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I'm absolutely the opposite Simon, I had some Xteas some years ago, brand new, I so wanted to get on with them, but couldn't in the end... It's better stay with what you know, because when you get a serious fish on it could all.end in disaster... I did fancy a set of 6000xaeros, for my lake...

I have looked at these a few times, very. Nce reels indeed....

I'm sat on 80 tins of Garlic spam..... just in time for the autumn rains 🌧

Got 6 and 8000 Thunnus on mine.... you’ll never look back..

Hi Ian, never seen a MK2 Avenger, just the 2000s. Sounds like it had a little more backboneThe Acolytye Specimen is made imo for out and out bagging bags of Barbel and Chub on a big river, where imo, the original Avengers are just a little lacking and made for bagging bags of Chub and the Odd...

2 Totally different rods, made for 2 Totally different styles. Hardly a comparison.

Sweetcorn is a superb bait down there and greatly overlooked.

Now if u had 2 of those Ballistas, I may have been tempted.

They migrate up and down the river. With the Trent being very low, the crabs ride the spring tides up and downstream. They also. Migrate to breed back to the estuary?. You will know pretty quick if you have them in your peg as any soft baits, spam etc, will be muched in minutes, little taps on...

4000D, for me. Such a great drag and use the BTR as a reverse etc.

As above wanted.

That's the Caravan park to the right, the faint purple line on the Trent denotes the pegs. These are the best pegs on the stretch. Lots to be had on the float, silvers etc and some really good Barbel on the feeder/lead. It's the mittens that are the problem...

Are you staying in a caravan, fox covert or Ashfield. As these are the Cluns down there. It will also give an idea for pegs etc...

Was thinking of using TigerNuts, as the mittens are on the move... Do Mittens like these too?

Can't do 😆......

Hi Adam, just had a play with the temu pva mesh. I tied a bag of pellet up and dropped into some water at 22c. It held firm for 23 seconds and then completely collapsed, into nothing apart from the ends. Then did it again and it lasted 28 seconds. Happy with that.....

You have to be confident with cows etc, shout and scare them, give one of them a crack with a stick, preferably a bit of Willow. Show them.your in charge, if they rush you, rush them they will scarper.

Silly money? Few years ago,I really, really wanted one, mostly bcos it was a free spirit and did the job exceptionally well. I have looked and tried many, I will stick with my Shimmy Aerocast 15 and Tourney 15, both specialist tools and do the job just aswell if not better than any out there...

What and how much Vince...?

I bought fifty metres of this last week from Temu, arrived in 5 days. Cost just under 13 quid... really happy with it.... https://share.temu.com/Eu7y2M5WflA