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I think I went with the view it wasn't going to be too tricky and then didn't really take it seriously enough. I caught a few but probably should've taken my A game and worked a lot harder. Take the baits you are confident in and use what normally works for you but check venue rules as they can have some strange ones and they might not like you using certain baits. I did enjoy it though but it was also a family holiday so had to juggle a lot. French roads are great to drive on. The venue I fished was quite hard to find tbh. So make sure the sat nav will find the venue. I went back to disneyland this year and I have to say I love France now. The tunnel crossing is brilliant, Can't wait to go back. You need a car travel kit with beam deflectors, a high viz and warning triangle, and a UK sign. Supermarkets are pretty good tbh, nice food is available the breads cheese and pastries are amazing. We had that most lunchtimes lol, depending on when you are going Mozzie repellant, sun cream and a hat, Most of all enjoy it Hope this helps

I managed to bend my old distance sticks last week, so I bought some NGT DELUXE ones for £12 have to say they are pretty good for the price seem solid aluminium have cnc cut bits in them, slimline (standard pencil thickness) not a bad set of sticks for the money.

Now tested to 21 wraps and it does work a lot better If you have a deeper it's worth the £35 quid, I've been using it without a case plugged into a powerbank just sitting on a bucket this weekend and still works fine

Thanks I didn't choose to put a bouncy castle fun place near the fishing shop or an angling direct near the toy shop, it's just a coincidence, one has opened near my mum too and there is another one near work, I guess you could say I'm just lucky or they are trying to make me spend all my money in them and putting them in convenient locations to get me 😬

I've just glugged some up for tomorrow, ooosh they smell nice

Thanks went to another shop and bought some more goodies to celebrate, got some innovate baits match the hatch pop ups and glugs x2 reaper nut mix and the fix, Hemp oil, multi rig tool some small Pva bags and another bucket 😂

Well it's my getting older day today and I got the best gift possible, fishing tackle shop vouchers 😍 I've taken the kids to inflatabounce and luckily for me the tackle shop is just over the road. I treated myself to a Gardner GTN landing net, and some particles for tomorrow. Still came out with change too nice, I was concerned I didn't manage to spend it all but it means I can try again another day 😂

I leave the lid on just incase of mice or anything, If I was defrosting I would add just one or two cups of boiling water to frozen then add liquids to that give them a good shake let it all soak in for 24 hours and you have nice washed out baits oozing with liquid goodness, I found they absorb liquids quicker if it is was thinner, there are plenty of other liquids that are thinner though you could try which would be a good thing, bottled water can be used in place of lake water too If you have plenty of time in advance I would just add a bit shake it up and keep adding a little more each day then maybe finish off with a dusting of powders or stick mix. Ps I like my baits to be quite soft as I only do short sessions I want them to appear like they've been out there for a while, you can also add some pellets to soak up any excess liquid

Thanks The 2nd one is the one I have for my phone, I actually went out to have a play with the range extender tonight, after a couple of teething troubles, I took it out the case tightened the antenna a bit more and it seemed to work much better, need to drill the holes out to push the antenna through but I did find a cracking looking spot which could be reached from a couple of swims, not sure it will reach 300m but it will definately go far enough for most of the situations I will find myself in,

Hi mate, sorry i missed your write up and plans, but wow brilliant read and great effort and attention to detail. Really made me think I needed to up my game a little. I think I've been getting into a bit of a rut and going through the motions, i need to get another plan together. But you just reminded me it's possible. I'm really pleased for you though what a cracker to finish on as well, I'm sure you will smash the next venue too. Keep us posted,

Korda one seems to work quite well so far, bought some korda durakord, that seems to be nice and easy to splice I made a few up today without any fuss

Do you mean a thread like the Gardner camera adaptor so it would be like a bankstick conversion? Only downside if so would be I would then need another storm pole or camera tripod as the box is already attached to one, although to be fair I do always have my tripod in the rod bag and it doesn't get used very often, probably rusty Infact it hasn't been out so long 😂

Just solved the phone /tablet holder issue rather than another bodge job 😂 this should attach itself nicely to the storm pole and stay put

They have got more money than me 😂

As long as it works properly 😂 I spent £35 quid for the range extender, the deeper one is about £170 I think, there are alternatives but mainly they are about £100 ish so hopefully it's a saving, I'm waiting for a bait boat mount from frameys mate at the minute, then I can properly test it out

I hope you went for the black magic ones, they are very good, i did wonder why Baf had stopped doing smaller amounts of stuff, I might get some bits at some point

No not yet I will message him at some point and ask for details

This video goes through the set up of the range extender on your computer, you only need to do this once. One thing I learnt the hard way was that your firewall will probably block it, I just turned mine off while I set it up. You will need your deeper on charge or In a glass of water while you set it up so it can connect, You only need to set it up once on the computer then you can connect to it from your phone when it is powered by the power bank, As of yet it is untested but others that have used it have reached distances of 180m + But it is about 5 times cheaper than the deeper one ✅

This is basically where I am up to so far, I have some foam to hold it all in place better and I have a phone holder I want to attach to the outside but I haven't quite finished that yet,

If like me you get fed up with your deeper cutting out at well below stayed range, then this may be of interest. What you need Vonets Vap11s WiFi extender, amazon was cheapest I found £35.68 Power bank to run it from, (i need a fast charge one) Phone and a comp for setting it up, And I've made a case for mine using an old bite alarm case, I drilled 3 holes for the ariels (but you only need two one was wrong ) 😂 When the ariels are screwed on this holds it in place nicely, Then I found an old butt grip, drilled a hole so it had to be wound through and this will be to attach to a storm pole, With ariels Tbc

Yeah I have loads of bait too I'm going to do some pre baiting to get rid of it I think, two bins and a load of buckets seems excessive 😂

Its not a modelling shoot don't worry 😂 Its someone I know who's very good at fishing photography who lives quite locally, this is the blurb. Improve your carp catch photography skills with a 1-2-1 tutorial! Sessions tailored to your needs, and can include topics such as photography basics (for example, composition, getting sharp photos, controlling exposure, depth of field), shooting in different light/ at night, mastering self-takes and using Adobe Lightroom to create stunning photos.

That's what the pellets I've just bought are for, and I'm going back to using fox tadpole inserts with fox leads as you can set them a little loose so they act as a running rig

Would anyone be interested In a photography tutorial while we are on our social?

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