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So wouldn't David also  be better off with a 3 wheeler ? .
Surely it would be less tiring to just push , rather than lift and push ? .

Hello spr 
 
Stupid question , but with a 3 wheeler I guess you push the barrow with all 3 wheels on the ground , rather than lift the back legs off the ground and keeping your arms straight push the barrow along on the front wheel ? .

You'll have to change your name to Dedicated Dave , 2 1/2 miles is still a very long way to me - Yonny is just mad enough to run that distance wearing a backpack as well as pushing a Barrow  just to make it more of a challenge 

Fox Micron ..... been around for ever very good basic alarm and cheap.

why are you starting off with so many rigs??
6" hooklink with a knotless knot and a short hair has been catching carp for generations and is still a good place to start.
the addition of a rig ring to create a blowback rig is the next logical step and every rig that is in use now is just a variation on the theme,
kicker here, shrink tube to hold the hair on the bend there.
there is an old adjective that i always think applies more to fishing than anything else and that is ''slowly, slowly catchee monkey''
start small and build YOUR OWN style from there would be my advice

And to prove that point somewhat I'm 6'2" and can't cast for toffees [emoji23][emoji23]
 
 
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Not at all bud, I too would like to hear feedback - I've only tried the 18 lb, just bought another spool a few weeks back, and wondering if I should have tried the 15 lb myself.

Just ordered some ..Wychwood DPF line, the purple stuff, a few are using on here ,
 
Ill see how it compares to Big Game in due course .

Will do gents

Munch Baits do freeze dried Snails , or what about Dynamite Baits Hempseed and Snails ? .
 

Gardner Pro Light Blend 12 lb
or 
Sufix Synergy Carp 15lb
 
  

This is where I am cleverer than a clever thing having a particularly clever day.... Whatever I order gets delivered to work. Pop it in the jam jar and drive home, leaving said items in the boot. Get up early while she is still lying in bed farting and snoring and sneak them down into the shed. Works every time.

Hello Cyborx
 
Well I've been having this problem of short hair or long hair all season , so I've changed to Pop Up Rigs ! .
So now all I have to do is position the boilie tight to the " shoulder " of the hook   , umm no I'm still having problems with missed bites and losing fish  .

I like to keep my hooklengths to 8" or under.
I have a Korda rig safe that will only take 8" hooklengths
   

I'v done well on long hairs over the years, even on pop ups, one of my best sessions came while using a 2inch gap between hook and bait with the hook 3inches of the deck, all were hooked solid and bang dead centre , and one had the bait cut off.....this I guessed was because the bait had been taken back into the teeth.............now a bit of a ramble as its hard to write what I think, but, the mass (?) of the bait is affected far greater when blown out then the mass of the hook ( or is it drag?? something anyway), so when the bait goes in further with the hook, the hook stays in longer(milliseconds) until the bait is ejected which I believe gives a better chance for the hook to turn and take a hold.
 
One thing that I know for sure is that while using long hairs I hardly ever have hook pulls.

Amen to that!
German rigs, Ronnie rigs, Seesaw rigs....... add a different type of bait screw and let's call it a Bertie rig.
Just tie a hook on the end of your line, freeline a lump of luncheon meat, a worm, some sweetcorn or a lump of breadflake into the margins at first light, tighten up a tad and watch your line where it enters the water.
No rig mechanics and will fool the wariest of carp.
   

There is a very simple way of looking at your rig:
A) Keep it simple, a standard knotless knotted or knotless knotted and line aligned rig will catch most fish. A knotless knotted rig will not always work, sometimes you do need a line aligner, and a proper line aligner rather than a shrink tube kicker.
 
B) Look at where you hook, or even lose your fish.
If you are hooking in the cheek, the back of the mouth or throat of the fish your hair is too long.
If you lose fish, from hookpulls, or the hook is in the extreme edge of the lip then the hair is too short.
If you get a perfect bottom lip hook placement then the hair length is exactly right.
 
Only change one thing at a time, the hair, the hook, or hooklink material, or length of the hooklink.
The stiffness or suppleness of the hooklink material will make a difference as to how easily the hook and bait is taken, as will whether the hooklink is straightened out or not. Try fishing the same (braided or coated braid) hooklink straightened out or allowed to collapse flat and compare results.
 
Different brands of hooks may be different sharpnesses, even if the pattern shapes are the same or similar. Personally, I have found that the sharpest hooks straight from the pack are Solar 101's, Gardner Muggas, Gamakatsu, ESP/Drennan and Kamasan. I will only ever use those brands.

Thanks very much everyone , especially Yonny who's saved me  lots of money as he has " used most of them " ! .
 
It's all the properties that Yonny lists Stevo that I'm , and I think the other chaps are after .

Hello Smufter 
 
Sorry for the delay in replying , I have the JRC Contact Barrow .
 
I'm very happy with it .
It folds up in half ( you could really do with an extra pair of hands , but you soon get the knack of using your knees ! ) and  the wheel removes quickly .
 
The only problem is that I could do with being taller or  having shorter arms as I find the back legs sometimes catch on the ground so I have to bend my arms where I really want to have straight arms .
 
Maybe this is the Barrow for you also , Spr 
 
Hope the above helps .
 

Well it was delivered today. Was raining too. The package got wet and I thought for a minute they had just delivered me an empty spool!!
This stuffs good.

I used to fish with a guy who for a while had a two rod set up, with, wait for it.... DIFFERENT REELS! How he ever got a run with kit like that is beyond me!

only if you are a tart cm [emoji6] I purposefully set my stuff all over the place, if any one would like to complain they shall receive a polite " mind ya own business pal"
 
 
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Well Smufter , DPF sales could rocket or plummet - it's all down to you .
 
No pressure then ! .
 
I think you at least should post a picture of your tarty set up  . 

Thank goodness it's Yonny with the laboratory , if was someone like Cyborx goodness knows what his twisted mind - oops , I mean fertile imagination would conjure up ! .
 

Thank goodness it's Yonny with the laboratory , if was someone like Cyborx goodness knows what his twisted mind - oops , I mean fertile imagination would conjure up ! .