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If you want to spend a bit more money on something really strong durable and deep, I’ve got the very thing I would let go as I’m firmly using spoons now. I have a 36 inch triangle that was custom made and coated before the guy stopped making them It cost me a fair bit more than you would...

I taught myself to cast with a centrepin which is definitely the longest route to success but worth while if you don’t know any one to teach it to you. It happens in stages or at least it did with me trying to master it myself and in the early stages, sure….. it ruins your days fishing! The...

I’m finding the tench actually eat everything but only at night. They are quite destructive eaters moving anything that is in their way to get to food. They’ve knocked 2 plant pots over twice I’ve had to weigh them down. They love standard fish food pellets and flakes, maggots as a treat, corn...

I’ve already got 4 chub. There’s no barbel going in. It’s not the right environment for them

That’s good then. Your filter will still house plenty of bacteria to kick off. I didn’t have that luxury unfortunately and within a day or two of the fish going in I was taking steps with filter start and partial water changes to get my levels down. Luckily it didn’t take long to stabilize...

That’s a proper professional one Lee. Nice

I’ve got one of those pressure filters on mine too but it’s really got an easy life as the 450L wetland filter is doing most of the water clarity. I was told the pressure filters are fine but spec them at least 4x your pond volume if you are keeping fish or they just don’t cope. So I have on...

As it’s just a tip section you’ll definitely need to put up some pictures so that people can decide if the build spec is going to match their existing rod (whippings, guide types) Also which 11ft Torrix specialist blank was it made for. 1.5/1.75/2.0

Yes I intend on having water cress in the top wetland filter 👍🏻

That’s a really fantastic job I love the shape. Very professional. What filtration did you go for

And of course…. My fish. I have 6 perch ranging from 3-6 inch I have 2 tench around 8 inch long I have 2 beautiful crucian carp about 6-7 inch long finally I have 4 chub 5 inches long. Huge shout out to MF Aquatics if you want quality course fish I highly recommend them. Very reasonable...

More pics showing the rest of the stages to the final finished pond

Every year prior to this one I’ve been chomping at the bit by now itching to get out and dealing with the longest 3 months of a river anglers life. Not so much this year……. I’ve been busy ……. A couple hours here and afew hours there between my real job and family stuff I’ve built myself a...

It’s plenty padded enough Keith the padding sits inside the thin shell and you certainly can’t feel the ground through it I really depends on how much weight you put where. I’ve used Korum mats for years and years including the fast mats and I lay everything on them in absolute confidence

I believe the kings weir spoppers are exactly as per Christophe’s latest design. Certainly the same case and the same pin and the lead is fitted the same way. Before his passing he made quite afew but had Dave Chambers name moulded into them, who when with us also played a huge part in the...

Yeah I do it a little differently but the principle is the same. I hold the Olivette and pull the line off the reel with my thumb. Despite what a lot of videos say I find it better if you don’t preload the rod at all. I also find (never mentioned) a wet line makes a massive difference when it...

I use centre pins for trotting floats only. I don’t use them on the extremely rare occasions I fish still waters and I don’t use them for ledgering. It took me longer than most to learn to Wallis cast and being brutally honest there is still lots of room for improvement. I’m not up to Ian’s...

It Definitely improved mine. And quite often I use it because it works as good as any of the others I’ve made. It is a hard plastic yes and it’s not going to do well with a hard impact but you can fettle them to work really well

Sorry Gents but I’m not making any for a good while. I know the Korum ones get bad press but for the money Richard they ain’t too bad after a fettle. I bought one ages ago out of curiosity and it works great since I did a few basic things to it. Replace the spring by simply replicating it with...

I won’t go barbel fishing without one and the same respect I didn’t go barbel fishing without a bait dropper before Spoppers came on the scene. They cast like arrows, sink like stones and can deposit a lot of bait on the bottom very quickly and accurately. If yours are opening prematurely or...