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Just seen on the Snowbee website they do clip ons as well.

I was thinking of prescription Costa del Mars that are designed for fishing. Although I checked them out today and with prescription lenses, they're over £300. I'm off to America later in the year and as I'll need to go get an upto date prescription, I may see if they're cheaper over there and pre-order to collect on my travels. I think the Snowbee over glasses were around £20-£30. If I'm wearing normal sun glasses, I'll just wear my contacts but for a fishing situation, they're just impractical.

I have some Snowbee over glasses I bought last year which are pretty decent, there better than any I've had previously and are a fly fishing make, which is probably why they're better. Although I don't think any you find will come as close as proper prescription polarising lenses. I need to go get my eyes tested and new glasses as I stepped on mine the other week. Once I have my prescription I think I'll bite the bullet and get some proper prescription polarising glasses.

Pretty certain it doesn't count.

Also got that weed rake, I managed to pick up whilst leading around. That saved me a bit as was considering buying one of those. ☺

Neal I had one open up on me first time out. Admittedly the fish was in weed and was slowly making its way to the net, so the hold may have slipped and put an abnormal pessure on the hook. I personally wouldn't use them from a confidence perspective if I thought the hook would be tested.

Have you tried the hydrolink extreme?

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When you mention a carp study group and Colne Valley waters, including Korda lake, it doesn't take much to find out it'd the BCSG. They're easy enough to find online and detail how you can join and get access to the waters. http://www.bcsg.co.uk/why_join.php

I saw elsewhere someone mention Adam Penning talking about what he has been using recently. Here's a post from his Facebook, where he mentions it. Haven't tried it myself but may have a look at picking one up myself. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=528276817338516&id=100004686062084 Otherwise, you're probably better with an external flash and diffuser to reduce the harshness of the light.

I will say my idea of the wood was inspired by Newmarkets sponge in a swim feeder. The reason I recommended wood, is that a lot of sponges are made of plastic and so aren't particularly environmentally friendly. There are biodegradable and natural sponges out there though.

I would think maybe plugging with something bio - degradable and natural that would take on liquid attractors. Something like cork or another porous wood. It should over time decompose and I wouldn't think it would be damaging to the environment. although I'm not an expert. Another suggestion would be to fill it with boilie paste or maybe Belachan block, cut and squeezed in to fill it. Both would I imagine gradually break down. If you want it the attraction to last maybe add the porous material into the bottom 15mm and the remainder fill with your other mix.

If I was to guess, I'd say the third. It has nothing to do with picture quality though as to why I'd say that.

This might sound daft but when you say the lock switch is set to "off" you're not referring to the way the power switch is labelled? I would think the lock goes the other way?

I'm with Nige that you'll only get good results with a camera. If you're stuck with the phone, you could try softening the flash. Something like white tissue paper can be used but will be a pain on the bank. You want something that will let light through but not in such a harsh way. If they're still a little dark try turning up the exposure. You should generally be ok without a flash in the day.

Yesterday was an easterly and this morning it was due to swing to a South Westerly? Have a number of weekend anglers turned up and there's a lot of pressure one end? Are you still seeing fish where you are? Have you walked around, are there more elsewhere? I'm asking as if the weather's changed/angling pressure changed, the fish could easily be elsewhere.

Out of curiosity why would you use shrink tube? It would make it difficult to remove the hook and change it in my opinion. Which is one of the main reason I use it.

Why a pressure cooker?

Nm you should go into detail as that makes good reading on a forum. I'm not certain but I don't think enzymes die? I thought they were either active or not depending whether their temperature and ph conditions are met and you may not need them active all the time. I'll check it out though.

I only have a limited knowledge but did quite a bit of reading over winter when not fishing. I would think it would have more to do with the bait beginning to be broken down and aminos being freed and being able to be better utilised by the carp (The enzymes are pre-digesting the bait so the carp doesn't need to). That will result in softness especially boilies as the egg protein (binder) is acted upon. If you manage to succesfully incorporate enzymes then you're going to end up with a soft bait and you're not going to be able to fish it on the hook or at least it's unlikely. You'll likely have to feed it as a carpet feed and put something more stable/hard over the top. The above may all be wrong though but if others have other thoughts would be good to hear them/be put right.

Not too far from there is Horseshoe, I fished it last year and there's a few write ups on here by Nige and also someone doing a blog "underthebrolly". I'm hoping to go do 3 days on it myself during July.

I've finally managed to sort this out as things have now settled with the job. Decided I'll do Thorney Weir as never tried to fish mid weeks on a consistent basis so that will be a new experience. Got 3 out of the next 4 weeks sorted. Going to have to strip everything back as want bare minimal stuff to pack away.

Turnip I only commented to clear up an inaccuracy associated to my name. Maybe someone else will want to have the discussion. There's too much hyperbole, conjecture and incongruence on the board for me to want to contribute.

The one I pointed you to is completely different to what John posted here from that company. One I sent talked a lot on enzymes but difficulties incorporating in a bait. As they are temperature and ph dependent and their inclusion will start to break down a bait so it's unusable on a hook. The one that John posted is about creating a chemical signal with no food source/substance behind it and attracting carp through meeting a deficiency it has and is seeking out. This thread had some great potential to educate and enhance people's knowledge. Maybe it will get going with people who understand bait and can add positively to it.

Kings Nordley Pools near Bridgnorth could be a suitable place for what you're after. You can only night fish their gage pool and have to book on. There aren't any pegs as such, so you can be as close as you like to one another, it's just a grass bank. They don't charge for guests and it's pretty well stocked. 10 fish or more in 24 hours wouldn't be uncommon. There are no real rules except unhooking mats and barbless hooks. Fish wise largest go to 20lb but not many average around 10-12lb. They have a Facebook page which will give you an idea on stock.