elmoputney

I am a little concerned they might but the eldest one did well with the 16lber she caught, I would rather they weren't completely under gunned though and you know I can always help as I would be there if they are fishing, they have done a a few sessions now catching roach and rudd and bream and small tench and stuff, but seeing the carp feeding gave them quite a buzz as I am sure you can imagine, maybe too soon for them there are roach and tench in the lake also I can try and get them fishing for but will see maybe I should just let them use my greys stalker rod if its going well and they are getting bored of the roach, I might get a new reel for that as I don't like the baitrunner that's on it

I've seen people using emblems with shorter rods, didn't seem to worry them, they arent mega heavy anyway I don't think, 600gms odd , I went through a 10ft phase, I now use 12's again mainly, just think they are a better allrounder,

Well there is carp to near 50lb, hut also tench and that, obviously I will be there to lend a hand if required but more like junior carp rods really they have float rods and a whip but would be nice to get something a bit more robust that I could also use 😂

https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/korum-opportunist-x-8ft-rod https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144610021480?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=cdIFxQBkRgy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=yW-jXGLIRqK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Is 8ft too long for kids do you think or better for learning to cast and stuff?

Thanks for that, I have already got them a whip although a carp snapped the elastic last time we went out with it 🙄, and they have okuma vibe rods and reels for normal fishing, I just want to get them something a little stronger for the carp, I have a week with them in France so I'm hoping to teach Has anyone used kodex rods I've found some of these that look pretty smart and reasonably priced, they do a 6ft kompressor (retractable) or an 8ft opportunist rod that look pretty nice

Thanks I did see that, but not sure i now I feel about Nash reels tbh, I'm still a bit bitter about my old titan just falling apart and needing replacing, I have tended to avoid Nash since then, I really do like my okumas tbh and even the little kids one on the vibe rod is very usable just probably not ideal for carp lol I'm also looking at 2 man bivvies at the moment, I've been promising to take the youngest for a while and I only have small bivvy and brolly that haven't got the space Torn between a quest one, a jrc one and a fox one at the moment

Maybe this one would be OK https://www.fishingrepublic.co.uk/16531755/okuma-revenger-pro-55-reel-16531755

Hi guys I want to get my kids a couple fo 6ft rods either sonik or more likely the tackle box darent Valley ones for France, I'm struggling to decide which reels to go with them, These seem OK in theory, simple, light enough, cheap but will they be any good? https://www.fishingrepublic.co.uk/15988430/shimano-fx-4000-fc-15988430 The thing I like is no anti reverse or stuff they will mess with, so all they do is cast and reel in, if anyone has any suggestions needs to be 4000ish size, I would go for okuma Inc6000 if they were for me (sometimes they will be😂) but I want to keep the weight down for them, and also don't want to spend a fortune on kids reels Thanks in advance Elmo

Glad you bought this up I've fallen right off the wagon of late, I'm doing more longer dog walks but my diet is pretty bad hopefully we can use this as some good motivation and I can get started again Good luck with your effort hope it goes well keep posting up and I'll try and do better with you 👍

Sounds like a plan to me I think, if I get one more night in I'll be happy but I'll be fine if I am a planning something for autumn, I am taking the kids pole bashing Friday if the weather is OK, we're gonna try hookable pellets with pellet freebies this time, specimen pole fishing, hopefully it will be a bit slower than maggots that's exhausting 😀

Yeah it's tricky to find an area to prebait tbh at the moment I think I need to make my own spots out of the weedy kinda overlooked ones but it is hard to do without getting spotted, a good day's raking and regular baiting could get me a nice fresh zone for autumn though I guess, perhaps that's what I need to do get ready for France and just do some prep work for a few afternoons, still have a lot of pellet and pigeon conditioner to make a prime zone

I have to try and sneak one in when I can tbh but I wasn't feeling it and I just thought no point wasting my time,I wasnt prepared, I didn't have any leaders or pellets for bags and I had just got it wrong I think, I just thought I could be at home with the kids maybe get some extra credit for another time and have a day with them rather than being tired for no good reason, I did only go 2 weeks ago so I wasn't desperate yet and I am only 6 weeks from France, but I just couldn't be bothered, it had been a long day walking around the village fete and all that and I don't think I had the energy left to put in, hopefully it will mean I can try again soon 🤣 Well done on persevering I think maybe if I had seen something it may have made a difference, but It's funny I thought that same thought that I need a back up plan, I did think about one of the other lakes on the complex but I felt rude as some of the others have been doing a lot of work on it lately, I have done a bit of raking on there, but I just would have felt a bit cheeky 😳 Thanks everyone it did make me feel bad thinking I've never done that before but I don't think it was a bad decision in hindsight, I will just be better prepared next time, dim going to make up some leaders and bits this week so I am ready for anything 👍

Does anyone else ever do this? Last night I turned up late to find most pegs sewn up apart from a few, I walked round it all, went back to the car moved round the other side only to be met with 5ft of weed and no clean spots, I thought if I set up 3 Chods it will be dark and i'll just be pub chucking anyway into thick weed, so I packed up and came home, I'm sadly lacking a back up plan at the moment, think I need to Don the waders and get the rake out when I can

I mainly use proper jobs these days they seem to work pretty well with bait screws always nice and consistent

The switch are meant to be a mix of the two and are meant to change but I'm not sure tbh I think they help a bit but being overwraps I think going over glasses makes them lose some qualityand maybe definition it may be my old man eyes though they've had a tough life lol , I think if you need prescription glasses then prescription Polaroids would be the best choice, I will get some one day

Not really I still prefer normal non spinny bait screws though,the metal ones from bank tackle are as good as any I find,

Who's been putting a wigs worth of hair down the plughole crusian?

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