cyborx

NM as soon as winter kicks in and my lake is empty of anglers I plan to be gizzing every session

DF bashing is becoming a bit of a pastime, but to be fair to the bloke it don't matter who DF, KN, RG. they might be nice blokes to talk to but they ALL want your money.
that's why they are in business. even the "educating the youngsters" line is aimed at generating cash in the long run.
every bit of tackle that they produce, good or bad is aimed at getting wonga out of your wallet.
every FREE dvd is just promotional gumph to get you to buy their gear and line their pockets.
every angler that they sponsor is just a walking advert that most carpers see as hero's and seek to emulate, thereby further generating cashola.
all purveyors of carp tackle sell c rap as well as gold, you just have to be astute enough to see thru the hype and choose wisely.
so go ahead and bash DF if you feel you need to, but dont forget that others are just as guilty of opportunism.
i do apologize to Danny, Kevin and Richard for using you as examples but that does apply across the board to all tackle developers and manufacturers and in fact ANY one who is in the business of supplying goods to the public.
 
rant over

Married huh????

Jeeez

Quite right matey .
 
Yours are like a legered reverse upside down zigged floater float

weelll, that seals the argument then.
 
 
i should be out on the bank, not sitting here moping :cry:

S' ok neal, you cant help it if the old b/censored/r is blind
they remind me of the circle hook thats prolific on the continent and usa

that will be steve ringer as the reason then,,, match fishermen PFTTTTT.

nah, like this
 

 
go to your library on p/b, click the pic then when it loads if you click the link called 'direct' it will go yellow and 'copied'
 
above the chat box here you will see little icons, take bottom row 9th from the right and click.
in the popup box right click and paste, click 'ok' and WOW magic
 
edit about tapatalk, i can never get that to work for me so i u/l to pc when i get home :oops:

si, i have a well known brand net with a fine mesh but i also get this problem from time to time. i put it down to the carp sometimes having a dorsal bone with a small barb that stands out from the fin and while the fish struggles in the net it becomes pushed thru the mesh.
a little care and patience soon sees the carp back in the water unharmed
 
i will add tho that my net is a fox warrior s and as far as i know that model has one of the fines meshes available on a landing net.

get an account on photobucket, put your pics in a library on there then put them direct into your post
 
like this
 

 
thats not me by the way

all sound info from androoooo,
or you could always drop a bit of mackerel in a cray pot in the margins.
then get your own back and boil em up with chilli and paprika,,, yummy

oh thats ok then,i thought "soon he will be giving it a lift out on a bait boat" as apposed to being cruel and chucking it out

i actually wrote a loooong post that basically said "stick with the way you are doing it" it works
just as i was about to click 'post' the baby picked up the mouse and deleted it
 
welcome to the forum and just remember, pin yr boilies down

Ejecting the lead on every take is the biggest load of old tosh I've heard in all my years fishing.
 
The ridiculous reason that most sponsored money grabbers anglers give is that you are 'in direct contact with the fish'. Rubbish, there are 16 ounces in a pound, so a five pound fish weighs 80 ounces, what difference is even a four ounce lead going to make?

looks to me like SAFE no longer means safe, its now just synonymous with 'more money in the bank'
 would be interesting to get danny and kevins take on the SAFETY aspect tho.

after allowing myself to be coerced into going piking at my local club venue by my nephew, i hit into my my PB of around 12lb or so ( prev was a jack of about 4-5lb)
 
https://imageshack.com/i/nai19wj
 
around half hour later mommy popped up to thank me for looking after hubby lol
 
https://imageshack.com/i/nf6n3dj
 
yet another PB of exactly 25lb, an angler from the otherside of the pool came puffing round with his scales for a look
nephew blanked,,, result lol
first time of putting pics up on this site, i hope it works cos they are well worth the look

Fantastic day out mate. Nice one.
 
I've taken the liberty of directly posting you pictures below, hopefully you don't mind 
 
Cyborx and his 12lb PB pike:
 

 
Cyborx and his new PB 25lb pike: