Carpbell_ll

Mitchell are worth a look and they make the reels i bought the Avocet spod that Erics Angling sold i have had it under water loads of times well happy with it, so i'm looking at the Mitchell MX 6 they do three different sizes. Nuffinbutfishing looks happy with it in this video

The Nash Camlocs can't fault them been using them for around 6 years still solid with a sharp open and close click and more to the point they really have been essential fishing small snaggy waters the amount of times in the past i have had rods bouncing around and worse these Nash butt rests have put an end to that. Nash seem to be a bit short on reputable tackle testers and reviews in the world of social media, if any tackle makers would like to send me some gear I would happily use it and if works as should I will make a true review video, if it's useless tat I will quietly send back and say no more, and yes I can sell. just about to replace my broken st6000 reel, thinking of going with one of the compact BP reels that are about, so far it's looking like the Mitchell MX6 500 my avocet spod reel is a brute still works like new so I may try their mini BP. although, I would be happy to try any other similar reel such as the Scopes, to be fished on the kind of waters they are aimed at.

Anyone seen those tackle raffles on FB, not my sort of thing but they do seem reasonable some high quality gear raffled individually or whole kits, plus they do lowest value single items with low amount of over all tickets available for sale. you could get a good brew kit for 2 quid on a 40 ticket sale draw meaning the raffle organisers are doubling their money on a 40 quid brew kit. They seem to be popular as the ticket always sell and they do have what looks like a genuine happy winners list, they all so do brand new vans every now and then, the prizes are really good not sure how long they can keep it up for, plus there must be a fail safe in it, if they need to sell 10.000 tickets on a van but only shift 5000 by closing time a draw on that would wipe you out, must be something that insures all tickets are in the draw come picking a winner day. Would any of you guys take a punt some of the tickets are !0 quid each for the big value stuff and it could be a 10.000 ticket draw.

Just my luck i have been keeping an eye on how the cyprinus web site works with the auctions as i like the K2 60 brolly and front for a replacement to my JRC and they get all hard to haggle You can make an offer was thinking they would take 500 for the three items i like the asking price is 555 in total but 500 is too much and was planning on trying out for 350-400 for the set, looks like that's on hold.

10 kilo allowed I think, should be enough to get the swim rocking, didn't guys used to take base mix and roll once there? only just the start of problems a certain bivvy auction site has said the prices will be going up by a fair amount from next month on due to the import costs all up in the air the cost of bringing shipping containers is about to raise to between 4 to 500 percent of the normal cost according to their web page.

Yeah they will all have a peck at it and any local pigeons or doves will hammer the rest in no time.

Think catch and release is becoming more acceptable in the US these days people are starting to take an interest in specimen fishing which is always a good thing for any water. Think there could be a world rescored in the US more so if they can see the value in not bow fishing. I know some of the mirror carp in Texas are live bait escapees, that would make for some very wary carp plus the kind of predators they come across not at all surprised you don't see many of this sort., some of the waters are huge near the size of a small European country lol

Just a bit of jail cell legal advice if you do bump into a copper that insists on having 200 off you, just refuse their request for details and go through the arrest procedure, tell them they can have your details at the police station after you have spoke to a lawyer and yes i am at home only going out for the shop before anyone thinks I'm speeding down the motor way giving the fingers and shouting Fu Fu 😷

I know there is a US section this could go in but the guy has really gone all out for some UK style carp fish, good read great catch. What a beast. https://www.carpfeed.com/fishing-news/article/new-american-record-weighs-in-at-59lb-4oz-video?fbclid=IwAR2xlimoaPfKSfXbpWQwU39Hb4Ez038rdlCPF_jAPSOY2CTqI8Q0jQUTtfY

I rarely go fishing before march so ok at the mo, it really is time to bite the bullet, if this covid is still around after the vaccine has been distributed country wide, then it will have to be crack on regardless. it is getting to the point of living in a police state, was out the other day with the dog just got back in my car an a copper pulls up and shone his side light straight at me i hit the roof by the time i got the car the idiot drove off, cheeky git stopped right in front of my car and put his side beam on me, I think he must of been able to lip read 😷

Looking nice Blue just needs a set of Original Fox alarms. well the first of the digital range not too original. I have two of the old MX + near tempted to get a third and a set of dongles. never liked the sound of delks nothing like a fox screaming off on a summer morning while still turned up to night time setting, I'm that guy

Always been a fan of fox and the few bits i have, my three rear bank sticks are the cam-lock screw point had them for close to ten years now still solid got that used ground down look on the screw points. Do like the look of this QR kit the buzz bars are nice but are a bit high end for me. there is not much stock in the shops anyhow, finally got the money for a new or used three wheeler and there are non for sale anywhere. If Nige still posts? any idea on when the trade will be restocking the shops?

As Kev said pads are a beast they only way to deal with them is to pull them out, but they just grow back quick, wish we had pads on the lake i fish but i doubt they want the hassle that goes with it Could be a new bait boat in the making, The Dredger with mini JCB on the back lol.

Seems to be a bit of confusion around my previous post we got our annual letters in December laying out the the plans for the year ahead, one of the issues was binoculars and phone calls along the lines of, " just been watching so and so and they are fishing past the boundaries, or so and so has poor fish handling skills, where as the guy who runs the lakes is not so keen on anglers using binoculars to see what other anglers are up to and reporting back if they see something they don't agree with. Don't think binoculars are really banned but I doubt there will be anymore phone calls complaining about subjective nonsense.

Happy New Year guys , just for lols, they have had to ban binoculars on my lake, funny as, I'd love to know who that was, I guess it's true no one likes a grass lol.

Put a bit of putty over it i find that keeps them in place.

Going by the amount of anglers on the bank this weekend I'd say this year will be busy on the lakes, think the chances of anything out of a midlands water this week or so will be rare, that air is cold plus the river floods that are up.

Love my big snooze i got the normal size on a wide bed it fits ok and the stitching on the top and bottom has held up to overstretching around the bed frame. that with a cover has always done me.

Not yet but I should be one of the first once they have done the older people. Health worker, over the years I have had all sorts of shots I used to work in what would be called a wet house hostel, but we would never call it that, don't think there are any hostels like that these days, had all the hep shots to work there lot of heavy drug users with the latter stages of HIV and all that comes with it.

Just been watching a few vids on the CHIRPA looks pretty good i like the gps mapping don't like the price though. Could do plenty with a baiting pole on the lakes i fish one guy made his own out of a pole body and landing net handle works a treat.

Never heard of this one before but have been getting links just lately on FB, funnily enough I do follow big Jim on FB he comes across as an ok guy reputation aside, not too keen on his carp vernacular I doubt I could read one of his books. he was getting slated the other day for fishing 7 days a week every week, he popped up to say he only fishes 4 days a week and you couldn't do it, lol he is right.

It don't really i was just being dramatic, although using one myself might, i'd sooner go out on a boat myself with a bucket and prodding stick.

I have been mulling over a deeper myself but i think it might take some of the mystery out of my fishing, plus from what i've seen of them which isn't a lot i'm not sure i could get full use out of one the display looks confusing, might have to watch a few vids see what's what.

If i owned a lake all boats and sonar would be banned hate the things puts me off my fishing goes way too far across the line of fishing for a living, plus on you average 10 acre UK carp lake if you struggle on where to put a bait perhaps try waggler fishing for a summer or two.