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I thought I'd give this a bump again as I'm out fishing tomorrow. There's 2 maybe 3 waters I'm going to look at tomorrow, which ever one I see fish on I'm going to fish. I've gotten everything ready to be packed in the car tomorrow after I've taken the little one to school, then I'm back early on Thursday morning. The weather is looking wet so at least it won't be cold. What ever happens, I'm going to enjoy it regardless

I still use my Fox Supa MK1, as I genuinely don't think there is anything better for setting up or packing down time. I bought it second hand nearly two years ago off a mate of mine. I never use the zip on front or the ground sheet for that matter and I've used it through the hottest and the coldest of nights. I like the vents at the back when it's really hot and I like I only really need 6 pegs to peg it down with. Without doubt it' the best brolly I have owned.

Sorry I did change the image as soon as I realised my mistake

Give Gink a go I used to use this a lot with dry flies.

Have you tried putting a foam nugget inside a small mesh pva bag along with your mix of choice? As Nick suggests, don't compress the bag too much as you want the air in the bag, but for extra buoyancy and a secure hook hold, try putting a pva nugget inside the bag to one side, then push the hook point through that.

Just to add, get a finger stall, I had a near miss last year being lazy, get the fox or daiwa versions as they wrap around your hand, I had no end of problems once the Korda finger stalls got wet, they kept coming off into the drink in front of me.

Just to throw a spanner into the works, I've been spombing/spodding on a regular basis in excess of 100 yards. Now I'm not really a fan of carrying multiple rods so mine have to perform a number of duties. I purchased shimano velocity's, 12ft 3.25lb tc. These rods coupled with 12lb sensor and esp 45lb shock leader have performed admirably. I do use the medium sized spombs and impact spods, and yes it may take a bit longer to get large amounts of feed out but I can tell you from first hand experience it's a great set up.

I've already moved onto another water during the closed season, it's in the same area but it's suffered and is still vulnerable to Otters. I haven't seen them yet but scales have been found on a number of occasions. Anyway I don't want to hijack this thread. Back to the OP the pod looks similar to a Gardner Black Shadow Pod with different banksticks and buzz bars attached. I have the gardner black shadow with cygnet 20/20 sticks and bars, works a treat.

Personally I like mine all neat and tidy, I can not stand the mess of single stick fishing. But that's just personal preference It's what I'm used to, back leads help, I've never had to much of a problem using this set up or a pod.

Neither would I, even though I've been guilty of having a pop back from time to time. It doesn't represent fishing for me, I wouldn't want Ben exposed to this.

Same to you

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If it's new, send it back and get a replacement

I have been toying with the idea of using paste for a while now, the biggest problem is the distance I'm casting and whether the paste would stay on or not. I've looked at various method feeders and paste bombs but I need to know the paste has stayed on, through the cast and when it hits the water. The idea is to do one cast only, and get as much attraction as possible for that one cast. Plus my rig can be fully broken down to accommodate a number of other applications. This is my normal lead set up I can just simply swap the lead over for a midi spomb without needing a third rod. This morning I was having a browse round the tackle shop, looking at various feeders, they were either to small or too bulky to reach the distance required. Then I spotted some drennan distance bombs. The idea is not the traditional idea of letting the paste spill off the feeder, I want to keep the paste in its original form for as long as possible. It just needs to be slowly leaching of attractors. This is what I will try out I may have to change the internal workings to cope with casting, but I think these will be perfect as long as I can reach where I need to be

Well another blank session, I won't be out for another two weeks. I'll be there next Friday getting the bait in but won't be fishing. Still We knew it was never going to be easy

I'm a recent convert, I have a fox file for heavy sharpening and a gardner pad just to Polish. I do mine just before they go out

It looks like we're packing up in the rain again, I'm just trying to hold back for a break between showers

I test everything, I don't understand why you wouldn't want to know what's happening.

Glad I could help fella

Cheers nige, I knew there was something going on moon wise

I'm definitely on fish, their boshing out over the far bank, we keep hearing them jump, that unmistakable slapping of the tail then a big crash down

There must be a recent hatch, the surface was alive with insects, plus I think it's a full moon either tonight or tomorrow.

Pre bait, then fish singles or stringers mate, maybe even paste around your bait. I'm just sitting in front of my brolly right now, watching and listening. Coffee in one hand, kangertech in the other