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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.

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 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?

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.

Just ran a search for this online. It's available on 4OD for those who can stream. The pain is that I've just been migrated to Sky from Be and it keeps pausing. Never had this problem before. Time to change I think.

I've been using these since I came across them whilst talking to the owner of one of my local tackle shops. He'd only just got them in and weren't even on the shelf. Having previously used the Fox range and was starting to get disillusioned with them, I can say I'm very impressed. I think every one I've taken out of the packaging has been needle sharp. Last year I caught a 33lb fish on one of them and the hook was fine afterwards.