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Think I've got auto trader burn out, found the chevy trax which is a Duster/Mokka from chevy although they look OK i doubt they have a large millage in them. Japanese is looking good in a Outlander I've seen them with 250000 on the clock still selling the same car can be found as a pug 4007 or a Renault both with the pug diesel engine the 2.0l from Mitsubishi is the trusty VW engine. Plenty of CRV about for fair money running costs are a bit high, looks like it might be the outlander eventually. A van would be handy but she gets a say too that's why the Chevy trax got half a thought soon dismissed that one. she wants to call my chosen ford fusion a spam can. cheap rattling dashboards found in the chevy puts it on the no list.

Been on the look out for a new car this past week going with something bigger than a fiesta this time, the fords such as the c max or s max are ok but i'm not an MPV type of person so i looked at the estates very high millage for the money plus i don't like them much. So i have been looking at the Honda CRV in the 2.2 D sports, but then i looked at labour charges on a Honda wow, got to drop the front sub frame off and a load of bits out of the engine bay just o change the clutch, need to think about hat one. What I have found and am leaning towards is the Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0 D in the warrior range, got the sued lined interior manual 4x4 selection and all he bells and whistles, looking at getting something around the 80k mark with full service history 2008-2012, Any ideas suggestions?

Helicopter for me i'd go straight through on the mainline, but a bit of good quality tubing would be OK if you feel the need, rigs would depend on what the rig was fishing on, the choddy or something like it would be best, or a wafter if you want something on the deck.

Ridge Monkey really are the Apple Mac of carp angling. There is a square bivvy been on the market for years can't remember the make but they were on the bank at one of Barstons BCAC rounds?

Sounds like they can be set up sensitive enough that a polish guy snoring two pegs down could set them off.

one thing that does work is a nasal dilator too rubber barrels that go up your nose, if you can get used to wearing them you will get next to no snoring at all, get them off amazon cheap and works.

I thought it was going to be a joke video, had a Polish guy in a peg behind mine this year it was like a tractor trying to start then cutting out again, he must wake up gasping for air.

I went with the carp zone bed and well happy with it the legs have stayed nice and solid on uneven ground, looking at the Cyprinus one i would be concerned with the spring lock legs never had a good word for those no matter what chair they are on. I avoided them a few years back when getting the capzone nothing worse than a bed chair that wont stay level. Saying that the previous bed chair with the spring locks was a super cheap one from chapmans, got a pro logic bank chair that has the same problem.

I'm not 100% on the finer details but Pine is not on the night ticket , that is still on the year ticket and days with some bookable nights in the summer. Canal, Broomey Croft which are next to each other and on the other side of the road there is Hemlingford and Bodymoor Heath all the big waters. They have redone most of the pegs and moved a lot of fish around it is worth the money think you have to have the full specimen ticket which is around 180 then it is about another 300 on top for the night fishing lakes, they are rough prices as it is what i have been told, The guy i get my bait off says they will sell a ticket if you turn up with the money but officially you have to have had and used a season ticket for day fishing before they will sell you a night ticket. It's a lot of water to go at and there are some big old fish in all of those lakes.

Unsure as yet, will be doing some more at Stanwicks might give Elsons a go, fancy a visit to bluebells as i have never fished it. Local to home there is Bishops Bowl, i joined this year but they had to close in the summer due to a ammonia spike, i fished it a week before it closed you could smell that rotten smell coming from he water, could be down to mixing match fishing and large carp fishing? What i would like is a year ticket for the night fishing at KWP but the price is quite high around the 500 mark, bit too rich for me.

There are a few reservoirs like that about one in Wales has an entire village at the bottom of it you would need a leader in that, think a lot of leader thoughts are based on years back when there wasn't the lines available we have today. the rig moral and gardner shouldn't need a leader on most waters. fluorocarbon lines definitely don't i have really punished the tiger line these last few years, can't fault it other than how crudy it gets.

Used to be PG all the way then they brought out their more expensive range, the quality dropped on the basic PG bags so i gave yorkshire a try they are strong but i sometimes leave the tea bag in the cup as i like a strong brew mrs hates it really does stain the cup and teeth lol.

I haven't used a leader in a fair few years now, don't like them they make landing a cast very awkward plus a lot of my fishing is in margin or snaggy areas, seems to give better presentation on the bottom without a leader, as soon as i stopped using one my catches improved all my bigger fish have fell to a simple helicopter set up on my main line, leader material must really stand out on a margin ledge or hanging over a weedy snag.

