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Definitely, excellent hook holds. Like yonny I will always show the file to the point. Kamakuras, imo, are filed too much, ie making them brittle and prone to bending or opening up!! The resi doesn't allow curved hooks so I'm going to be using a bit of Shrink tube on fox wide gapes for the foreseeable

Yep, it all adds to the intrigue of the place. Apparently a few 30's came out last night! Good signs. I just hope they are still feeding in a fortnight 🙏🤞🙏🤞

Nice one dayvid, being delivered 10th June 👍👍👍

Yes, but I met the head bailiff last week and not many people use them. A tight bed of hemp works, but no other bait. It's better to have a good spread of bait. I thought the GPS, could be handy, but the levels do change. Apparently if you fish at 100 yds now., you'd have your bivvy set up on that spot by the end of the summer!! They have their own boats so I don't think I could take my own, if I had one.

Not yet mate. I need to buy a life jacket first. Had a quick look online this week, not a lot of choice really and the ones I liked were out of stock 🙄. Or quite expensive 😳 this new venue is starting to cost a few quid. I'm just going to have to build up my kit over time.

Thanks mate. I'm chuffed to have found a new challenge /campaign for the foreseeable future.

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Thanks nick. I'm looking for features. I have joined with a good mate, so fishing the bays is possible but not covering a lot of water. The bays look good, there's a few overhangs by the car park bay, which doesn't look like many anglers bother with, but I may try to get a few baits in. As you suggested, I always believe fish will patrol the inlet areas at some point. So that is an easy acces, starting point in a couple of weeks if I don't manage to do the boat safety induction. I popped in today, fired out some bait. There is a lot of water to learn about!!

Hats off for effort with photoshop mate! I wouldn't have a clue! Suely if you turned it into an inline, the line would snag on the washer? Or am I missing something?? I've ordered some, so I'll let you know how they perform. 19th I'm doing my first 48.

As above, perfect hook holds, with both bottom and balanced baits. Combi, hinged stiff type rig. I'd happily put it out on most spots! Part of the puzzle of fishing is in fine tuning your approach to appreciate the rewards! Do you bucket test your rigs?? I find it very useful to see how the bait sits and more importantly how the hook reacts when you lift the bait. The smallest of changes can be the key to success.

Has anyone had any experience with these leads?? The look kind of funky!

I've gone in the loft for an old water tank, stop valve ball. The bailiff was using one and said you'd struggle to see a normal marker float! I assume it's always quite choppy on the surface of the open water. Point taken about the sea leads. I'm on the case for some large washers.

Apologies carpepecheur. I will look into the washer system. The rules state no form of backlead, but I plan to wrap putty around a sinker to achieve what you have shown. Thanks buddy 👍

I think so, I'll find out all the do's & dont's on the induction. 70 odd ft in the middle. So yep very long!! There was a chop on the water yesterday, causing discolouration 4-6ft from the bank, weed was visible, looks really clear. The bailiff said the light doesn't go much deeper than 18-20 ft, so the weed cannot grow. He's caught from the depths, to prove a point, but said its not easy.

£8 a day or £15 from Friday to Sunday! They have little electric outboards. Definitely a new era in my fishing experience!

The manager believes big weights and bent/curved shank hooks can tear the fishes mouths!! No back leads either! He's a respected breader, so I'll bow to his greater knowledge. That's why I need gripper leads. May get away with 4oz,but feel I should be obeying the rules initially. I still have my L plates on with zigging, but will give the adjustable, a go for sure!! Good shout. New rod bag too!! The boss is going to freak when I start upping my kit🤑

So I had a few hours walk about yesterday. Learnt a lot, most anglers were fishing the main body of water. The only bivvy I approached, turned out to be the head bailiff!! Nice bloke, fished it for 27 years. Lots of helpful advice. I need to get a life jacket and do my boat safety induction ASAP, as it would appear no one is using a barrow to get to swims. I think unless it's millpond flat, it will be virtually impossible to spot any fish activity, due to the chop/waves. Can anyone suggest decent gripper leads. Max allowed is 3.5g. The bailiff had flat pear type and was still casting 25 wraps!! That's about 24ft depth. He did have Basier's though! Maybe I do require pit reels to be able to fish that distance and depth comfortably???

Nice one Elmo!! Enjoy cloud pb!! 👍👍👍

It's over 200 acre reservoir, the manager seems to believe they've already spawned in the hot weather back in April, they may go again but he doesn't close. I'll just enjoy learning my new venue for the first time, come what may👍

Whenever I've tried it I get silly little liners & find a small perch has gobbled them up. Very frustrating. Stick to foam or a pop up in waters with mixed coarse fish would be my advice mate. I am still waiting for my red letter day on zigs, but I plan to persist. There's some very interesting previous threads on this subject, just use the search function. Be lucky

Hi, Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will find a lot of previous topics on this in bait thread. Personally I use A2 banoffee, every confidence in it. If I couldn't get hold of them, I'd use scopex squid. Be lucky

Nice one Elmo, you're smashing it!! All that bait preparation is paying off mate! Keep it up

Thank you all. Very interesting advice, you've raised my confidence level since yesterday, when it all felt a bit daunting. Yes several, with a large out of bounds nature reserve at one end. On my to get list! Got a decent one. I'm a bit concerned that pegging down may be an issue, if fishing the dam wall bank. I was told you can get pegs in between the concrete slabs?? I was thinking of taking my cordless and some screws with big washers on. Not so sure the water board or management will like it though?? Any solutions welcome

Average is in the 20's, several 30's & a few lumps, not seen for a while!!! I don't think it's a runs water by any stretch, but the manager, put in about a 1000 early doubles a few years back. One he recognised on the bank last year was up to mid 20's. He tells me the they give a good account for themselves 😊 First weekender at the end of the month. I can't wait

The very best of luck tomorrow mate 🤞