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Hi Mac You mentioned Bream , and one of the many things I have learned on this forum is your rig must reset ; so I'm thinking if you are getting a lot of silvers picking at your bait you don't want your rig lying in a tangled heap if your bait has been spat out . Therefore , I always use a coated braid . I also prefer pop ups as they are " primed / cocked " ready , rather than having to spin to get into a position to hook a fish when the hook is lying flat on the lakebed . I have some self tied Multi Rigs , but despite upping the hook size to a 4 my hook holds have all been in the scissors , and sometimes right on the edge leaving little margin for error . So I have been trying ESP Ready tied Gripper Combi- Rig in brown SZ.6 hook , and I hooked a carp yesterday in the bottom lip , but it's early days yet . 😃

What's wrong with McDonalds ? , then you could have got away earlier . I hope you are lakeside now , Elmo , surely you didn't get stuck with the washing up as well as the cooking ? . 😁

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Thanks , Smufter , but Thursday ? 🤔, it's always been Tuesday is White Cottage Day ; I wake up and you are at the water , and when I get home from work there may be a 'photo of you posing with a lump with the classic Smufter grin . 😁

Is that a freudian slip , or a typo , Chill 🤔

Any chance of a 'photo , Smufter in front of your new Trakker shelter ? . I read that Snugpak were going to be at Brentwood , but I couldn't make it . 😃

Strewth Carpepecheur , for goodness sake be careful ! 😱. I think this is one occasion you don't want to be dressed head to toe in Realtree ! . 😃

I use Hydro Tuff , Cpt. , and so far I am happy with it . Have you decided to use HT after finding your answer ? . 😄

Missed the show this year , Blue , visiting my Son . Thanks very much for the review . Next year will your Wife be offering Bed and Breakfast at you gaff with a taxi service to the show and a packed lunch ? . 😁

I will be very interested to read the " Smufter Review " . The German guy in the video seemed to spread the brolly open with incredible ease , something which ( as I haven't got the arms of an Orangutan ) I find a bit fiddly ; also having " flicked " the brolly open the sides appeared nice and taut without any tweaking i.e. pegging down after using the strap to pull the sides in . 😃

A water near me has a scaffolding pole driven in where there is a gravel bar , but I'm sure you'll be a lot more discrete ! ; maybe trees as markers , and just hope they don't blow down . 😁

So I guess you will otter fence your project , and take detailed 'photos of the lakebed before it fills up with water ? . Sounds very exciting . 😁

Thanks very much , Yonny . 😃

As an extreme example , if you sat up all night in a Deck Chair and had a bite wouldn't you be painfully slow to react because you were so stiff and aching ; a comfortable bedchair would hopefully have you ready to spring into action ! ? . 😁

Kev. , would you use a Deeper to quickly get a rough idea of the features of the lake , if you then got your Marker Rod out to confirm your findings ? . I find that I need more experience with my Deeper to get the most benefit from it , as Carpepecheur says . 😃

Well nobody would be ringing your bell without permission , Dayvid ! . 😁

Well I use my Deeper for Map Making Spot Finding I use the Deeper on days when I'm not actually fishing , but just want to be at the lake / only have a few hours available to me / the weather is too cold and/or wet . I wouldn't use the Deeper if there was anyone on my part of the lake as I wouldn't like it if I was fishing and someone was casting their bolt rig out every 5mins. 😃

Hello Elmo I use a Deeper Pro+ , but with the Fish Finder turned off ( yes I'm that disciplined 😁) . However , having obtained a quicker map of the lake bed with the " Big Cone " , if I see something interesting I'll get out my marker rod outfit as I'm not totally convinced / understand the Deeper Pro . 😃

Thanks , Nick 😃

Thanks , Elmo . My Wife's unexpectedly going away for a night or 2 , so tomorrow I can go out to play ! . 🎣

Ahh , lovely stuff , Emmcee . Thanks very much . 😄

Hello Everyone I was doing a bit of marker work down the shallow end of my lake so as not to disturb the other anglers down the deeper , main body of the lake ; and I was surprised to see 3 or 4 , maybe scraper double carp , swimming about quite active . So I'm thinking as the carp were so active they must be using up energy which they would need to replace by eating , but as I don't think the shallows are fished much , if at all , at this time of year , what are the carp eating ? . I was bringing up what I considered healthy , freshly growing weed , but are there any " naturals " around at the moment ? . Ta 😃

Hello Elmo , Happy Christmas . An Apeman C550 Dash Camera and a MacBook Pro ( 2nd hand , but well cared for ) . 😁

Thanks very much , G.P. , I did ! . 😃

I've got an original Trakker Tempest Brolly which I'm very happy with for the speed and ease of erecting . I did snap the the top of the composite block when I heaved on the lever without spreading the Brolly out to its' full extent , but the block was replaced f.o.c. through my local tackle shop . 😀