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Defo over thinking it ,strip back go through your gear get rid of all the hooks and other bit s you keep buying , make half a dozen rigs then make them as you need them on the bank . Keep things basic and get out there on a regular basis . Pick one good fishmeal and stick with it , there is no magic bait or liquid attractant . Remember its only carp .

Some one has escaped from their local asylum .

Haha agree to a point but form over function , then again i don't do pot noodles

Darwin's law springs to mind LOL

Well I'm glad your ok and hopefully lesson learned !! The weathermen don't put yellow/amber warnings out for nothing and you fishing around trees , as for falling in surely forward planning when you set your swim up . Maybe think of your family next time you go out . Sorry to sound harsh but !!!!

possibly these https://www.jprecisionhooks.co.uk/shop/hook-accessories/d-rig-aligners-2/ ?

To tired to read all that right now , but oh dear that take on a confidence rig at the end of part 3 . I do like the multi rig though .

Not for me , but I'm sure they will sell well , RM have a good following and a lot of pot noodles want the latest most expensive gear .

Nearly spat my Tea out when you compared a toastie importer with Apple LOL

Thankfully bait boats are banned on most of my waters .

Seems some companies are just pushing the boundaries it will be interesting to see how they sell and what the competition do . Price seems extreme but when you've got people paying £1000 a year for one water and turning up in vans that they only use for fishing , may be it isn't. I'm more against the size of these things (I don't like big flat man made swims argh)to be honest the two man with extra front is NOT a bivvy its a tent , maybe ok for the sort of foreign adventures the ridgemonkey boys do but not for the average joe . One reason the size may be big is due to Jay Cater be a lump !

No idea can't see them being cheap though .

anybody else seen these - https://bytealarms.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Da5E0ooSEIh0riNWPuJiNkp16Cd5AsZyCQj-rE4JqRUhnru4tZrFZcjM , sure they'll catch more anglers than fish LOL

As Yonny says - https://www.snugpak.com/outdoor/sale?p=2 or the Keela Beelay jacket , I don't find fleece keeps it thermal properties once it looses its body if you know what i mean.

I don't watch many youtube vids , most are sponsored in one way or another so need to use the latest spomb, glug , bucket etc etc.You also never know how many unsuccessful footage they are binning . I know a few sponsored anglers one of them had two big commons off the top on chum within 45 mins of turning up one session this was on a well known water . Roll on several months when he does an article for a magazine the two fish came out on his sponsored bait using rig bits from another of his sponsors ,like he told me how could he write a lengthy article and please his sponsors if he told the truth . I did watch that Karl & Alex one you mentioned , not a bad watch . When they mentioned do something different they had already hooked two of the big lumps tried bullying them to much IMO which is why they lost them ,still it sounds good when they say these things . Nice to see the enthusiasm from them and to see the younger generation coming through which we defo need more of .

Very interesting Nick , so are you saying the carp left the glugged baits alone but ate the unglugged ones in the same area ? Whats your thinking behind adding glycerine to the natural liquids was it to preserve the baits . Its odd how your experience is that all glugged baits are having a negative effective , I find this surprising with the natural ones .

Depends what the others are doing , again I don't always get the idea you need to do something different to everyone else . You are right though stick to YOUR approach not someone elses , decent bait , rigs your confident in , maybe tweak or change if your the only one not getting results but this all depends on the water your fishing .

I sometimes put some hydro in when pre baiting , not much just to give that extra little attraction .

^^^^ this .

Same as Yonny i use glugs/hydro in the hope its more attractive to carp and is giving the bait a bit more pulling power . I don't believe there is any 'magic' bait glug etc and my thoughts are the same as Yonnies use a decent bait and get it in the right spot .Location is the no.1 .

@elmoputney - no not tried the retro glugs , I'm on my last bottle of original LT30 that I sometimes glug my hook baits in .

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I use retro baits , still doing well on Shropshire gold , I also use the meaty garlic ,tried the essential 5 but not had any real luck with that one the crab is meant to be good. If you go with his pop ups I'd say go for the 14mm the 12mm snails look good but my tub wern't all that buoyant . BAF have one litre each of hydro squid,liver and fish for £30 delivered at the moment ,soak your baits in any of those and you'll have a decent bait . Retro do all the glugs , dips etc but I've not tried them .

Do you need them ,no . Alot of all these add ons are marketing . I use hydro's , liver , squid and fish but my thinking here is the food signal that they are giving off , I do leave some hookers soaking in hydro's aswell does it give them an edge I don't know for me its more about confidence . Glugging for the sake of it in the latest must have will just lead you down the path of swapping and changing every 5 minutes. Just my thoughts but pick a decent fishmeal add one type of decent food signal soak/glug , Pick one spod mix and again if it will give you confidence then add a liquid. Fish are caught on every water every year by some using every add on going while others are caught using a simple approach. Get your head around what you feel confident in and stick with it . I also think this word 'edge' is over used .

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