New purchases

[framey]

13 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

 

Grade insulator AS+ sleeping bag 

Whassat??

[elmoputney]

29 minutes ago, framey said:

Whassat??

I'll admit I am taking a bit of a punt but it's pretty light for a 5 season bag and it has removable innards and stuff. It looks like it should be decent quality. But I guess time will tell lol. 

https://polepositiontackle.co.uk/p/grade-insulator-as-sleeping-bag/

[framey]

9 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

I'll admit I am taking a bit of a punt but it's pretty light for a 5 season bag and it has removable innards and stuff. It looks like it should be decent quality. But I guess time will tell lol. 

https://polepositiontackle.co.uk/p/grade-insulator-as-sleeping-bag/

I quite like the look of the stalker d lux bag 

[elmoputney]

33 minutes ago, framey said:

I quite like the look of the stalker d lux bag 

There seem some well thought out bits of kit. The xl carryall Is pretty tarty. 

[elmoputney]

On 16/02/2025 at 20:08, elmoputney said:

I'll admit I am taking a bit of a punt but it's pretty light for a 5 season bag and it has removable innards and stuff. It looks like it should be decent quality. But I guess time will tell lol. 

https://polepositiontackle.co.uk/p/grade-insulator-as-sleeping-bag/

Arrived today 3 days from Holland pretty decent service, the stuff I bought from Essex is still in transit 😂

Seems a nice bag, well made, good zips, pretty thick but still lightish for 5 season, can't wait to give it a test run 

[framey]

Hope it works out to be a great buy 👏🤞

[framey]

On 16/02/2025 at 20:52, elmoputney said:

There seem some well thought out bits of kit. The xl carryall Is pretty tarty. 

Yah 

only problem is the bigger it is the more stinky winky we fill them with.

[elmoputney]

36 minutes ago, framey said:

Yah 

only problem is the bigger it is the more stinky winky we fill them with.

And then you need bags for within the bags 😂

I tell you what though I have a couple of the korda pencil case accessory pouches , really handy bits of kit😂

[framey]

18 hours ago, elmoputney said:

And then you need bags for within the bags 😂

I tell you what though I have a couple of the korda pencil case accessory pouches , really handy bits of kit😂

I say the same about most accessory kit bags lol.

got hundreds of them In the sheds

[jh92]

23 hours ago, framey said:

Yah 

only problem is the bigger it is the more stinky winky we fill them with.

It's got to that point again where its starting to take me two barrow trips to get all my gear to the swim, to many "just in case" items that never get used 🤣 I've managed to thin my gear out a bit hopefully only one trip next time lol.

Also took a laptop with me for the last 10 sessions or so to watch films on but haven't once took it out the holdall 🤷‍♂️🤣

Back to the bare essentials for me 👌

[elmoputney]

1 hour ago, jh92 said:

It's got to that point again where its starting to take me two barrow trips to get all my gear to the swim, to many "just in case" items that never get used 🤣 I've managed to thin my gear out a bit hopefully only one trip next time lol.

Also took a laptop with me for the last 10 sessions or so to watch films on but haven't once took it out the holdall 🤷‍♂️🤣

Back to the bare essentials for me 👌

I try to have a declutter every year, it's amazing the amount of stuff we take that we don't really use. If I use the barrow I really try and minimise. Can be more carefree if I can park at the swim but the less I have to take the better. 

[framey]

The other problem with taking too much gear is the length of time it takes to move if the fish show at the other end of the lake then you just can’t be bothered to move.

theres a fine line between not taking enough and enough to cover everything.

i also carried a bucket of spare bits in the van for that very reason.

Mini weed rake, spomb, bank saw, gravel eater, even the gardener multi rake

silly bits that could stuff you up if you didn’t have them 

 

 

[jh92]

21 hours ago, elmoputney said:

I try to have a declutter every year, it's amazing the amount of stuff we take that we don't really use. If I use the barrow I really try and minimise. Can be more carefree if I can park at the swim but the less I have to take the better. 

 

3 hours ago, framey said:

The other problem with taking too much gear is the length of time it takes to move if the fish show at the other end of the lake then you just can’t be bothered to move.

theres a fine line between not taking enough and enough to cover everything.

i also carried a bucket of spare bits in the van for that very reason.

Mini weed rake, spomb, bank saw, gravel eater, even the gardener multi rake

silly bits that could stuff you up if you didn’t have them 

 

 

I've managed to scale it back to point where I can move without issue, I've gone from 5 rods to 3, dropped the pod for bank sticks, camera bag, two bait buckets, hold all and cooler bag to just the holdall, cooler bag and 1 bucket, ditched the chair, just gone back to sitting on the bed lol.

I got to the lake earlier and there was someone in the swim I wanted so setup somewhere else, they ended pulling off so quickly packed down and moved lol 👍all fits on one load and feels much lighter lol.