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I always took Free Spooling as a figure of speech, I've never actually free spooled as such, there's always a certain amount of tension but it's still looser than the front playing drag

Like I say, my fishing grew with bait runners, it's what I'm used too.

Do you need a middle man, that's not a euthenism by the way A negotiations expert

That entirely depends fella, far gone are the days of saving money making your own, you'd be better thinking it gives you the chance to use something unique, something different from the masses. You can save money, but with the quantities you by and trying to make it as good as the bigger guys you probably won't notice a lot of difference

It's all done for you when you wind the handle on a bait runner,

Phil Sorry if this teaches you to such eggs but Bait runners have two clutches, One for the playing fish One for that first initial take They have a front and rear drag, Others The front drag does both jobs, ie Playing fish and that first initial take. Bait runners use the handle to change from the initial take clutch to the playing fish clutch, each one can have it's own setting. Others, you adjust the front drag The only difference between the two is one uses the handle to switch over the other is switched over by you, using the front drag. As I've said, both are exactly the same in principle but they both use a different mechanism to achieve the same goal. Anglers can let a fish run on both bait runners and other reels, they still both have to be activated by the angler. Some people prefer the handle method, some people prefer the front drag method, it's the same. Both sets of anglers can be irresponsible, and it's the angler that is the problem not the reel.

There's nothing wrong with thinking oooooo shiny shiny lol

Anyway What happened to just buying something because you like it, I don't get this having to have a reason for every purchase, if you like it, buy it

Sorry, predictive text, bivvies lol

We had to buy the bait runner conversion kits for the older reels, I was using rear drag and bait runner reels before I moved into carp fishing, so it just stuck with me My fishing buddy like pram hood bibles, I like brollies, both do the same job, I think we just all have our own way

Nobody is letting anything run, it's no different than setting a front drag to do the same job as a bait runner, I just prefer a bait runner,

Fox could at least incorporate a couple of pegging points in those mats for the money you pay. I can imagine those hoods catching the wind and blowing off somewhere lol

I just find its what ever you've grown with, you do get line twist, thankfully I don't catch that many fish for it to be a problem lol

You have to bare in mind, some of the older anglers havent always had QD front drag systems on their reels, we had to wind up the front drag which on a couple of occasions I lost fish, I've had loads of bait runners over the years and always found I fished better, diawa regal, diawa emblem, shimano LC, shimano 10000, and now mitchell Avorunners. I have tried others, emblem s, wychwood riot and tfg ones, I just dont get on with front drag systems.

Bait runners are brilliant, not just for fishing but for a few applications, some people get on with front drag systems some people get on with rear systems. I use mine quite a lot, when markering it's quite handy just to clip open the baitrunner and pace out line, I presume it's just as easy with a front drag, I like em, doesn't make me lazy, some people like BMW's some like AUDI's, I've always found faffing around with a front drag a pain, a simple half wind of the handle and your into your fish.

Just got all of the kit dry from yesterday, now I just need to get ready for Friday

Nooooo I'd put my kettle above taking rods lol

That's all the gear I take Jon,

I'd gotten these rods as I'd seen some footage of the guys casting just over 200 yards on these rods, 13ft 3lbtc I think, so the only thing that's at fault is me, and I can work on that

I thought the same, but on the gear I have I could fish for weeks, I'd just need more food and bait.

I purchased a pair of Shimano Velocity Rods especially for this pit, I did measure a cast a few weeks ago before I really started casting and that was 25 wraps. I purposefully use a 20mm bait because I can clearly see if it's tangled or not, I've shortened my rigs by a couple of inches, because I think longer rigs just cause to much drag. If I needed any further I'd have to start using dumbells. I worked really hard at getting my casting up to scratch, I would say now 100 yards is a comfortable range for me, whereas before, I could get just beyond but it was a struggle. I was amazed the difference the rods made to be honest, especially when you really lean into it. It's funny because, you know when you've done a good cast, everything just feels right, I liken it to a peachy shot at the driving range. The sound of the rod is just different, softer rods you get that whipping high pitched sound, the velocity's just sound deeper and a bit more solid, if you know what I mean.

I'll take a picture of all of my gear I take when I get a chance, I think I'm the only angler who's whole ethos is to my his time the easiest it can be. #stripitdown lol

I had a strong wind coming in from left to right, and I actually used it a bit to carry the spomb that bit further. Tough going, but the casting is getting easier and easier, I quite like the challenge of it all. I think it's a difficult water, theres not many carp that come out during the year let alone the original stock, but I think that's my next target, one of the original fish. I don't care how long it takes I just love being on that water,