Gazlaaar

Just an idea with a bit of modern tech in mind. We all have phones with Internet connection, well, if there's any around; how about A Bit Of Interactive Bank Chat while we're on the bank, photos, ideas, show us your tips, or maybe you have a question you need answering whilst your on the bank. As this is a pretty busy forum I think it could work. Go on, give it a go, an, as it happens thread, oooo no hashtags, there strictly forbidden lol

Sometimes you hear a piece of music that just stops you in your tracks

Decathlon still do them at £45 each

Mitchell Avorunners,,

A bit of an unsung hero, but I still rate the Fox Micron alarms of old, bullet proof and reliable

I thought I'd put up a few useful knot diagrams

These were the ones I used with the old springer arms

I think the solar ones were best, used with the adjustable pozi boss thingy, you could adjust just how tight or how loose to have your lines

I quite like springers, particularly with the rod tips pointing up, it's almost like long-range feeder fishing

I have no idea why it's an irritation of mine, but it really grates on me, I can't sit still and relax until it's right lol

I have to have my buzz bars level, the handles the same because it irritates the hell out of me. I have an engineering and wood working back ground, and when you've had years of getting everything plumb and true, little things like this bug me. Anyone else's gear is absolutely up to them but mine, no, it has to be right. Does it catch me anymore fish? No, of course it doesn't but I'm not sat there irritated looking at my rods. I have many failings, and this is one of them

Yep, gently let it hit the water on its side, then it shouldn't open

A company called matrix innovations make them I think their called cheeky monkeys. Some people still use them

That might of been Matt Hayes

The mini should be good enough mate, a little trick to bare in mind, and this is only because I'm a right old scrooge, if you make a bad cast, slow the cast down with your fingers and you can almost lay the spomb down onto the surface, this way it won't open and youll save on bait lol

I use a midi spomb on 3.25tc rods to get bait out a good distance, fully loaded with pellets it weighs 4 ounces,

I have an ESP one, it's not that great for range, the elastics feel a little soft, there better for particles up to medium range. I like drennan, better elastics, better cups, just better all round, plus you can get spares

I tried the fox midi version out for a while, I must admit the midi spomb is better.

Drennan do some great catapults for all applications

I've had ideas and then sometime later I've seen it somewhere. Bluetooth Alarms Nets the fold up and are also a weigh sling, just bits and pieces like that. I do remember having to make stuff to suit from various bits and pieces and wished they were available to buy. Isotopes on bivvy zips was one I did that cost a small fortune lol

Sorry Phil, never heard of them although they sound quite, I might watch a few more. I saw these at an Oz Fest years ago, along with Mushroom Head and Cradle Of Filth. I'll always remember standing at the back as cradle of filth came on, two lads were doing poppers at the back of the burger van lol Anyway, American Head Charge, excellent live performance when I saw them

I'd also say some kind of multi tipped barbel rod. I have an Avon rod with multiple tips, it's great for small fish and I've caught carp on the surface to 18lb on it

Just to bump this again, I'm still using this lead set up; especially as I'm casting a long way at the moment. I only own two rods, so they have to perform a multitude of uses, and this presentation provides everything I need.

This has to be listened to at number 11