I have found a nice spot on my syndicate, a trough between gravel bars that is in a very little fished spot due to crap access, and unlikely to be found by anyone else given the angle of cast etc. my ticket starts in march but I do have access now. It's over 100 acres with around 400 carp, lots of crays, big roach , tench etc. how would you guys and girls go about getting my spot rocking? It's definitely on a route the carp cover and I'm sure it's all in how I bait it, 20k of parti once a week, pelllet and boile, tiger nuts? Too many variables!

In reply to Post #12
There's a copy of carp life by Mike Willmott on eBay at the moment that I'm watching, I know they have sold for a fair bit in the past. Hoping to get it for a reasonable price!

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Definitely! Another tip for a cloudy mix is to liquidise some cooked hemp with the milk, used it many times over the years to great success.

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You can still get SS2 for £25, might be worth buying a copy! I have the other two, but I doubt they will appreciate in value quite the same.

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The one I mentioned on eBay just sold for....... £175!!!

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There's one ending on eBay in 20 minutes! I'm watching out of curiosity as I have a copy myself. How do you think prices might increase in the future if they are already worth so much?!

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I own a set of tx9 intensities, I know it's not the rods in question but I cannot fault them. I have owned various shimano rods over the years from feeder rods, float rods and two sets of carp rods and they have all been brilliant. As with all big brands, if you wait for a year or so after release the price plummets. I paid around £450 for my tx9's (three rods) as the tx9 ultras had been released and I consider that a bargain as the k series guides would be £50 a rod alone.

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Quick google search tells me the 3.25 12' has a 50mm butt to a 16mm tip. Not sure about the rest of the range.

In reply to Post #19
S7 is an awesome bait, generally you can get it for less than the krill plus it's available in more sizes if like me you mix them up.

In reply to Post #13
Breaking the current trend for daiwa, I'm a shimano fan.. I have had too many daiwa reels collapse internally for my liking, back in my match fishing days I had two top flight daiwas turn into coffee grinders, recently had the same with an emblem spod, never had any issues with my shimmys! Using technium xsbs now as my main reels and aerlex's for spod and marker, wouldn't replace them with anything.