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A question to those on here that Carp fish with QD reels. How do you set them up for fishing during times when you are asleep ?? I was under the impression they were just a different theme on a freespool system.

I set my baitrunner drag slightly less than the reel drag, but enough to not give line out to the flow. On a take, I'll pick up the rod and engage the reel drag. If the fish is still taking line I'll apply pressure to the spool with my fingers, then adjust the reel drag to suit. Then play the...

I'm not really the one to give you an answer, Damian, as I just can't get on with front drags. I find them fiddley. Messing about at the front of the reel to adjust the clutch. I prefer rear drags, but that's just me. Have a look here, they may have something that could help with your existing...

These any good, Paul ?? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/944349013689583/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A447773c7-b2b2-414b-a0be-1ce658d3df78...

I've said this on other forums, but sometimes it's just nice to have nice things. I'm sure we've all worked/work hard in our lives, so as long you're not robbing Peter to pay Paul, why not have the best you can afford.

Yes, i think so. It bought a smile to my face every time I used it. I was also heavily into match fishing at the time.

Spent 5.5K on a pole once.

Sorry, John, I didn't know this thread was about your caravan. The OP was posted by Andy Francis, and titled Caravan on the Trent. I've got a photograph of a caravan on the Trent at A1 pits and I posted it on Andy's thread. Even when you open the link Andy posted, I can't see any reference to...

A1 pits.

You never see them in the same room, do you ??

Interesting. I was under the impression that Drennan didn't allow discounting on their products. The 13' and 15' weren't discounted.

My first time fishing was on a pond owned by the place my dad worked, the Brush in Loughborough. A small pond near Barrow on Soar. We didn't catch anything. We didn't know anything, couldn't cast, didn't know how to set up our club book bought fishing sets. Second session was on the eleven...

If I was starting out again, I'd think of having warm clothes and a waterproof layer, rather than a waterproof/warm coat. A bit like the hillwalking folk do. I find my Trakker coat too bulky to do anything other than sit in it. Can't imagine walking any distance in it, I'd be soaked from sweat...

How did it start, and how have you ended up where you are ?? Me. I started fishing when I was about 5-6 years old with my older brother on the large patch of gravel that sat at the confluence of Fairham brook and the Trent at Clifton. Chucking a ledger out, waiting 10 minutes, reeling in and...

IMO, this is correct. It's the style of fishing that's called Bolo or Bolognese fishing, not the float. We've just grouped a range of big floats together that suit a particular style of fishing and called them Bolo floats. Same as bottom end floats all being called Wagglers now, rather than...

I go through wellies like Mice go through fishing tackle. Cheap ones, expensive ones, it doesn't matter which. The most I've got out of a pair is about two years, and they were La Chameau. Even the wellies we are given at work have failed on the toe. I've had to screw the sole back to the upper...

No it hasn't, Brendon. We get our dry ingredients and liquids from AA Baits (who have been excellent) and our flavours from John Baker. We're only ordering 12kg at a time. We can't really deal with much more in one go at the moment. The costs are a little higher, but we have to take that on the...

Pretty good thanks, Brendon. We've sold around 50kg of boilies to friends and lads on my mates syndicate, along with a dozen or so pots of hookbaits. Nothing spectacular but enough to keep us going. I've had a few Barbel up to 13lbs on my boilies, and my mate has taken fish on his mix from the...

I've got the holdall, and can get both my Greys and my Daiwas in. Both 12' two piece. There is a small pocket in the bottom of each holdall section, that I assume the rod butt is supposed to go in. I don't put the rod butt in that pocket and can get my rods is ok. It's a little tight, granted...

There's one on FB marketplace, Paul. They're willing to post.