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It depends I think, personally I pull it tight enough to test it knowing that it's under tension, but I've learnt it will snap if you pull it too much, it's more like a mainline, if you did a boom of mainline with loops at both ends, you know it will snap eventually, you kind of have to treat it like that, I did also go through a phase of having doubts about them, but over time I've just got used to them and no longer worry, I use the 15lb boom with XS crimps. You definately need the right size crimps for BS.

I have varifocals, they still end up in the top of my head for close up work 😂

They can be tricky to thread, have you seen the chod ones they are even smaller 😱

I was messing about with the krimps after making some booms the other night, and made a pretty tidy Hinged Stiff rig. Much easier than trying to tie them tbh and you can easily adjust the height.

I haven't had any issues yet, if they don't click when you crush them, they tend to slip, so I would redo them, i pull them everytime to the point I think they would slip and If I pulled the granny out of it, I think that it would snap at the crimp But I also think if I made a knotted version of my boom if i pull it hard enough it will probably snap, I seem to remember doing that with some fluorocarbon rigs and snapping them someone told me not to pull it so hard 😂

You might want to check that the fluorocarbon is crimpable, some of them aren't and it makes them weak, most of the crimpable booms are made from mono rather than fluoro, personally I use korda boom for krimping.

Seeing how you all had fancy chairs, I've just ordered the new ridgemonkey umpire chair, it has really telescopic legs powered by a remote control so you can raise it up and look over the lake in comfort, and it drops down in a flash if you get a run, comes complete with rig board, carry bag and it's especially useful for casting zigs. Was expensive though £2019.99

There is a bit missing out the table, your dinner will fall through. 😳😂

Nope it's a chore. And this makes it much easier, then I just drill it off, take off the top of it, slide it off and put it in a bag and take it to the tackle shop, you just can't set your drill on turbo mode and it doesn't tangle.

You got a drill? https://www.carpspirit.com/product/d-spool-stripper/0 p} Makes life so much easier

Only thing that puts me off is you are putting all your line through a metal hole and I would worry about it damaging the line, would probably be OK but I don't want to chance it 😳

they have bought out an updated version with all black fittings and stuff I noticed them the other day. https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-carp-rods/27514-89330-shimano-tx2-a-carp-rods.html#/4341,choose,13ft-intensity-35lb

I recently got some pva mesh from westmore pva, they do only seem to do mesh but they do, 60mm wide mesh if that helped. It's quite cheap but also very good.

@salokcinnodrogmight know more he is a Suffolker.

I'm not interested either really, twig, wand whatever....

It could be you.

Hi Nick sadly we had to move quickly to secure it and we filled the available slots quite quickly. Hopefully next time it won't be so rushed.

Hopefully people can understand why we had to be a little covert about it now it is booked now so all fine. We've assembled a crack team of carp.com members ready to take on the challenge

This common? 😜

Just wondering if big commons have a colour preference 😂

What colour pop up is best for big commons?

Hi guys, if you are interested we could really do with a quick response but it is a special lake with some special fish, certainly a chance of breaking a pb 😎

Not sure if it is the same or any good but it is out there still. https://forgottenflavoursofficial.com/en-gb/products/green-zing-flavour-concentrate?srsltid=AfmBOooMCNfVgalm8SMXLAAZndevWWLb3BMpXBvkkNPVUeWHw9U-bla9 Personally I think hookbait colours come down to contrast against the lake bed or surroundings. That's kind of why I like washed out pink or white because I think it stands out against weed and silt. I've never used these pop ups BTW but the idea behind them makes a lot of sense to me.

I'm in 😂👍

Pink is officially the best alternative colour pop up, as voted by carp.com.