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Damn those new hermes being delivered 11 til 1 today, I am getting rumbled for sure 😬

Cars are a pain in the backside, hope you get it sorted

I just think I am always destined to get caught, luckily it's mother's day Sunday and I reckon I've smashed it this year 😊

Thanks i went with the trakker in the end, I'm hoping I can get my water butt in one of the panniers, then the main bag has a 52l capacity which I am hoping I can get all my tackle and bait in, I am hoping it arrives before the misses comes home from work but it's with hermes so there is no telling 😂

This is my current Pva bag mix I wanted a mix of colours for the visual aspect A mix of sticky bloodworm, Nash citruz, dynamite red and green pellets, some fast breakdown garlic ones and all doused in liquid liver and coated in sticky active manilla stick mix

I ended up going for the trakker barrow, it has all the luggage I need with it already and it should be plenty big enough If I need to take a couple of extra bits with me, it's got a 2 year warranty so if it is going to break I will have done it by then 😂

Yep as soon as it says modular you are looking at a £100, I got a few NGT ones and a cult one that i use for storing bits, they do a decent job tbh, I'm thinking I can do away with my rucksack if I use the under barrow storage, that's why I like the trakker one tbh as I know i could get my water bottle in the front pocket and probably lose my tackle and bits underneath, same with the fox one, but if I go carp porter I will need loads of extras 😂

I've had a look on the carp porter site I don't think they do these anymore, I kind of think they want you to spend £50 on the porter pals, I can't help feeling ripped off by prestige as they seem to want to charge you the earth for every little extra these days,

I've done well, I am on my 3rd year using the same bait company now only used 2 baits 😉, i used to change every few kg, I still occasionally look at other deals and torture myself but so far I've not strayed, this year for a change I am going to use both those baits together 😂

Brilliant thanks for that I saw a set of the xl side bags on ebay tonight, they went for £26 quid, I had them as a watched item but ebay didn't send me a reminder and I forgot, damned shame as I would quite like those too,

Probably as good a place as anywhere, if you have to send off your energy readings, best to make sure you do one at the end of the month so it doesn't get charged at the new massively increased rate, Martin Lewis was saying that just thought I would share it with you cos its going to get tougher after April 😭

I've started driving like a Doris, I was getting 47 mpg before, I'm currently hovering about 58 mpg, I feel dirty driving so steadily but if I get an extra 100 miles out of a tank it's probably worth it 😬

Just started to spec the Mk2 and so far I am up to £270 with panniers and a basic front bag, I can't decide if the panniers are worthwhile or not as I want them to hold my 5l water bottle but not sure if they will, don't suppose you have used the panniers or anything have you?

Hi guys Having seen a trakker x trail Compact barrow, I was tempted by it, I liked the bags and the panniers on it, seems spacious sturdy and good and solid, anyone got one? https://www.trakkerproducts.com/uk/product/x-trail-compact-barrow I always thought I would buy another Mk2 carp porter but the price of them is putting me off tbh, because I would want some extra bits (I have some crossbar handles already though from my botched barrow fix) The fox one is occasionally on a good deal but usually similar to the Mk2, and I'm not convinced the fox one will be better than the trakker tbh, shall I bite the bullet and get the trakker? The reason I want one now is driving round the lake I've had a couple of punctures and I think being mobile may be an edge so I also want to reduce the amount of stuff I take,😬 I think the trakker gives me enough scope to take a few extra bits if I need too, If you have any thoughts on this please help 😂

Better to have too much than too little, it might be best to get a lot in now as everything is going up, bait will probably follow

Sounds pretty good to me, don't see why it wouldn't be any good in the right place 👍

That's good to hear Mate, really pleased she's doing well and everything is positive, hopefully you will all be able to relax a little now and get back to some sort of normality

https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/daiwa-crosscast-ext-tt-rod They do a 9ft or 10ft extendable one if you wanted to save bootspace 👍

If you can stretch to these they are lovely rods for the money, I have the 3.25lb and so far they seem good to use, I haven't caught using them yet though😂 but these TT ones have nice minima guides and look smart they seem well made and should last me a long time https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/daiwa-crosscast-carp-rod-tt

My kids have got the okuma vibe rods and reels, 6ft small with little reels on(that actually work well and smooth) , great fun, I've taken the family rudd bashing a couple of times, my youngest seems keen to go Infact we are discussing doing some nights this summer 👍

That smell is bad enough when you've had to net one, wouldn't fancy sleeping on it 🤮

No chance I am going bareback in the height of summer with all them Mozzies about, I would come home looking like I had fallen in stinging nettles again 😂 and definately need a bed too, my bed only weighs 7.5kg and is worth the weight in my opinion I've been spoilt by being able to park at the swim for the last couple of years, and my toot level has grown massively because of it, I keep thinking about getting a new barrow and fining all my kit down to fish off that but it hasn't happened yet, I should as there is a lot of mileage in being more mobile

I use a Ronnie rig with a leadclip set up, personally I will use a lead clip as often as I can, the only time I use a helicopter set up is if I need to chuck a chod into rough spots, I also never used to like dropping leads but now I much prefer to tbh, the lake I fish is weedy and the cost of a lead isn't worth the pain of losing a biggun (that hurts way more)

I had some wychwood c101s and they were alright to be fair til I broke one of the eyes, I have diawa crosscast tt now I think I prefer them so far but the extremis are more expensive than the c101 was but they didn't really let me down, If you want a decent big pit reel on a reasonable budget, I can heartily recommend the okuma 8k it's amazing for the price

I have a sonik S1 was abiut £30 I find it decent enough for the money,