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Hinged Stiff Boom - Amnesia (26 posts / 5,978 views)
Baitman Baitman
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Post #16 16 Aug 2026 14:24
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30lb amnesia clear, but tea stained to take the shine off it 😎

Two good tea bags in a 1/4 cup of boiling water, squash it up like you're making tea for a builder, then once cooled to finger hot remove bags and drop in spool.
Leave overnight 👌🏻

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Karlos Karlos
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Post #17 16 Aug 2026 23:52
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I can feel a 'best teabag' thread in the making...
If it happens I have a massage parlor story from my holiday in Vietnam 👍
0nslow 0nslow
Posts: 1,682
Post #18 17 Aug 2026 06:06
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In reply to Post #16
Why would you stain it with tea? I can't imagine the carp are too impressed with that smell around the hook bait and there are plenty of simpler ways to reduce the shine if it bothers you that much

@karlos, maybe an inappropriate story thread would be the way. Then I can tell the story about when I played ping pong in Thailand 😂😭
Beyonce
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Post #19 17 Aug 2026 12:35
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In reply to Post #16
Should have saved this one for next April 😂
midlandman midlandman
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Post #20 17 Aug 2026 15:20
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In reply to Post #19
It’s actually a pretty good idea……I used to do the same with multi strand.
Karlos Karlos
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Post #21 17 Aug 2026 16:42
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I’m surprised Singlebleep hasn’t started such a thread. He is the official ‘Site Deviant’ 🤪

I’m not anti the stained line. Ages ago (when I had more time on my hands) I would colour braid/tubing with the odd dabs of permanent colour. Not sure what difference it made.
alemac1 alemac1
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Post #22 18 Aug 2026 15:57
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In reply to Post #12
30 or 35lb both work very well. I use the 35 myself
wevs wevs
Posts: 1,608
Post #23 19 Aug 2026 11:11
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In reply to Post #22
I really like 35lb Korda Boom with fairly large figure 8 loops.

I use silicone to go over the knots to stop them catching on weed as the lake I am on is full of silk weed.

Singlebleep Singlebleep
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Site deviant... Post #24 19 Aug 2026 11:25
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In reply to Post #21
Now my tales of Amsterdam, Denmark and Germany in the 70’s, Vietnam and Thailand in the 80’s and 90’s would make your eyes pop 😎
phil090781
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Post #25 19 Aug 2026 11:36
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In reply to Post #1
I use ESP Soft Ghost 18lb. for booms and find it’s exactly the right stiffness to kick away from the lead, and soft enough to bend a bit if needs be over bottom debris etc. I use fairly long booms of 12” plus though. Pulls straight between 2 knot pullers.
Fivenil Fivenil
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Post #26 27 Aug 2026 16:09
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In reply to Post #24
I'm off to the Dam on Tuesday. Been a while since i been there 😉
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