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go for the 13s mate, I have used them and they were ideal. 15s youll need a fair bit of weight even with size 4 hooks.

wont catch anything on them if you dont use them. I'm like yonny and use pop-ups for 95% of my fishing, I will put on a snowman no problem but not used a straight bottom bait for years. My go to rig doesnt even suit using one.

It really depends on how you want to fish said pop up. If you want it critically balanced so it slowly settles on the bottom then you need to weight it so it just sinks. A heavy weight will make it sink fast and pin it to the bottom. I tend to use this route when fishing hard bottoms as I think it helps hook grab the lip. If you use a heavy weighted pop up on soft bottoms then there is the potential the hook gets dragged in to muck and masked. Then you have the arguement of the fish. A critically balanced bait acts more natural and will waft up in the water column as fish root about. Some wise old fish have been known to flank the bottom to see which food items move and which ones don’t. Barnwell mirror and the nutsey fish are just two of them.

Mine live rolled down and ready to step in too. Nice sunny day I’ll lay them inside out if I’ve got the sweaty or wet inside somehow (rain) and they’ll dry off very quickly. I need some sunshine so I can lay my new ones out to soften!

I'm interested as I can stash it in the undergrowth and only bring it out when I need it depending on swim choice...but then again I'll be in a fenced place with no other anglers but if it went walkies, it could be replaced.

P.s. I believe the cygnet baiting poles are about £117 at angling direct https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/cygnet-baiting-12m-pole?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh7zWBRCiARIsAId9b4qybujIgsTFPt2QYpiINDoPJ_P31Nn3kXhfZvLjXzxqLRUZcNU66HwaAiA9EALw_wcB

Was having a play with a baiting pole at the weekend. One of the lads had an old 20m pole. Bought second hand for a few quid. He’d binned the top sections and bought the spare top kit from cygnet and Job done. Could a less time consuming but slightly more expensive way around it. Not sure how it would cope with lots of bait though. We just used it to drop a rig right to some snags with a handful of bait.

sensor is a staple of many an angler. Used it all the time when growing up. I have three spare spools with 22lb sensor brown for river fishing. Only downside to it is that it doesnt sink as quickly as more modern monos. I'd look at the PB products mono...18lb in 0.30 diameter and it sinks like a brick. One of the lads on the social with me at the weekend was using the 24lb version @ 0.35mm diameter. I'm tempted to switch from gardner GTHD next time i re-spool

ive got a set of daiwa emblem black reels sitting in my wardrobe ready to be sent for a few customisations. It was a toss up between ultegras, the more expensive daiwa tournie 5000T or the emblems and I went for the emblems based on the fact the first emblems were released yonks ago, same design and still going strong. Similar to the tournies but fraction of the price.

Surely this wouldnt work on hard bottoms, you'd see if there was a layer of silt on top of it but if you cast it on to a gravel area, not much gravel, if any would end up in there, just the substrate below it.

you'll find it difficult as its gated. Jump on the NPFA facebook page and message Ade, he or one of the other members will show you around.

The big pit has the most fish. Some new stock. Not easy by any means. Couple of them just touch 30. Swan and bailey are almost unfishable due to the amount of silt in them. Not many in there either but lookers. Horseshoe/neck/suntrap are fairly weedy. Alright stock with a few pushing upper 20s. Again, nice lookers. The flooding moves some of the stock about but the big pit is mostly unaffected. I fished it a few years back when it was quiet. It’s a bit more popular nowadays but value for money is good

Cheers mate. I could see myself requiring one when I switch venues and casting room is restricted. Bet it is an art. I use anti tangle and foam so I'd assume it goes straight once it melts off and sinks just the line lay for the first couple feet. Almost need to tighten up to the lead and then re-slacken to make sure it's straight.

And if you havent BC could you do a picture guide when you do. One question. How do you ensure you rig lays out as you would hitting the clip?

individual sticks allow you to position your rods where you want them at any angle or position. something you cant really do with pods. However pods can be used on any surface (not safely though) whereas sticks cant. You can buy stage stands for sticks and these will work on wood. However if your fishery is silly enough to install the plastic platforms then it's pod only, and those can be dragged across the plastic ones anyway.

same as the syncro seemed to suddenly be awful.

I've heard a lot of bad things about the recent technium batches

It's not all about size of fish, how snaggy is the lake? how much weed? is there mussel beds? is there many gravel bars that could cause cut offs. I fish 15lb for most occasions because I dont know whether i'll be putting the rod in open water or next to a snag. It keeps my options open. I'd never fish anything lighter to snags because you want the abrasion resistance and extra diameter.

tbh mate I have like 9million swivels already, not on the look out. Bank tackle does the job for me now at a good price. plus you can order bulk. Like salokcinnodrog said before, I use fox drop off kits, that only fit fox swivels, as they use size 7 for all of their stuff, including leads. I dont buy their leads, I just manipulate the swivel so it fits how I want it to. These big brands try not to be universal to force you to buy their bits and bobs, nothing a set of pliers wont do though.

People pay for the convenience of it. I could spend half an hour looking for cheap Matt finish swivels that are actually strong for a cheap price. In bulk probably too. Or I can buy some carp taxed ones within a minute of getting on the internet. However I can find non Matt ones within minutes with 100 costing a few quid. I use them for my marker floats and randomly fixing various things. Wouldn't use them for actual fishing as I don't have a clue if they'll cope.

eBay. You'll find 6 cans for around £20

Bulin T4 for sure. Best £25 I spent. Delivered from somewhere in Asia in 5 working days an all

If it's been tested and you can see that certification then it's fine

Not music but I'm not sure if anyone has discovered the magic sponge podcasts. If you are in to your football these are well worth listening to. I'm in tears of laughter every time. Rob Beckett, jimmy bullard and a couple more. Special guests a plenty. John sitton, graham stack, David Bentley and David noble are incredible episodes

personally i'd go sonik over greys, just because Greys tend to change their range often, so you might find yourself without spares if you need them, whereas the dominator X is new to sonik so spares aplenty for the next few years. My sonik Sk3 rods have been battered and abused and still have life left, although I will upgrade to Gravity X at some point. From what I gather Greys customer service is not great, whereas when i've dealt with Sonik for a new tip section it was with me the next day and only heard good thing. Best idea is to get your hands on both of them at a tackle shop and see which suits.