That's the ones, i wouldn't call them a one fish/cast hook like i have seen written about them, they are definitely sharpened to the max once dull there is no room for a tidy up.

To be fair on korda the new sharpened hooks are a bit good i was using the curve shank this year in a 4 on the ronnie sits real nice on the link and the shrink wrap sets it all in place nice and neat.

It would be tea for me Yorkshire's finest maybe a horlicks no coffee and definitely not booze it's rare i drink anyhow.

You will get a variety of answers to that, but as with all rigs it's all about the condition of the hook as that will be first to go as it gets dull, you can sharpen the hook and it will be good to go again, plenty of videos on hook sharpening, and you can get fine gage files from the pound shop that will the job no need to spend on carp brand files. To be fair there are a lot better options for easy rig making, try the booms by korda or gemini, you can add and remove the hooks at a lot cheaper rate than pre tied rigs. if you learn to tie a simple blow back rig with soft braid you can tie that to a boom loop giving you a very good combi rig and making up the ronnie rig is very easy with a quick link boom. save some money in the long run.

I have some pretty good cold weather clothing seal skinz socks snugpak thermals the softie trousers and jacket not snugpak but a very good chinese version, very thin and very light but unbelievably insulating, they just trap all the body heat and are very comfy, i also have the old Ron Thompson two piece winter set which is a pair of well padded salopettes and a heavy waterproof coat, trakka bag and throw, it's just when you add a led light to it for any length of time is like sitting in fridge with the light on.

Plenty of dangers in stoves heaters and tents makes you wonder if the same fire tests are done on outdoor fabrics like they do on indoor bedding and stuff, a big fault with those little gas heaters you see in the shops is the gas cartridges are butane don't think you can get propane in those cartridge cans. Electric hook ups in the pegs is the way to go for the modern carp fishery lol that's a carpmachine thread in the making, do know of one fairly popular carp lake that will do a hook up in two of the pegs, but they had a few water quality problems earlier this year so haven't been back since

You could put someone's eye out with that.

Forgot to say the tent in the vid is not much larger than most bivvies and smaller than a base camp bivvy it also has a built in groundsheet. I'm far from in pre buy mode as i won't be out this side of early march due to short daylight hours being too much of a grind under LEDs if i was to use a gas heater it would be on the afternoons and early evening with quick blast warm ups when i felt the need. No one is saying gas heaters and tents mix, if a heater works correctly with clean gas there should be no carbon monoxide coming from the heater if a gas appliance of any sort no matter where being used is giving off carbon monoxide it needs replacing or fixing. Tilley lamps are also an option something i would use if out this time of year.

Calm down each to their own choices the video i posted does not claim gas heaters are safe in tents what it does show is certain propane gas heaters can be used in tents for a very long period of time without giving off any carbon monoxide that is detectable to the reader being used the heater in question also has its own safety features such auto cut out if it tips or it detects low oxygen levels. A bivvy with the letterbox opening in use and a back vent could handle a propane heater if used with a CO2 detector, but yes it would be foolish to seal the bivvy up and fall asleep with the heater running.

After spending a little time looking into options for a heater in the bivvy i have come across a few fairly good options, i will start by dismissing candles as anything more than a more comfortable light than LEDs Making a small ammo box or paint can wood burner is popular for what canadians call hot tenting, it has to be well built using the correct sealants and chimney stack, A how to for making a stove without welding involved can be seen in the vid below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdr-gAfZT0 There is also the gas option and it is also the safest with some common sense there are a number of different gas heaters for sale, the cheap ones you see in a lot of shops and one that is new to me called Mr heater buddy it is a lot more expensive than the 25 quid option from go outdoors coming in at a hefty £180 mark it also takes a larger gas bottle. I will link a few videos below that show carbon monoxide tests in tents and campervans i think you will be suprised by the results. they are using propane gas which is a cleaner burn than butane, I haven't seen any tests using butane and they also have a good quality carbon monoxide alarm/reader. Carbon Monoxide Test using a Propane Heater in a Tent - 16 Hour Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OdbOLtsH3I Then there is the electric option which would be my preferred choice but the cost of a silent generator and some fisheries don't allow the use of a generator on site are its downsides.

I shouldn't really but https://twitter.com/SlenderSherbet/status/1191974896114569216?s=20

You can get frozen bloodworm from pet stores little blocks that need to defrost, the match anglers use them i'm sure some tackle shops also sell them on? bit pricey but the blocks do defrost into a nice little pile of juicy worm.