Carpbell_ll

Glycerine, handy little thing to have knocking about for multiple uses, if you have spent 3 or more days eating dry noodles and the like a bit of the G bomb really will get things moving, quickly and thoroughly with no medical impact on the body, don't know why they don't use it for the colonoscopy prep the stuff they give you is damn scary. While i'm the subject, if you are over 45 and lets face it most on this site are, don't be a diva get on camera 😠

Wychwood have some good looking gear i'm very impressed with their metal ware. all the banksticks and buzz bars come with the screw hole for indicators plus they do what looks like a brilliant bit of thought put into the Stage stand it doubles as a bankstick stabiliser, they have drilled two holes into the side of the stand and added a ground spike all for 15 notes which is about the price of buying either separate. they also do a double decker stick, don't see the practicality but they look nice. I really like the new bivvy bit pricy at 370 with overwrap but looks like a very good all season bivvy. Which brings me to my grumble, the price of fishing tents is outrageous it really is, even the cheapest is too much and very poor quality, i have had my JRC contact for about 8 years now still sound and waterproof but without a wrap it is a summer only bivvy.

I'm sure they are a good bait but i wouldn't use them, Shimano don't make baits i doubt they have any kind of production in the UK of any of their products? This is another fishmeal bait, if they want into the bait market they need to come up with something original.

might be worth getting a beachcaster/skyliner pod that would help a bit, other than that sounds like you need a long snag leader, have a look at what there is for the big catfish on the Ebro.

been looking at those myself, i have a very old set of the MX + i think? bought them from a carboot and i have a cheap grandslam for the third rod they all do the job but thinking of replacing the Grandslam for one of these. Can't really go wrong with fox alarms.

That's not me being a smart git just think it is silly to lump a grand fine on a average person, there is no way they can expect us to pay that, it is a bit worrying, common sense would say it is fine to travel to outdoor venues. loading the whole clan up and demanding to visit granny in her retirement flat would be the other end of the common sense chain.

I think a lot of these fines will end up being squashed, fines above £60 have to be looked into to insure the person has the means to pay it. personally I would take the fine and then bin it on the spot and ask where they would like to go next? but then again I'm not the one in lockdown yet. I definitely would not be paying anything.

Adds to the fun look at it like an escape from colditz sort of thing.... to be fair two guys using common sense wouldn't cause too much of a disaster by traveling down to Oxford, you could still self isolate and go fishing at Linears. Looks like there is a vaccine on the way, that will be another kettle of fish, they can juice me up, i'm due my flu shot anyhow. i have had the Phenomena one and all the Hepatitis ones.

You are spoilt for choice mate, unfortunately most run a waiting list it takes time to work you way up the list, while some are first come first serve but they don't have many drop tickets. If you are looking for a weekend ticket you really will struggle. to get you started on the A45 waters, Stanwicks do a very good anytime ticket for around £280.00 for all year or £160.00 for the winter. Guy near me has a mid-week ticket for Irchester lakes, I think the mid-week price on there is around £700.00 for the year and the anytime ticket is a lot more than that with a very long waiting list to go on.

I wouldn't say you can get worse at angling, way too many variations to ever be sure of anything, what can happen is a loss of interest or getting stuck doing the same all the time, you can get away with that on commy waters with enough fish in, at any time of year. For me, my best fishing comes from April through to August for carp I struggle for what to do next after that, I think timing would be more critical than anything else from now till next spring, even that north easterly we had this week was cold.

Just back from a couple of days, strange one really, looked real good for a fish slight drop in temps but nothing shocking, think i should of took the single bait approach really or perhaps maybe tried my hand at a zig. Wouldn't of thought three K of boilies and about the same in pellets over three rods in three days would be too much at anytime of year? On the plus side the hound is getting much better, left my carryall in the front room after unpacking, he was on it and ready to go, he sleeps in it when out.

Often wonder what Malc Rooker would make of all this high TC rods for UK waters, a 2.5 TC at 12 foot will do any water in the UK that hold large fish, unless you are chucking solid bags, not many 50lb plus size fish coming out Solid bag fishing? I'm happy with my rods at 3lb test but i bought them used so... would of loved the same rod in the 2.45 don't think they did a 2.5 , you could put a stick mix out on either of those size rods. Malc was a lovely bloke made a lot of Continental rods at High TC and 13 foot in length used to have three of his rod years back, two of his in-house carp rods full British carbon fibre that he sourced himself and I had a beautiful 13 foot waggeler rod that was built on a Harrison blank, that was made for canal Tench and Carp, Sometimes see his rods up for sale, think they are starting to be a bit collectable, especially the the proper big water rods.

