Ok so maybe I'm an old git now.
I don't have matching luggage..
I don't have a seat for every day of the week....
I don't own a bait-boat....
When i do a 72 hour session I ONLY take the one barrow of gear...
I survive only on Coffee, Chocolate, Noodles and Pasta (if im feeling flash i might have some chipolatas and beans) But certainly not rump steak with all the trimmings....
I don't take a generator..
My Bivvy doesn't have a built in wood burner.
My Bivvy is big enough for me (and aint designed to accommodate everyone else on the lake should they all pop round together.)
I don't take a personal portaloo with me
Nor do i take an extra tent to put up special as an External ****house...
I don't have the most modern alarms but occasionally, just occasionally they wake me up by going BLEEEEEEEEP...
My bed chair is good enough, but its no so wide i can roll over 4 times before i fall out.
I'm old enough to remember when Northwestern rods were the Mutts Nutts
I'm old enough to remember Churner fishing with a 50p piece on the spool over a tin tray
Im old enough when a bedchair was actually a red sunlounger
I'm old enough to remember tin foil on the line....
I remember Mk1 BaitRunners ....
I remember the ****ty Heron Bite alarms that would give off a continuous screeeccch if you so much as looked at them funny..
But ... up to now Wrap Sticks ..........????
Naa I've managed this far for this many years, Just more Carp tax i don't need to pay.....!
OHHHHH BUGGER HOW WRONG AM I......!!
Having dismissing these weird poles sticking out of the ground in everyone's swim as just another Gimmick to catch us and force us to part with our hard earned,...
I finally invested in a set of Summit Wrap Sticks (YES The expensive ones....But they ticked all the boxes that i wanted and why not..)
So I set about figuring out what the young whippersnappers actually do with them..
Fooking genius just a simple, but fookin genius idea...
No more waking up at 6am to rebait; Only to find the rod you had the fish on at 3.00 am is now 10ft up a tree on the opposite bank...
Now i aint the worlds best caster... but now i have good confidence every time that when I hear my rig go PLOP in the pitch dark, Its somewhere dammn close to my baited area.
Im certain because of them i put more fish on the bank hands down.
Back in the 80s people on my club would of doubtless laughed down their sleeve at me.. But it would of been my alarms screaming all night not theirs...
Best Carp widget ive brought in ages, money really well spent.. !!
I don't have matching luggage..
I don't have a seat for every day of the week....
I don't own a bait-boat....
When i do a 72 hour session I ONLY take the one barrow of gear...
I survive only on Coffee, Chocolate, Noodles and Pasta (if im feeling flash i might have some chipolatas and beans) But certainly not rump steak with all the trimmings....
I don't take a generator..
My Bivvy doesn't have a built in wood burner.
My Bivvy is big enough for me (and aint designed to accommodate everyone else on the lake should they all pop round together.)
I don't take a personal portaloo with me
Nor do i take an extra tent to put up special as an External ****house...
I don't have the most modern alarms but occasionally, just occasionally they wake me up by going BLEEEEEEEEP...
My bed chair is good enough, but its no so wide i can roll over 4 times before i fall out.
I'm old enough to remember when Northwestern rods were the Mutts Nutts
I'm old enough to remember Churner fishing with a 50p piece on the spool over a tin tray
Im old enough when a bedchair was actually a red sunlounger
I'm old enough to remember tin foil on the line....
I remember Mk1 BaitRunners ....
I remember the ****ty Heron Bite alarms that would give off a continuous screeeccch if you so much as looked at them funny..
But ... up to now Wrap Sticks ..........????
Naa I've managed this far for this many years, Just more Carp tax i don't need to pay.....!
OHHHHH BUGGER HOW WRONG AM I......!!
Having dismissing these weird poles sticking out of the ground in everyone's swim as just another Gimmick to catch us and force us to part with our hard earned,...
I finally invested in a set of Summit Wrap Sticks (YES The expensive ones....But they ticked all the boxes that i wanted and why not..)
So I set about figuring out what the young whippersnappers actually do with them..
Fooking genius just a simple, but fookin genius idea...
No more waking up at 6am to rebait; Only to find the rod you had the fish on at 3.00 am is now 10ft up a tree on the opposite bank...
Now i aint the worlds best caster... but now i have good confidence every time that when I hear my rig go PLOP in the pitch dark, Its somewhere dammn close to my baited area.
Im certain because of them i put more fish on the bank hands down.
Back in the 80s people on my club would of doubtless laughed down their sleeve at me.. But it would of been my alarms screaming all night not theirs...
Best Carp widget ive brought in ages, money really well spent.. !!
In reply to Post #1
Rump? ....... Heathen
Rump? ....... Heathen
Have you moved off side hooking boiled potatoes yet to these new fancy HNV baits 
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In reply to Post #3
Naa i still use boiled potatoes with a size 2 trebble through them lol
Naa i still use boiled potatoes with a size 2 trebble through them lol
Like you I was old fashioned ,walking the lines out along the path etc
I bit the bullet and purchased the wrap sticks about 5 years ago
Still haven't used them tho
I bit the bullet and purchased the wrap sticks about 5 years ago
Still haven't used them tho
I used insulation tape for years with no real bother. Have the wrap sticks but the line twist is the only point that pisses me off 
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Not really seen twist....??
Do you use the Clutch \ Baitrunner to dump line....?
If so that's your problem !! Use an open bale restrict line with your hand on the spool
Not really seen twist....??
Do you use the Clutch \ Baitrunner to dump line....?
If so that's your problem !! Use an open bale restrict line with your hand on the spool
In reply to Post #8
Open bail arm and finger to keep tension. Eventually i expereince twist which pisses me off
Open bail arm and finger to keep tension. Eventually i expereince twist which pisses me off
In reply to Post #6
Same here bought a set. Because I was basically wasting my time without them..
Still not got them out there sleeve. Dont ask me why??
Same here bought a set. Because I was basically wasting my time without them..
Still not got them out there sleeve. Dont ask me why??
In reply to Post #10
Don't even know where mine are
Don't even know where mine are
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It's not just me then 
I tend to fish in the margins, that's my excsue anyway!
It's not just me then
I tend to fish in the margins, that's my excsue anyway!
I just put some tape around the top of some banksticks.
Works fine. I did buy some cheapo wrap sticks but haven't needed to switch to them.
I was always using tape on my line, but have had it slip occasionally and then I'd clip up and overcast
Works fine. I did buy some cheapo wrap sticks but haven't needed to switch to them.
I was always using tape on my line, but have had it slip occasionally and then I'd clip up and overcast
I still can't bring myself to use them.
I love my long walks down the bank to a fixed clip mark. After a bite I do it with a hop & skip.
I love my long walks down the bank to a fixed clip mark. After a bite I do it with a hop & skip.
I don't have specific wrap sticks either. If and when I do use the method it's out of necessity ie in the situation they were originally developed..in tight swims/down an embankment/no suitable clearing to walk lines out.