In reply to Post #1
Graff-city.com

Montana white primer
Choose colour but my choice is always a Montana colour - can choose from their pallet black can range is a safe bet but for a really nice finish buy from their gold range

In reply to Post #24
Nah Claire and Samir

In reply to Post #4
I had a trip down during the start of the first lockdown before we had the snow lakes were completely frozen and there was about 6 lads all bivvied up on the back lake unable to fish because they're lines had frozen into the water

In reply to Post #1
What you wanna know

In reply to Post #59
Best - Temple - Old bury hill (members only) brilliant venue no muppets, left alone, cracking carp, no nuisance fish (some crays though) decent weights and not overpriced , also very well thought out facilities, swims and car park

Worst - some hovel in Essex ,

Turned up to a sea of empty lager boxes some being used as a seat for float bashes and the Argos boys fishing in lines and barbed rigs for crucians that were bullied to the bank, Blue bivvies and radios them smell of skunk lingering in the air was enough to give snoop dogg a migraine then I spotted the cherry on the cake......bailiff driving about in a golf cart white vest hat and jeans cowboy style hat dog in the back in some sort of man made basket/bucket r pack of Stella angling from the dash on the golf cart and one in his hand, told us about the stocks and how there was big carp and cats and a few spots available we had a walk around as the lake with the most Jeremy Kyle contestants was the one nearest to the car park but no the whole lake was full to the brim with pissed up dope smoking Argos boys

Venue itself was a bit tatty , two iron lungs per lake that looked as if they had been cleaned yearly by way of hand grenade, swims were like the radio one mosh pit at Glastonbury office,shop couldn't get a cuppa or a Mars bar very very basic

In reply to Post #39
Never used Oxford however I was a big live system bait man for years and a friend was fishing a maple bait on a park lake in Essex, wasn't a big brand bait firm I did some reserve has and found ABS and since then their Maple nut boilies have tore up the lakes I've been on can't recommend them highly enough, for me bait is bait and every lake is different if you put enough in you can turn certain carp towards a particular bait however it's not always the case and sometimes you need to change up and go back to basics or have a search through the old bait bucket and see what you can find (often a monster crab pop up lurking around the bottom slightly discoloured and hard as hell) I have no loyalties to any company and why should I I'm paying for bait not being paid for bait, I'll give the Oxford a look however @ roughly £7 a kilo from Geoff it's gotta be a good bailie to steer me

Not that bait cost is the most important , I'd rather pay a premium for a decent bloat that breaks down natural and doesn't bloat out carp but I think there's probably another thread here for that topic

In reply to Post #8
I've never cast one but a friend of mine has a full set inc net pole and baiting spoon handle and he swears by them but of a wait for them to be made so I've heard but I've handled them and they look the nuts really well built and the look is great very nice paint finish reel seat to match full Dillon handle not pencil thin but also not a scarf pole 50mm rings all gloss black inners .....they have my vote ....price of a small mortgage though 🤨

In reply to Post #21
I heard mill lake is known as the divorce lake lmao

In reply to Post #18
Just got my ticket, can anyone say what lakes get the busiest I'm looking to start on the Mill

In reply to Post #6
First night there inc membership, his bait which I was told I had to use as mine wasn't “suitable” his cradle and then the 24hr ticket came to a lovely round figure of £100 oh and then told me what pegs I had left to fish (2 of them) one of which was caked in goose ****.

Didn't renew