Still think you shod build a Crocopult, melt a pair of crocs together epoxy resin a bit of pipe in the centre of the now joined croc soles add a catty and there you have the Crocopult.

cable tie the handle to your boot and use you leg to get maximum stretch. never tried it often thought about it, might want to cable tie the elastic to the pult and pouch i do that with all my pults anyhow.

I doubt it i think the yeast is used in place of a bird food and similar, imainline use it in baits as well, i'm sure one of the bait dudes on ere could give more of an insight into yeast baits

Saying that looks like they are open and selling their bait again https://pyramidbaits.wixsite.com/mysite/main

The company it self is a bit here and there they are on the same trading estate as Cov Carp Baits, sometimes they are open but a lot of the time unit is closed. they was getting bait into shops a few years back, then it all came to a stop, i've a feeling he is just rolling for other companies these days if doing anything at all. Never fancied them myself think it was a yeast based bait with fishmeal?

Never been to a lake with pre booked swims, Bishops Bowl do a membership and you have to tell them what swim you are going to fish if you want to move you need to let them know your new peg number. another nice place in rural Warwick two of the pegs on mitre do an electric hook up and they will let a couple of caravans on mitre.

Can vouch for Stanwicks and swan will do fish up to 20lb the only problem being the A45 right behind one side of the water, Mallard is a better water but might be busy but i think a lot of the summertime anglers will of dropped off by then? Elsons I have never fished but was going to this year until the covids turned up.

Wouldn't worry about it if the worse did happen the company would soon find out a worker can't sign away their H&S rights in fact that would help prove liability.

Depends on the test curve of the rods you are using, if your rods are 3lb TC a lead between 2-4 oz would be ideal anything more would bottom the rod out, anything less will not load the correct tension in the rod leading to more violent jolting takes and pulled hooks if the rods are on the stiff side.

KWP never gets too busy canal pool is one of those waters that has to be fished with a well disciplined strategy or the blanks will pile up, i have fished it a few times only ever day sessions, lost one at the net had another, mid 20 that's was doing around 10 sessions here and there just bunging chods or bags out. What does work on there is a baiting campagine and long distance casting, best if you can put it where only the more long distance angler can reach, lol. Just turn up one afternoon at the info desk and buy what ever ticket has canal pool on it, if you want to do nights they might make you do a year on the daytime only membership or if you have the full money and speak to the ranger they might let you have a full ticket from the off. There is one or two guys on here that fish there so wouldn't be fair to go into whats going on up there.

I already had the pads priced and in stock a five min drive away motor factors all over the place around here, just need the tool to rewind the caliper back and give it a clean up once they are sticking you need to clear the gunk out.

Nice to see there are still conman mobile mechanics about, had a sticky-seized rear caliper, could do it myself but rang a guy to see what he wanted, 70 to 90 quid he says over the phone, ok call out, he arrives looks at the sticking side and says it's not the caliper the pads have gone, ( they tend to wear when stuck i thought ) check the other side i said, he has a look and says yeap just the same. No, i thought they are not, i let him carry on, he says, just need a set off pads fitting mate, ok i say do want to order them or shall i get a set dropped over? no mate he says order a set online and i will fit them when you call. Ok i say, then he tried to charge me a large call out fee, lol, no mate either fit the pads and sort the calipars now as i don't pay for a call out fee when the job is there if you want it. he would sooner walk away. I went to a brake place, and as i said one side had stuck and worn the pads the other side was fine, just put new pads and disks on both sides did a oil and filter change while on the ramps and got mates rates, well free oil.

Sounds like you need to get a handle on the woman, drop a few hints that you and a few work mates are thinking of doing a lads weekend in Amsterdam next year, she will have no problems with you spending up your spare time on fishing. I take it most of you guy's ladies don't read the carp forum either? Great stuff on the catch, it's an eye opener on the regular baiting approach, i daren't try, if i was to turn up and the swim wasn't free i can't be sure of my reaction, could be one of those bad decision in an instant moments. plus it's a 100 mile round trip not what i call local, have been dropping hints of a move to Wellingborough on a home exchange but she is having none of it.