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Fishing or buying sonik goodies 😂 I quite like the colour of the orange one 😏

Thanks finchey My bits arrived from Johnson Ross bought an extra sonik sks alarm for my 4th rod set up, Greys 7ft stalker rod, bait runner, single sticks and a rather special old bobbin, I think I'm going to enjoy this set up, will be nice to have a roving rod, might not be ideal for winter but I think it might prove to be a lot of fun 😉

Spod mix prepped and ready, just got to try and sort my kit out cos I've booked tomorrow off work and I am going fishing woop woop, Pigeon mix and boilies well doused in molasses and liver hydro , will add some cream of evaporated tomorrow, saucy 😂 It stinks and its sticky, just how I like it 😭

I've got into quite a bad habit lately, since I can drive up to the swims, I just leave my alarms on the buzzer bars with banksticks still attached and chuck em in the boot when I'm done, saves me valuable seconds in pack down time though 😁

I don't think i would even try to cast it that far, just being a little silly 🙄 I fancied having a 4th rod I could chuck under a tree or in the margins or something,I'm allowed to use 4 on there so thought I may as well use my allowance while it's cold, it's a good fun rod , and won't take up much space, just thought it could give me another angle

I've just set up my snide 4th rod, Shimano 6000rb and greys 2lbtc 6ft stalker rod, do you think I'll get 100 yards with that? 🤔

Just thought they might be worth a look, not if they are heavy though, I really liked the tx2's tbh, I wouldn't mind a set of those next,they were slim and stylish still think the wychwoods have got more distance in them though should I need it, apparently I can cast those 191 yards 😁

You could have a look at free spirit ctx rods, 13ft 3.5lbtc £431 for 3 from Johnson Ross, not used them myself but I know l free spirit are highly regarded rods

This blooming thread nearly made me buy some more pop ups last night Luckily I resisted, I went out to the garage, still have tonnes it's fine, 😁 Got some orange and pink ones to take again now 😂 So that gives me orange, pink, white, brown, beige, yellow, red, should have it covered

Could be a curveball to hide the truth 😉 But I'm not that clever and I don't really know that much 😅

This is dynamite colour explanation of what to use and when may help you 👍

Personally I just use whatever, and try different things on all rods, will maybe switch another over if I catch on one, but not too bothered about flavours being the same or different colours, if they work as they should, and stand out a bit I'm happy I want my hookbait to be noticed, I will usually have a matching pop up, and a banana one and usually a brown black pepper + proper job to start with, I think you have 3 different rods try 3 different things, one thing I have noticed I can't find a favourite hookbait that seems to really stand out above all the others, it's usually the one you least expect that rattles off 😏

I have a couple of ngt black ones I use if I need a storm pole they haven't broken yet, seem OK for the money

I forgot to add I wouldn't let it change me 😁😁😁😁😁 I once saw someone walk into a shop and ask how much is the euro millions tonight? Shop assistant 12 million Bloke just turns and says that ain't enough for me and walks out 😁 I'm not sure what world he lived in but I don't know anyone whos life wouldn't be more comfortable for a 12m boost

Surely the major down side with those if one goes wrong they all do? If I won the lottery I would just buy all the alarms i quite liked, and also a few nice rod and reel set ups for every eventuality, and a range of bivvies and pretty much everything I may or may not need 😁

I've just finished creating these Defiant mps heads Iceatope ice green 3x15mm Cygnet pivot arms (also have chains) regretting not getting 3"a bit though but 6"will do for now 😂 Just need some stainless hockey sticks to complete the look now

I think 11 years may be too long for it to be classed as fresh still 😳🙄😉

How do you know that they haven't already been taken though, if I was fishing for carp using maggots I would expect a lot to be taken by nuisance fish on my water, and I doubt it would get a pick up from them, I tend to think from viewing my prebaited spot if the action slows from the rudd tench or bream flipping over it, there isn't much bait left and I would top up then, having fed the rudd in the edge half a pint of maggots doesn't last long, but you don't tend to see the rudd in the deeper spots so much and the tench, bream and carp don't seem to give themselves away so readily either at the moment so it's back to guesswork 😁

That's the same for me, the more I go the better my accuracy and it feels more natural. tbh it didn't seem such a priority when I was younger though, I think nowadays it's something the kids are learning straight away, I watched the latest pitchers vid the other day at Trent View and there tactic was to cast further than everyone else by fishing at 150yards they got closer to the fish than anyone else i enjoy watching Tom maker vids he is a machine, I wouldn't mind being that accurate at the distances he fishes, he just keeps it simple but deadly accurate

You can get a full range of tx2 and TX4 they do a 13ft intensity version of both, i guess the main difference is materials used,

I was struggling to be deadly accurate with a midi spomb at 12 wraps today I was either too soft or too hard on a few occasions, perhaps made for a good spread of bait though 😳 😁 I didn't try letting one fly though just got the job done tbh maybe another time Probably not a bad idea to have lessons though I don't think 😁

Nice, well worth it then, if the big lake is empty today when I get there I may try a bigger than normal chuck with the lead, just to see if I can improve 😁

There are vids on the tube of him or his tutorials using them another reason why I didn't mind recommending them 👍, did you have a tutorial ? If so has it added yards to your casting, having not needed to really cast before it's something I need to get better at tbh, I fancy having a go on a big pit just to get better at it

Fail to plan, plan to fail and I love it when a plan comes together 👍

Shimano tx2 might be worth a look, I had a look at them in a shop and thought they were nice rods for the money