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Thanks very much !, yeah I’ll grind nuts down and use the dried crusts blended up with a managerie of sweetcorn , luncheon meat corned beef , and I’ve some special zingy jellies sweets that Mike’s my mouth go ooh !! So illl make up some pva bags using all sorts of known and unknown things all prepped in pva bags ready for spring  plus I know some nice sloping banks under water that when they drained the Rez down in 90 when I was a kid i think I’m gonna focus there ?!! So I’ll keep you posted as I go …. Wish me luck and thanks for your support 

Potato was a big bait late 1960's in the Jack Hilton era

Use what you are confident in 
you want to go higher with braid 
as a guide
if you look at a decent quality mono around 15lb and use the diameter rather than breaking strain then you can match that to a similar braid. But 30lb will be close enough

Yep 
carp can’t try things without putting them in their mouths 
I've seen them pick up Fag butts chips and all manner of stuff
doesnt mean they eat them though but if it has a hook I it then there is a chance of it being caught 

From what i understand, Carp will pick up most food items, out of curiosity as much as anything else.
It's getting said food item in the right spot that matters, more than what it is.
I have heard a few Polish guys using potato and uncooked pasta.
I've not tried that myself, peperami is as adventurous as I've gone

Korda size 6 spinner hooks (barbless!)rules are Booneys 😫)
CC Moore live system bucket and frozen snails.
Nash worm liquid
Reading up on the place, naturals seem to do more bites than boilies,  so I'm going out my comfort zone a bit

this puts me to shame i haven't been able to get in so long as my gear was all over the place and in such a state that i had no idea of what was where or even if it existed in the shed at all. i have just finished a massive clear out and although still somewhat a mess i now know where everything is and found so much stuff to sell as i have more kit than i need or can use in my life time. i think i went mad when i started on the carp route and just bought everything and anything and have way too much for my needs. a few photos from before during and after, although the after one still looks a mess i know what is there now.
 

Fishing can be an all consuming hobby and it can take over your life. When my kids were young I used to get away at every opportunity and I do regret it now. I don't get out as much these days but feel I have a better family/fishing balance.
You were a prolific and interesting poster and we'll all miss your contributions but if you need to completely step away, then that's what you must do. I worked for the same Company for 30 years after leaving school and felt "tied" to the job despite the signs it was going downhill rapidly, the redundancy package was what kept me going until the end when it closed down. In the 15 years since, I must have had about 20 jobs but it was liberating because if I wasn't happy, I left. I had 2 jobs when I told them to stick it and left the same day. You don't know how good that feels!
Hopefully after a while, you'll come to realise what it was you enjoyed about fishing and hopefully it will outweigh the negatives you are feeling at the moment.
Good luck for the future.

Honestly, it was on cards for a while, it actually felt like a relief has been lifted off my shoulders. 
All good, I've just got way to much going on. 
I've need even had a thought about it really, I did come off the forum for a while, but just browsing chats now 👍👍

Sometimes we need to take a step back mate. Hope all goes well and you get the bug back at some point 👍

Why mate?
Everything ok?
The fact you're on this forum on a Monday morning says you weren't ready to get rid of your gear!

New toy. Get right under those snags 🎣🤞😉

I'm still here, on the Back row of the Bus....

Funnily enough one of the biggest fish in our syndicate came out on maggots last season at her heaviest ever weight, although she was also caught just after spawning twice on boilies.
I had results over my collection of collected snails bloodworm, worms, molehill soil and particles with boilies.
 
 

I knew he had sold it all but didn’t realise he had actually closed his account yet 

Come on Highy we know your looking, help a fellow Sonik lover out…..and we missing you mate. 
 

Another river shot.
 

I hope it doesn't go but I do understand that a Site like this needs traffic or sales to survive.
I was in the market for some reels a while back and got each one £44 cheaper somewhere else but it wasn't in stock anyway. I just had a look at the shop and on the bait page, the first 24 items on the page are out of stock! Unfortunately I couldn't be bothered to search any further, a classic case of not expecting to find anything and going somewhere else.
Unfortunately the Site does seem to suffer from Safety Certificate  issues and it has been down for at least a week about 3 times in the last 6 months at my reckoning.
I prefer this Site as it is smaller and friendlier.
I think that a subscription model would kill it (isn't everything on the net free?) but it might stop the spam messages that seem to pop up regularly but take an age to get taken down.
This isn't a pop at Nick or anyone but a genuine request for idea's that would secure the future of the Site. Any suggestions?

Is that tumbleweed??
Seems as though there's only a handful of survivors left after the apocalypse? 
What's going on mods???
Strange the shop remains online, without any stock??
Personally, I can't see the shop and forum working out, Nice try, but sort the forum out please? The other one is pants
 
 

Yes, every now and then there's... wait for it... something fishy going on!

I thought you had a new campaign on a park lake? 
Nice that everyone is being supportive and we all hope you'll stay tuned.
Good luck fella

I did, i had 2 parknlakes planned....had it all planned, even told the wife, bought all the bait for it and everything.
My lad has his little setup, 1 carp rod and 1 float rod, Terminal n bait (all in 2 bags) so if need the itch, I can use his, but it been on the cards for a while now.

In my past Iv had a couple of “ the inevitable has happened moments “
In my case it was a relationship problem and the other was when I was fostering… but came back to fishing which if I’m honest keeps me sane  
Keep the account open you got mates on here and you can always message us …and your posts were always good 👍
As for the fishing gear you can replace it 6 months or a year down the line the lakes will always be there and the fish will have got bigger ..still got to catch them tho
 
 

I thought you had a new campaign on a park lake? 
Nice that everyone is being supportive and we all hope you'll stay tuned.
Good luck fella

I thought you had a new campaign on a park lake? 
Nice that everyone is being supportive and we all hope you'll stay tuned.
Good luck fella