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I have played around with paste for many years. Normally, if you get the consistency right you can make paste out of pretty much anything using just water to bind - that can stay directly on the hook or a definite as a wrap. If your having problems use an egg to bind. Using a greater proportion...

My mate bought a pair (2lb TC) as his first set of decent carp rods but I cannot remember the exact year. Possibly 1987-88(?). Soft action compared to more modern rods, slim & tidy finished blank. I'd like a couple of these for my present barbelling but with fewer guides.

Using a bait dropper can be useful for this. Depends on the circumstances but my choice is either the medium or small seymo type.

For rigs greater than 12 inch - I use the cd light plastic envelopes & place these in a slightly bigger plastic sleeve. Pack down to nothing & no weight. Rigs to greater than 6 foot, no problem as long as their wrapped nicely & a slight stretch before use.

Amongst a few reads, a good paper which humbly corrected my stance was http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/86449/6-Water-paper-Apr-11.pdf The first page summary states the case well:- "High levels of investment in relation to cash flows, combined with high dividend payouts...

Dave, at a glance re debt pls see:- Thames water:- Company profile Anglian water:- Company profile On reading further I have to acknowledge that I was wrong having seen performance from other view points. It is the case that dividend payments are not proportionate to performance and that debt...

I have exactly the same considerations when sitting on the tidal trent seeing all that water go out to sea. Certainly a combination of further abstraction (mid tidal points), pumping & storage buffering our need to abstract from ground waters hence keeping water tables higher to allow rivers &...

Dave G, fair comment on all you have said. I see your points and should have qualified my points further.I will respond hopefully in due course. I have a mother in laws birthday to go to. Lucky me. Cheers, Jon

Pete - again a perfectly articulated response in every sense

I am a little surprised by a lot of what has been written here. The cost of treating water for potable purposes and the treatment of waste water is not cheap. Yes, the companies make profits but additionally some (most) are many 10s of £billions in debt to due to investment. Price is capped by...

For me carp fishing can be quite dynamic. Yes there's the sedentary cast & wait. But for me identifying one, two or three nearby waters and spending sometime there, especially during the week days if one has the option, one can choose those moments more carefully. A couple of hours here and...

I managed one on the middle trent in 2004 being 12lb 1oz. One of those captures not intended & nothing near that since. Cheers, Jon

I have used this for a few years and performs well all round. Can cost a bit more than standard mono from normal retailers but is worth the extra few pounds

Year old boilies - should not be an issue in the slightest. I'd be more bothered over location & careful, steady introduction of feed. As Dave outlined, break them up, use them as crumb or add them to a wet ground bait a day before use

The latter part re-doubling our noise about preds - quality... Back on topic - according to metcheck, no real rain for the rest of the month neither. It does not bode well...

Fair comment Eddie & well done that man

Yet another quality fish from a different river. Good angling Phil. Cheers, Jon

Same as Michael - just make sure you pierce them first. Personally would not recommend it as it completely messes with the nutritional profile/texture. Alternatively, use ingredients like antartic krill, shrimp meal, casinates, etc to increase buoyancy or insert foam/polystyrene & hand roll...

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Nice one Jerry - cracking fish & just deserves for your hard work