In reply to Post #1
Not too bad - depends really, Friday nights can obviously be busy - but it's not as bad as it used to be.

I generally switch between church and K1 - walk both to see what's what, it's pretty rare I don't get on fish or in a swim that's decent.

There are a lot of armchair anglers on the ticket who don't fish it unless the lakes are fishing really well, so it can be very quiet for long periods - then suddenly when it does a hit - it's really busy.

It's also dead on there after spawning for a while, nobody wants to catch the bigguns at low weights, (although I don't care), Church is also a great winter water and can fish quite well in Dec/Jan.

If you're doing Thursday through to Sunday you'll almost always get a good swim / get on the fish, almost guaranteed.

Wasting your time.

The rules around consumer rights change as the product ages, after 6 months unless something goes catastrophically wrong, it gets a lot harder to get a refund or replacement. Generally if a fault occurs after 6 months, you need to prove it was there when you bought it.

They'll argue that it's not faulty, that you can still use it now, just as well as when you bought it, and the fading is down to wear and tear.

You might get lucky and they'll swap it - but I'd be surprised.

In reply to Post #51
Those crafty catcher pepper and peach are a real throwback to the 90s, they remind me of those duo-colour baits that Richworth used to do!

In reply to Post #43
Yeah Phil and Andre are top guys down there,

I had another mid forty on Friday on their pineapple nut boilie, never had so much confidence in bait.

In reply to Post #1
Fluro is super soft and usually quite thick - so it's normally fine to fish fluro direct to the lead (naked), it's also super slick - so it doesn't cut or saw its way through scales like braid does.

Should be fine.

In reply to Post #35
They do a pink boilie, (think he calls it 'nutter') which I think is a strawberry scopex type bait, had most of my fish out of Horton Church on it.

They also do some really good pellet mixes, and a good selection of popups, quite a few of the lads from that area are using their bait - I think it's just simple old-school bait.

In reply to Post #33
I think they have Scopex added, give Phil a ring - they're a good bunch, if you want something specific - I imagine he might put it together for you.

In reply to Post #29
I've done well on boilies from Wraysbury bait and rolling, caught 20x fish over 40lb and a mid fifty over their MC NUT, on the Horton/Wraysbury complex, to be fair I've done well everywhere I've been with it, even caught 20 fish in 48 out of Linear on it, at a social.

I started on Cell and Manilla back in 2021, and moved to MC Nut, and I've certainly continued catching, probably more fish - but that's probably also due to my angling abilities improving and knowledge of the venue, rather than the bait.

5K for £35, but Phil will normally give you a good discount if you buy in bulk, I just use their shelf-life, never had so much confidence in a bait.

I currently use MC Nut, and mix it with their Pineapple nut bait.

In reply to Post #296
https://pestsmart.org.au/case_studies/carp-pheromone-attractant-trials/

A total of 393 carp were captured during this trial, however only seven were sexually mature.

The Lake Cargelligo trial, while successfully trapping over 6000 juvenile carp, only captured two adult carp

The problem with it seems to be, that there are a huge number of varibales - sometimes it's effective and sometimes it isn't.

A lot of it seems to boil down to specific conditions, it isn't simply a case of putting this into a lake and it just works.

Which is why I think it's a load of nonsense, that people are spodding this stuff into a lake with their bait, and hauling fish for 24 hours - it doesn't add up.

If you're anywhere near Wraysbury, the pellet they sell at Wraysbury bait and rolling is excellent, I get through 20-30Kg of their 'ultra mix' every year, with lots of good captures over it.