Recent content by Michael Perrin

How many you got my mate?

It’s brilliant I use the 18 for snaggy Thames carping the 15 is great for barbel just not as good as braid for them in my opinion

15lb Diawa j braid you can’t go far wrong with it. Expensive but it does me well. And forget the abrasion stuff people talk about around steel chains on pontoons it doesn’t snap. 0.18mm perfect line 👍

The Thames mate done me proud over the years

I’d try wrapping your paste round a boilie or pellet personally. I used to pop paste in the microwave for 15 seconds it made it stay on a short hair rig a little stiffer when. Apart from that as Paul said the bigger fish certainly knock how to knock it off. Just out of interest are you getting...

I’ve started to fish braided mainline, it gives a better hook set in my opinion and if fished with a heavy backlead to minimise weed clumping round your lines and debris being able to pass over. This may help but I do agree with the above I put paste round boilies knowing it’ll be knocked off or...