Recent content by John Papadopoulos

It’s a shame the original Mainline Active 8 boilie isn’t available, it was the best frozen boilie I’ve ever used for both barbel & carp

Bait companies don’t produce their own pellets, they are sourced from pellet manufacturers & some are sprayed with flavour & coloured & just repackaged by them. The reason Hinders & Sonubaits stopped selling their original elips pellets was because the manufacturer that supplied them stopped...

I make my own, normally a pasta bolognese or a curry & rice but you can make whatever you like. I then put then in a foil pouch, they’re pretty cheap on EBay & freeze them. Just take out what you need, I tend to only use them for day sessions & put them in boiling water for between 8-10 mins...

They’re pretty good in cold weather, no worse than my other stoves. The Jetboils are pretty narrow compared to the Alpkit, the Alpkit is bigger, wider & heavier. I’ve actually got the Jetboil zip which is the smaller version & the Alpkit version. If I’m just using it for a day trip just for...

They’re very good for boiling water quickly.

The problem with the stiff coated braids is that you do need to steam them to straighten them. ESP tungsten loaded is straightened easily without steaming as is Atomic Jel E wyre

They’ve suspended fishing on parts of Fishers Green from today due to the extremely low water & oxygen levels until we get some sustained rain. It’s a move I whole heartily agree with, even if it has stopped me fishing my local river.

We need to stop rewarding young girls from having babies in this country. They know that if they want their own place, all they need to do is get themselves pregnant, go running to the council telling them that their parents have thrown them out & they will be housed & given money to live on...

Neither do most rivers!

Seems a bit bizarre that most canals have no close season yet the rivers still do. What’s the reasoning behind that?

Drennan Twistlock gets my vote

Hi David The Bankside Tackle Grubber pellets are of a high quality & I have caught well using them. Their make up seems to be consistent year after year.

They have spigot joints.Fantastic rods to use with plenty of power in reseve.

Fabsil is great stuff, i've been using it for years on umbrellas & bivvies. I normally buy it in the 2.5l tins & use a brush to put it on with

Richard, You've got Jollyes Pet Superstore in Crews Hill,Enfield that sells Hemp & all manner of different seed mixes,ground bait & pellets.