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I will just use these again, I don't want to change the whole rig tbh. The large ones will hold down most pop ups I use tbh

Yeah I was rolling it in my fingers until it softened up a bit. It might be that it was going on boom so didn't grip properly.

I know you felt this morning with wind and rain and the mud. I was packed up and home in an hour 30 mins from breakfast to in the car that's a record for me.

I've spoke to someone who knows it inside out and he doesn't think it is the krays, but could be small catfish and eels. Could've been anything I guess, I was putting putty on the krimps so should have held OK. Back to the tungsten sinkers I think. I've not had one of those go missing yet 😂

Right I blanked but sadly I spent most of the night with a rig with no bait on and one probably 7 inches of the deck, one of my rigs the d rig kicker had snapped/been cut on the d rig, and one had no putty, I recast them this morning and in the wind one went right but got an ish drop so I left it while I sorted the other two rods. Had a couple of bleeps and I wanted it right so brought it in and guess what no putty again, (weed free too) So my question crayfish or does dark matter rig putty just fall off? one thing is certain I am going back to tungsten weights on my booms, don't know why I stopped really, putty is so unreliable in comparison.

I might not have caught anything yet, but I have created a new fenland drain.

It's a day of two halves Ron.

Might as well be the puddle at the moment mate I'm not catching out of either 😂

Why does it always rain on me? And always when I need a wee ☔😂😂

Also if you don't want to spent loads on reels okuma will be your best bet, for the money they destroy all competition.

Maybe just wait and put new line on those, you might find after you use the line a bit it beds down and sits better.

If its abrasion resistance you seek. You want gt80+ or Gardner hydrotuff. Hydrotuff is so tough, chuck Norris uses it to winch Elon Musks rockets back to earth.

Sounds to me like your line is too thick for the reels if it isn't sitting right, personally, I don't like to scrimp on line I use Gardner gt80+, most Gardner lines will break above the stated BS I've just loaded 12lb but that is a 0.35mm line and will break above 15lb. Also stop worrying about what that bloke said to you, I've only used 18lb when it's really weedy and snaggy and that's pretty extreme. Google tackle box line test and have a look for the right line for you.

Yeah thinking about it I've been pretty slow remembering things and not as sharp as usual, I just thought that was getting older but now I've got an excuse brilliant thanks 😂

I did actually used to use 8lb Sylcast I am that old lol, I used to use it with my 9ft ledger rod when freelining dog biscuits and all that fun stuff you forget about as you get older.

You could buy it with green shield stamps it's that old 😂

Thanks that's good to know I had looked at those I quite liked the fact they came at the right length too, I don't want to go too thin on Mainline because of weed, normally I use that in 0.37mm and it doesn't cast awfully so I am hopeful I can make up the distance by dropping down one size. I just want the leader for a crisper feeling cast really and the confidence to whack it a bit harder.

Hi guys I am planning to do some longer distance lead chucking this winter and was thinking I might want to use a leader? I'm ordering some 17lb katran line 0.33mm and was thinking of using either a tapered mono leader or shock leader to make it easier and less crackoffy. Which one would you go for?

I use innovate baits shelf life nowadays reaper nut mix has been my go to for the last couple of years, they are also decent, I think you might find shelf life have come on a long way in recent years, I'm converted now tbh love the simplicity you get with shelf life, just tip em in a bucket and off you go, None of that defrosting malarkey.

I didn't think I could swing that either but he who dares, I think the fresh air did me good much better than staying home feeling sorry for yourself, just go fishing and feel sorry for yourself. And if you catch one it's a nice bonus 😂

Nice, will look good attached to a british record 😎

I had it the other week, tested Friday after feeling rough Thursday evening, and quite a few of my colleagues did too. Wasn't that pleasant but rather than spreading it with my family and isolating at home,I got out the house after cleaning it before they came home,and I spent 2 nights isolating on the bank, it wasn't easy I would do stuff then have a long rest, but I ploughed through, I even moved to the other end of the lake,that was tough going, but I could've spent 2 nights blanking and when I got a chance to fish for two nights, I couldn't waste it. My family didn't all catch it so we all did OK.

Oh no, Probably covid mate lots of it about, I had it the other week wasn't great, hope you feel better soon.

The best carp rig ever https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA8lMvngy2k/?igsh=MThtYXUyY2s1bTRweA==

That's as far as I am going, Well maybe I needed to see what an obstacle looked like But that's it 😂