elmoputney

I tend to base boilie size on nuisance species present, but I will happily use 12mm baits as freebies and fish bigger hookbaits, or smaller hookbaits and bigger freebies, My main adversaries at present are rudd so small pellets, particle, and crumb just get destroyed by them, I am mainly feeding 17mm pellets and whatever boilies I get out the freezer quite like using 1 size of freebie as it's less faff, but a mix of sizes isn't a bad thing, I tend to have a selection of 12/15/18mm in the freezer and generally will use any of them quite happily, If I think I might be fishing at range (6 wraps +) then i may need the 18mmers to hit the target, big pultin isn't for everyone 😂🎯

Is it Neen or Nen there's only one way to find out 😂

I gave up for 15 years, now look what's happened 😂😂😂 More addicted than ever I think 😳

I first heard Nen when I went to Stanick lakes (with a silent W🤔) on a carp.com social many years ago, I always called it Neen but now I am multilingual and can fit in with both cultures 😂

Good to see you getting the urge to get out again., hope you catch some whackers

How do Peterborough peeps pronounce it? Neen or Nen?

Good debut for the tent Highy, hope the bar was busy and you made enough for some more sonik bits 😉

I'm on afternoons next week so I may join you, I find it tough to watch England without having a beer

All round to Highy's for a free bar and footy then, 🍻🍻🍻🍻 Have a good day, hope its a positive start for the gland 👍

I've been having a slightly lean spell lately, I have changed baits about 10 times in my head including looking into all the required equipment to make my own, like a boilie roller set up, basemixes, ingredients and all sorts 😁 Then the other day I went to have a look round and do a bit of hole filling, I had a bucket of pellets with me and ended up feeding quite a few big carp at about 5 yards out,and they were chomping, then I remembered its not the bait, that works in the right spot, my rigs do work usually it's always about the location, and putting it all in the right place at the right time 😳

I can mainly drive to most swims now, but when it was flooded I had to use my barrow, I really regret selling my old Mk2 carp porter in the olden days, I ended up buying a cheap one when I started again, I've customised it with a new wheel and carp porter handles but it's still not a carp porter, and it's still not that great, I have to travel as light as I can when using it otherwise it flexes like a body builder In a gym mirror, A good barrow is a good investment tbh, but taking less stuff is still a good idea 😁

E liquid is pretty much glug with nicotine In it 👍

Depends what the warranty is like in comparison and stuff like that really, it looks similar and probably is but I noticed there feedback isn't outstanding and they sell some toot also

My lake opened back up today, after they spawned last week for a few days, I thought it was a bit soon, but I will be leaving it for another week or two at least I think, its given me some time to get the garden sorted, taking a leaf out the Highy book, 👍

Can't you just pop out for a Wigan kebab and a pee whet and say you got a free bait boat

I would assume the gate for the hopper isn't under enough tension to cut through the line tbh from all the vids I've watched of it most seem to do this tbh, I am getting really tempted to get one BTW lol

I had a break from fishing for a good few years, wrapping sticks were one of the inventions that happened while I was away, I am glad I bought them, I use them all the time now, makes life so simple tbh, I wouldn't be without them now 👍

I watched the Darrell peck wazing vid last night, one thing i took from it was how he used his gut to tell him to move, I know I've sat there thinking this isn't right before and not moved 😢

I had that Sunday more bubbles than a sodastream but they stopped and nothing happened turns out my rig was covered in dirty chod poo 💩

I always re wrap it is more accurate I think, 👍 I forgot to take my line out the clip and got a run off an angry mid double common last year, luckily I had good butt grips which helped, but it can be hard getting the line out of the clip when it's bowstring tight with an angry carp on the end 😳 Forgetting to turn the alarms volume back up is something I do quite often too 😂

That's good advice and something I've been known to fall foul of, Infact I've been guilty of it recently, 😁 You get blinded by where you want the fish to be and not where they are, and it's easy to not look about when you get like this, not only that you start to get quite precious about it, that was something I noticed last year, and didn't particularly like, also I got bored fishing the same peg after a while, it becomes like you are going through the motions, I had been baiting a swim for a few weeks recently and one time a guy came up wanting to fish it whilst I was baiting as he had been doing some time in there, he seemed a bit put out I had been doing it tbh, I just blew off 3 weeks work off and tried elsewhere 😔 I started off last year in a different peg each time and built up a picture that way I can now jump in a lot of swims and fish which helps, I tend to just do my own thing nowadays,don't race to get in the going swins, I will clear spots and swims that are overlooked by others and have a go, if nothing else I may learn something 😂 The main thing I think is to just enjoy it though, if you keep trying you will have your good days as well 👍

If you fish a quiet water don't tell anyone 😂

Maybe it was the way I was sharpening them or something, just something I thought might be a factor when I went through a run of them, I do feel more confident now using the J precision ones, they seem sharp and not overworked, and it hasn't happened since and hopefully won't again🤞🤞🤞🤞

I've just tried on my new wellies, they seem pretty good for the money and easy on/off so far, I daresay once they get sweaty and worn in, they wont be so easy to put on but I can slide my feet straight in with no hands, and they sit nicely below my calfs that'll do me for now, i might test them out today as I am going for a bait up

Nice n short hinged stiff rig, I'm going to need to bulk buy krimps 😂