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Seems early for the reports this year. Hopefully it won't be as bad as 2 years ago.

I was fishing a local club lake near me a few years ago. It's in the middle of a nice housing estate, so no night fishing. In the middle of the day, I saw something moving across the water. Initially, I thought it was a small rat, but the shape wasn't right. As it swam past my swim, no further than 5m out, I could clearly see that it was a snake. Not sure if it was grass or adder, but I suspect it was the latter. My parents had an adder resident in their garden years ago. They're not really a problem to be honest. I would just recommend that you avoid treading on them. Apparently they don't like it.

If they are saying 2% less stretch, to.me, I would read that as 2% of the 20%, so reduction of 0.4%. Is that really much of a difference. It's all playing with numbers. As they say 'there's lies, damn lies and statistics', just ask any politician. It's the same with marketing.

Has any one had any recent experience of the nash trax evo? I know they're not the cheapest, but what's the build like? They look like they can carry very big loads.

Even better, check out the video on YouTube. Look at the cooking and carping channel. They're sponsored by ridge monkey, but they show what can be done, including Thai green curry.

Just gone for the xl. The wife saw it on cooking and carping and said she wants one. It'll end up in my cooking bag later on for when we go camping, so hopefully will stay there.

Mines the 3m pack. I wonder if they had problems with line damage as I mentioned above. Cut steel wire can be sharp.

I've got some of this and the back of mine states: Can be cut with sharp scissors What's put me off using it is that it's a coil of steel on the inside. It should be nice and heavy when on the lake bead, BUT if that's a coil of steel wire on the inside, surely the cut ends will be fairly sharp and could cause serious line damage. What I've gone for instead is the Korda Dark Matter and got myself the Nash Tube Threader. Basically a twisted long thin steel wire with a loop at the end.

Is there anywhere to see these setup before buying?

I was making some hobo stoves with the scouts out of drinks cans and noticed that it got easier to cut the cans with the scissors the more cans we had cut and how sharp the scissors were after. Only looked it up after. [emoji1]

Try cutting some aluminium foil with the scissors you want to sharpen. Repeat until sharp enough. Usually does for me.

I've got a pair of the Matrix stage stands. Great pieces of kit. The only downside is that you've got to take a screwdriver with you. The supplied screw is a standard Philips. If that's really too much of a hassle for you, there's the Jag stage bite. Very nicely engineered and one part works as a screwdriver, BUT, its £60+ for a pair. They supply a torx bit and a torx headed screw. These will probably work better overall, but I can imagine replacement screws being challenging to source. The bit looked like a standard screwdriver bit, so can probably be swapped out for a Philips or flat head bit of you want. Can't comment on the others but would expect them to be similar to the Matrix.

I've got the Chub Vantage 3 rod plus. Comes with 3 individual sleeves and you can buy extras. They can vary from 11.6 ft to 12.6ft rods. (Get them asap if you go for this and want them) It will take a maximum of 5. Well made and each rod is very well protected. I've got my 3 rods, a spod rod and a float rod all made up plus my brolly system. Very nice bit of kit. Not sure how much longer they'll be doing it for. They released both this an the 5 star system back in 2013, so will probably be looking to replace it in the next year or 2. Is it fashion or planned obsolesence?

Hi guys. Has anyone had any experience with these butt rests? I remember seeing them at the Carp Society show years ago and they looked to be really good, solid and easy to get you rods out of. Been thinking about them for ages and wondering whether to get some.

Fished there once years ago. Nice little fishery, but seemed to mostly cater for the pleasure/match crowd. It wasn't a very picturesque place when I visited though, lots of bare earth as if they'd been doing some major remodelling. It may have improved though.

Scary, yes but it could have an interesting positive outcome for others elsewhere. Firstly, if the fish are causing as much damage as is being reported to the local ecology, then the local government has to act in some way. Imagine if this was back here and the invasive species was topmouth gudgeon or Japanese Knotweed to name a couple of current threats we currently face. For both of these, we are looking at several ways of tackling them including, with Japanese Knotweed, the release of Japanese bugs that feed exclusively on the Japanese Knotweed. How is this any different to the Australian government releasing KHV? Secondly, I am pretty sure that when there have been outbreaks here of KHV, there have been survivors of the virus, just like there have been survivors of ebola in Africa. The net effect of this could result in a population of Carp that is immune to KHV, purely down to the numbers involved. This population could then be a source population that we could use to populate local waters with KHV resistant fish. Not what the Australian government intends or wants, but look at what's happening with anti-biotics.

I went for the Angling Direct power stove. Exactly the same as the Trakker but £10 cheaper, plus it comes with a hard case instead of a drawstring bag.

Hi lardybloke, On the fishing. Baits or style. [emoji3]

Hi Lardy, Thanks for that. Going there for a few days next week. Any advice from your experience? Thanks.

Hi guys. Me and the family are looking to go camping at 1/2 term and are looking for suggestions. Obviously I'm looking for some carp fishing. Somewhere nice and peaceful with nice views that allows night fishing. [emoji6] We have a large bungalow style tent. Flat, level pitches are almost essential. We would like electric hookup if possible. The Mrs wants decent toilets/showers (definitely not chemical loos). Somewhere to keep the kids amused (preferably not arcade games) would also be good. I've seen fir tree farm in warmington online. Has anyone been there before/ know what the fishing is like?

Hi guys. I'm looking for your thoughts on either the trakker or advanta power stove(angling direct). They're made by a Chinese company called Fire Maple and are a re-branded FMS-100T. They can also be known as the King Kong. These guys also make the trakker and fox kettles and some of their pots and pans. You can't get their stuff in the UK without shipping from China or HK. I've seen one in a shop and it had a loose pan support is this normal or should they all be rigid once the feet are extended?

Hi guys. I've found myself in Ringwood for a few days. Has anyone got any advice on Somerly Lakes? I'm hoping to fish the main lake in the next day or 2.

Hi guys. I'm planning on go tomorrow. I can't decide between Bury Hill, Furnace Lakes or Twynersh. I'm open to other suggestions, but I'll be going for the day and I'm after somewhere that's open till dusk. Which would you reccomend?

Try Sumners Ponds Fishery & Campsite in Sussex. They have premium lakeside pitches. 2 grass and 9 hard standing. It looks like they even have electric hookups.

Worked it out. Previously had the old router in transparent mode. Had a firewall behind that and a separate wireless access point with directional antennas, always kept angled to cover the correct parts of the house. Due to the location of my router, I had to turn off the internal WiFi on the new router and reinstate the access point. The inbuilt antenna wasn't up to the task the directional ones were.