that adventure 😳

Just doused this on my boilies, splash of brut and I'll be right on the dance floor later.

Fluoro or semi stiff should be fine, are you using an anti tangle sleeve? They should kick out fine tbh.

Simplest solution for me would be a magic twig 🤣 only kidding If you don't want to use a lead clip (I prefer these in a boat) . You could try using some silicone tubing (2mm seems to ring a bell as the right size ) between the lead and the bead that should help with your quandary as it will act like a buffer.

I still really like proper jobs, I have loads of pots of pop ups with different liquids and coatings, goos, powders, liquids on them. Match the hatch soaked in matching bait spray and coated with stick mix, proper job KLS unsullied,and now innovates choc orange soaked in minamino are the three I start with, I know they all work 😳 I've tried loads of different ones with wondergredients like goo and I'm yet to be convinced they work any better, I think as others have said, they still need to be in the right place.

If you are getting tangled by the bream you want to use a stiffish hooklink that resets I would say. Have you thought about using PVA stringers? 😉

I got one from a future reform voter in Surrey, it was addressed to Richard Tice saying eff me here because things aren't bad enough already?

This might save you a few quid when you get fed up of your deeper dropping out of range 👍

It could also lose you a few quid if that mono snaps or frays against the metal, I did attach my deeper with braid for a while but quite frankly it slowed the boat right down with drag and could tangle with the line you are trying to send out and that can be a right chore as you can't drop the rig because it's snagged on the deeper and by the time you have it back it's a tangled mess or you've got line round the prop. If I was you I would look at the boat specific options and save on hassle.

it's taken me a long time to get this rig the way I want it, I've now got it as good as I can IMO materials, length etc for me it just works and I don't feel the need to change it. If I want it lower I cut the ring off and use a wide gape, if not I use a J precision long gape this hook pattern is brilliant, even confident now using it in barbless if required. Everytime I mess with another rig it just isn't as good, multi rigs whilst ive used them a lot ,they can sit there all night having been sprung without a bleep, you can't attach a mesh bag and cast it, they arent as versatile probably better if using a boat /pole/or close range,but i know that will be sitting pretty with a half decent drop.

I like a spinner rig, if they were banned I would probably go Julian cundiff themed multi rig but I would be somewhat disgruntled because spinners work a treat for me if it ain't broke.

I've found the korda and esp splicing needles to be the best ones I've tried

So everyone else is a free Loader, hmm I don't believe that, I'm pretty sure anyone desperate enough to cross the channel in a small boat or under a lorry is desperate. Here's a crazy idea set up safe and legal routes plan for these people to find work when they arrive so they can contribute, treat them humanely not like cattle and fix the broken economy through more people having more money to spend, that way they will be grateful for being here and want to integrate and be part of building a better society for the many not the few. You seem more upset with immigrants getting an extra fiver than the billionaires who are avoiding paying millions in tax, you probably believe that the elite got rich through hard work. Most of the time it is because they exploit the system and the workers.

Universal basic income scares the life out of the super rich because they want to keep you poor and in your place, compliant and in working poverty, useful idiots that spout right wing propaganda about migrants coming to take your jobs and other misleading nonsense, help to keep you in place also by distracting you from the real crisis, the super rich tax dodging elite. We could feed all the refugees, end homelessness if we wanted too. But it's a political choice not too. Greens are the only ones out of the mainstream parties that have stated they would try and roll out Universal Basic Income but Nicks mates at GBeebies won't like it as it would create less poverty and despair and that isn't good for FASCISM.

That's not gonna offend me BTW I know what Tony Blair is, same as Sir Kier and all the tories all complicit in war crimes. If you want less refugees perhaps get your leaders to stop bombing or assisting with genocides.

Just blame Thatcher and the rise of capitalism that Saville loving witch has a lot to answer for. And Nick what makes you think the billionaire backed reform party with multi millionaire property tycoon leader Richard Tice will be any different? They will be even worse, they are a bunch of gaslighting fascists.

You will know it's him as he has a sticker on his car that says "Powered by Wigan Kebabs"

Not sure I would trust them long term but they certainly have bigger fish to fry in the short term. I think we are facing much bigger issues than banning fishing though at present, labour and tories both complicit in a genocide a vote for either is a vote for evil. The right wing chancers reform are just a bunch of lying racist fascists, quite frankly if you have a decent independent in your area vote for them or nothing will change

Today i bought A wolf x spod to replace the one I misplaced on Friday. ESP big shot medium catapult (that I mistakenly bought elastic and a pouch for previously thinking I had an esp pult And 2 packs of avid d rig kickers because no other D rig kicker comes close when creating the perfect ronnie D rig.

Some companies have a size on them in mm, I think jumbo are bigger than large though or maybe not dependant on who you are buying from 🤔 AA Baits do an XXL size which I would classify as jumbo a large and a standard, I would judge in mm size, I have used hinders tigers and would happily use them again

No more for me, I got a small gap in the rain and made for home, My one has done that repeatedly and cost me loads of spombs, there is a simple fix, don't buy shimano 😂 Or you could try this, I have to manually close the bale arm now but it beats losing spombs all the time.

Thanks There were 3 myself, Dale and Leon, who we left there for another night of freedom.

Reporting from the social, I decided to move on Saturday morning had a walk round with Dale and decided it was best, I moved into Bogmageddon and after a slog with the barrow, fannied about and found some spots, it soon became apparent I had made the right call when I saw one bosh to my left, then another to my right, got the rods tried to throwing stick some boilies out as I managed to lose my spod in a shimano faulty bail arm incident, that the others didn't rinse me for at all 😂 Of course within minutes there were a flock of seagulls trying to eat every last one. But I figured I has some in the zone, within an hour I had a weird bite lifted One bleep dropped right back then lifted again, and I was in, went right to get behind an island then went left to get behind another, then wstsyed deep to try and lose me over the massive plateau betwixt us, but I got it over, it tried to go through all my lines and eventually I netted the beast of bogmageddon, all 27 and a half lbs of it, Leon (commonly) came to assist with the photos and as actually managed to make me smile for one 😬 As I write it's lashing down the swim looks like a wet Glastonbury and I'm not looking forward to packing up but it's been fun and eventful, maybe time for another but it doesn't seem as likely today, hopefully I've pushed them down for Leon to have a busy night tonight.

I moved here yesterday into bogmageddon, I'm not looking forward to packing up, been a fun weekend though, bbq and a curry and some good laughs.