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I've had the Amber and now got the switch over wraps I'm not gonna lie they help a bit but they aren't as good as my old prescription maui Jim's, I will go for prescription ones next time I am colour blind though and I can't help thinking twin lenses reduces the quality

That's a massive one, congratulations 🎉🎉

I'm currently listening to a brilliant book, The ragged trousered philanthropists by Robert Tressell https://librivox.org/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-by-robert-tressell I'm on chapter 29 only started yesterday 😮

Have you got too much line on the spools that may make it go curly? I would try using wrap sticks and just stretch it out a bit using them also wet it first may help 👍

Goalposts and buzz bars will much more sturdy than a pod, a properly inserted bank stick won't move on the most extreme takes, pods will, I also think buzz bars just look smart, and as we all know, if your rods ain't level you might as well go home

I use matrix blackout sticks and buzz bars, and they are lovely, I've used cheap ones before and like you have found they don't really last, best thing I bought though was a matrix piledriver that will, dig a hole anywhere for your sticks, I made the mistake of buying cheap stuff and quite often it doesn't last, worth spending a bit I think

I can vans and cars ruining the vista and blocking the tracks annoy me and when people are with vehicle they also open and close them all the time and slam the doors to make sure they are shut and worse drive past your bivvy, When in Rome though, i don't see why I should be the only one pushing a barrow 😂

I agree with yonny, solid bags use a wafter or bottom bait tbh, good method though can be devastating, we all tend to think about it before a session but you have to go with what you see really and try and give yourself the best chance on the day, it's OK to have an idea, but don't make it your only option

I think korda have done those too I saw a one more cast multi tool that looked pretty smart though

Yep, I got fed up looking at prestige stuff in the end, i wanted a mk2 for ages as I had one years ago, but they never seemed to be in stock anywhere and when they did get stock they had bumped up the prices quite a lot, In the end with prices and everything factored in the Mk2 with luggage and bits it was the worst deal out of the 3 I had shortlisted, I went for the trakker and don't regret it yet

You can also get diawa ext ones, only from total fishing tackle though as they are exclusive to them deal, and the other ones seem to be more expensive, I love my 12 footers light, slim, minima guides very nice budget rods worth a look anyway https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/daiwa-crosscast-ext-tt-rod

To be fair when I was looking at prestige barrows a while ago, they had already increased the prices quite a lot, and they never seemed to be in stock in a lot of shops, can't do any harm I don't think

Excellent read, and well done catching that many in a session, have you thought about trying a blatent pop up rig that may help you get through to the bigger ones and maybe slow down the bites a bit

Baitworks mentioned the huge increase in raw material cost on their podcast last month so it must be all around, I've been looking for some deals for my holiday but they don't seem to be there at the moment so I think it will be affecting them all and I guess you have to wonder if some companies will be forced to leave Ingredients out or at lower levels to combat this? I blame Bozo for everything 👍

They've just added the cost of getting brexit done,

I've just seen a video for the wolf grippas, they look smart and simple, I use the esp ones at the minute, I've never lost a rod yet using them

Thanks one of my daughters got covid too so at least I could give her a cuddle again, same to you and all else

I've seen another rig similar to one you speak of lately 🤔 Someone called it the lamp post rig I think? I also meant to have a play with that but haven't and now can't find it

the noodle doodle 😂

In my head I have been thinking about a withy pool type bend in the shrink tube for the pop up 💡

I've been thinking of making a variation on the multi rig for a while now, i wanted a stiff coated section hook end and after the knot supple and uncoated, I was planning to use shrink tube but due to being out in the garage couldn't be bothered to set up the stove so I tried a noodle kicker, I think for a bottom bait, wafter rig this will be quite good, i would use shrink tube for pop ups though looks OK I think, hook is a chod hammer, kickers are terminal tackle.uk (much better than the thinking anglers ones imo)

Meh still a bit rubbish but isolating in the garage for now tidying my tackle box up 😂

The braid is perfectly usable didn't like the green colour though looked bright against the bottom, I found the uncoated braid could fray a bit, Hooks are OK, I don't use them now but I probably would, for a chod hook have a look at the esp chod hammer they are a nice pattern and pretty sharp too

Gardner do some quite nice tungsten ones, that have got a concave end so they fly back up the line, If non flying I just use the normal ones as light as I can, just to help get the line out the way, but I only use them if I think my lines might need extra concealment and I'm fishing fairly slack close in

We have a local version of that, they just get stories off Facebook and make things up all the time, local equivalent of the daily mail basically