Badger

Love a bit of D&B myself!

That Common is mind blowing, truly a fish of dreams. Well in Mr Blair.

In reply to Post #3
Thrown most of mine away too. Kept the special ones like 10/15/20 year editions of Carpworld but the rest went.
Shame as the articles back in the day were gold, so much more than nowadays "tie this rig, use this bait" they actually educated and gave different perspectives. Used to love reading about different things, for example, Martin Gibbinson on The Method, he caught loads and was different to the norm.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not "old School" and I enjoy watching the latest releases from Korda and the like but just feel we have lost something along the way.

Back in the day I used to buy loads of Carp fishing magazines, (I much prefer print) and there were loads to choose from, Big Carp, Carp Talk, Carpworld, Carp Addict, Carpology, Total Carp, Advanced Carp Fishing, Crafty Carper and maybe a few more that I have forgotten. Plus the likes of Sub Mag.

Sadly they have all dwindled and we are left with Carpology, (which I subscribe to) and Total Carp. You can of course get digital formats of some but that doesn't interest me at all, preferring to pick up something tangible and flick a page so to speak.

Yes I know a lot of the articles are tired and cover off the same old "how to" basics but there's always something worth reading. But that's not the point here.

I very rarely buy Total Carp but with a long train journey ahead last week I picked up a copy of Total Carp from WH Smiths, (or whatever they are called these days) to read on the journey. From the first couple of pages I thought I had picked up Carpology by mistake, the font and layout was just the same, then a few pages in I thought, "I have seen this article before" and on looking back at the editorial info at the start the "Editor in Chief" is Joe Wright....aka Carpology. I flicked through the rest of the mag and it was literally a re-hash of Carpology articles so they have obviously bought them out.

Sad state of affairs that we may soon have just the one dedicated Carp magazine on the shelves for those that still like print. Can't see Total Carp lasting that long if all they are doing is duplicating the Carpology content.

In reply to Post #3
So much for Nash going bust!🤔

Only one I don't own a thing of is OMC.

Have looked at these, very smart bit of kit but I really can't see the benefit over a conventional tackle box, lifting stuff out to get to stuff underneath seems a bit pointless...

Apart from the old days when the advice was spooling it up with a pencil through the middle I have never had a major problem spooling any mainline.

Chuck it in a shallow bucket of lukewarm water, (label up or down doesn't make a difference) leave it 20 minutes then wind it on through slight tension, use a small towel through your fingers if necessary.

works fine every time!

In reply to Post #25
Have done, mine is fine to be fair, maybe my elastic in the hoods is a bit slacker for some reason?

I took the plunge and ordered the C-Tech MK2 bedchair. The Fortis bag fits absolutely fine, not a tight fit at all and not much different to the MK3 Indulgence it replaced. Not tried it on the bank yet but laying on it in my home office it feels mega comfy! Will give a user review after a night or two but so far a big thumbs up!

In reply to Post #4
The Korda jacket had me sweating like a pig, the breathability is shocking.

As others have said, an ex-army DPM is very good, and reasonably cheap. If you want a Carp label then there's nothing that comes close to the Fortis Marine, although the Nash range is very good as well.