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Hi guys I thought I might start a thread for the blankers, I always think it's important to learn from your failures so here goes, Fish were still active so I assumed they might still like some bait 😁I didn't give them loads but in hindsight too much 😱either that or they weren't visiting my spots on the other side of the pads (should've continued pre baiting but life got in the way) Chicken Pad Thai is a nice easy meal to cook Should've prepared better no cutlery, Casting the new rods at the end I whipped the rig off and learnt about fast hands when casting, I tried chucking some around 90 odd yards to see how it went and thinking fast hands and focusing on that seemed to help, it got me hitting the clip consistently anyway, Was it a waste of time nah I flipping loved it being out again 😁

One thing I've noticed with otters is that whenever they are around there are usually zebra mussel shells lying about all over thr place, as like most people they want an easy meal so they usually go for these when they are available

Can't hurt I might start adding some corn too, just for a bit of colour and that Do you guys use tinned or frozen? I heard that if you use frozen it isn't fully cooked so you need to cook a it a bit? You may all know that but I hadn't paid it any attention before 😁😳

Thanks, I just want to have a pellet clear out lol ,I'm down to the last bucket now, I'm hoping the water isn't too cold yet,but then I can start fresh next year, will probably mainly just try and apres bait with them anyway won't hurt to leave something out there for them

Thanks Ian I think they have just become part of my mix really, originally it was designed to all be catapultable, 17mm pellets, tigers and boilies just for ease of prebaiting, then with the ridgemonkey crusher I just crush some up and mix it add some liquids to make it go even further (but I did find the rudd would destroy that in minutes that's why I added the tigers because I thought they might leave those 🤔)

Great thanks I've been adding them to my mix for a little while and it just seemed a little bare without them, I haven't even seen the lake since September, so no prebaiting done or no plans made just going to have to try and find them and hope for the best

Do you guys still include tigers at this time of year ? I haven't been out for a while will be using crushed boilies and pellet would you still include crushed tigers? Or not? I have some I can prepare for Saturday and not sure whether I should?

Rush of blood to the head or something I think 😂

I guess I am going to find out Wednesday, I just pulled the trigger and bought some 😬 I got 3 of these in 3.25lb for £200 on ebay https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/daiwa-crosscast-carp-rod-tt

Anyone used diawa crosscasts? I've seen a not too bad deal on a set?

Nice one guys I had the 10ft vader x and they were alright tbh, another one to consider, will see what I can find

I don't think they do make them now, from memory they were made by the same people that made greys rods, and the outcasts were very similar to the old prodigies

Thanks Nick I am starting to lean towards the tackle box darent valley in 3.5lb, I think at the moment, I still like the cork, even though I know it gets damaged and should probably go for Japanese shrink wrap 😂

Yes I spotted that TFT have 8k's for £59.99 too, that's a lorra reel for the money, Angling direct have a massive balls out sale on at the moment too 😂😂😂

2 years later and one broken wychwood eye and I'm back on the lookout, Can't decide what to get next, or what tc at the minute I use 3lb, I want a little more backbone I think so I can chuck further if needed but I still want a rod that is an all-rounder, I can't get more wychwoods the same as they have been discontinued now but I could use 2 of them as they are fine mainly, but then they won't match 😂 I can use up to 4 rods though so not sure what to do I've looked at the darant Valley 3.5lbtc Free spirit ctx 3.25 or 3. 5lb (more of an investment than the others) Shimano tx2 3.25 Pro logic c2 element I've thought about a set of extricators with new okuma inc6000 for a close in stalking set up(would use most of the time at the minute as I seem to fish close mainly) then just upgrade to some beefier rods for chucking further when I needed too, having had 10ft and 12ft I feel more natural with 12fts but I do like the idea of a stalking rod set up and a beefier set up, short rods would be useful for some of the margins too and for using with a baiting pole, so its a tough one and I don't know what to do, my 8ks are too big for smaller rods so would like the smaller reels I think if I went that way, aaaaaaaaaaagh help

So what would happen if you couldn't afford to cover the cost of the procedure? Trouble is many brits are already living hand to mouth, as they are getting taxed so heavily and the cost of living is rediculous with property being highly overpriced and wholly not affordable

Yes I worry about that too, I've noticed this last week the media have started trying to turn the screw on how the NHS is failing us and trying to blame them for everything when thr reality is they have been overworked and under immense pressure due to a lack of staff and funding, during austerity cuts and a pandemic, One of the tories biggest failings during this pandemic has been the test and trace app, if you look closely it is now it's being called the NHS test and trace app which is a shift to blame its failure on the NHS, I daresay had it been a success it may have been Boris's test and trace app 🤔

I don't disagree it isn't perfect, but when the alternative is the american pay as you go healthcare system it is much better than that and that's what they want, healthcare should continue to be available for all, not just those with money I get bupa at work and thought I would use it when I did my back in, I got 6 30 minute treatments and it cost me over £200 quid, even with bupa, and I still needed medication from the NHS,

Yep most of the profits go off shore nowadays not back Into the service, It would be a shame for this to happen to the NHS aswell, please take the time to sign this as we do need to keep the NHS, and not let the tories ruin that too, https://www.yournhsneedsyou.com/

I did and didn't tbh the fox stuff would break whatever its rubbish, I cast it 6 wraps and it snapped up thr line and I had to handline it back in with a loaded spomb that hadn't opened 😬 35lb is plenty thin enough for most situations tbh,, don't see the point risking it with 20lb

I use the 35lb spod braid, the fox one was 20lb and It snapped too easily

I saw a Jim shelley story on Instagram the other day with a couple of well known anglers and a needle lol

Yes you can mate I leave mine set up with the double loop trick on the leader and just change it for whatever I want to use it for, I haven't had to change the shock leader all year yet 😁 I set mine up so when it's ready to cast it has 5 turns round the spool of leader before the knot , even though I'm not a distance chucker I now think it's best to use a shock leader as it just makes casting seem sort of less tensiony and springy 😁

I do tend to do that if I can but on my water if it gone quiet, I am happy to plop more out as and when tbh, sort off little and often style

I still recommend Gardner kinetic spod braid and they also do a kinetic shockleader, which is also nice to use and I've not had any issues all year with them 👍, best braid I've used so far and I've tried a few, ( fox exocet it's the worst ever still 😁) If I can pult though I pult,and I've started trying to use baits that don't need spodding because pulting is quicker and easier to use when prebaiting, naturally it depends on distance but 1 bucket mixed sized boilies 18mm+11mm pellets, it spreads a bit but good enough for me 😁 for some reason I think the fish get sucked in by the plopping sound of bait,