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Always fancied a crack at Walcot myself good looking place just a shame its no night fishing on the BAA ticket

Thanks for letting me know about this

Thanks that's not one I have read but I will be looking out for a copy from now on

That's a fair sized collection you have mate and I have a few of them myself but if you had to recommend just one book from them as a must read for every carp angler or your favourite one which would it be ?

Hi esmin I personally have had better results using a large widegape hook with mono hooklinks I'm not saying curvshanks won't work but all the bigger fish I have had with mono have been on widegapes and no shrinktube when I have experimented between the two hook patterns, I think it has something to do with the way the eye of the hook is angled when you tie it knotlessknot style using mono it kicks the mono out this points the point of the hook down when you use a curvshank it almost over compensates and because you don't have the suppleness of the braid the hook wont flip round properly tie some up and have a look for yourself. In response to your question I don't think adding shrinktube will be dangerous but it might cost you a bite.

A favorite of mine that I use on a no braid hook link venue is ESP soft ghost flouro carbon its quite supple but still gives you a bit of rigidity to kick the hook link away from the lead and at about £6 a spool its not too pricey.

I get my leads of a local lad 20 3oz gripper leads powder coated 10 green and 10 brown for £10 I am all set for the 16th

Sorry Danny I can't help with that one not fished it give the fishery manager a call though and see what he has to say regarding prices, waiting list ect and post your result up on here so we have a post for reference

Think you might be right Liam it might be Sutton Upon Tern near Market Drayton or one near Sutton Heath

Is that Sutton Bank farm if so you might need to have a word with the farmer whose land it is on I have fished it as a guest a few seasons ago and I think it was around £160 for the year and if I remember correctly I think it might have a waiting list on it.

This post should come with a clonker alert some fine carp there fella well angled

I lost my dog Stinkmutt in march I miss him everyday he was a proper mongrel lab/staff/whippet/collie and the best dog I could have wished for he was amazing such a good lad well behaved daft as a brush and funny he used to pester me for curry and beer if I was having some literally going crazy until he had a little bit. He got to 14 years old which is not bad innings but his back legs went and I had to take him for that last trip to the vet which was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do I am not ashamed to say I bawled my eyes out and I still get upset thinking about it I will have another dog eventually but its too soon at the moment' I have a cat as well but its not the same and you can't go out on long walks or fishing with a cat.

I like it how the part of the Hs2 line that run past the bottom of a load of MP's garden's is the bit they are putting under ground. One rule for us and another for them

I have had similar problems with my stiff rig set up I found going for a wider gaped hook sorted it and I would agree to lose the silicone tube.

I have had my optonic alarms for 3 or 4 years not sure what generation they are though G1 b's I think and they have not missed a beat even when its been monsoon weather. I did break the clip on the back of the receiver in the fist week though. Are you sure the new ones on the buzzbar are not removable seems a bit daft to have a screw thread on the alarm in the middle