In reply to Post #17
Sounds rubbish, it will never work. 🤔

Myself and my mate have a good few bits - any organisations that fit the bill?

In reply to Post #62
Its pretty wild! gone curly - not sure i will buy again. I have 2 spools though so will use that first. Back to good old diawa sensor clear , atleast its cheap and not a worry to respool a lot.

Iphone/ decent android - get the right self take and boom.

Credit where it is due, ordered some bag this Wednesday, and they just dropped through the door. Very quick and the solid bags are the best I have used.

Having the best season I have ever had in size, and before long number if it keeps up. Been fishing a mix of boilie and pellet. Started of with smaller stuff and the start of the year with smaller hook baits then the Rudd switched on, and now I am on 20mm boilie 17mm and 20mm pellet. Now I hear the " if it's not broke " people will be saying, but I can get 35kg of pellet for the price on 10kg of boilies so it's a big difference in price, so do people target bigger carp use just pellet? had a play and made some nice hook baits that last out of crushed pellet and egg white. Tempted to do it maybe splash a little corn in as well. In these times of rising prices it has certainly got me thinking

Do people really buy an item because angler X is using it? I would actively not buy a brand if a sponsored angler using it irritates me and have done so plenty of times in the past, the worst in angling i have come across have normally been a sponsored one - desperate ****ers.

XT Update

I spoke to Johnson Ross about the line and explained how it’s been behaving very differently (and not in a good way) compared to how it used to. They suggested I bring the reels in, so I did this morning. A couple of the lads had a look, as did Anthony. They agreed it didn’t look brilliant, but said they hadn’t had anyone else complain about it.
They asked how I’d been loading it. I said I soak it in water first – they said they never do that. Fair play to them, they’ve respooled the reels for free. It already looks less lively on the spool, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. Something has clearly changed for me, though they go through a lot of line so it’s worth listening to what they’re saying.
I wonder how much difference the soaking actually makes? Thinking about it on the way home, I can’t even remember when or why I started soaking it before loading. I used to use an old Berkley line winder that was purely mechanical – not a million miles away from the set-up they use at JR.
I’ll report back on how it goes. Fair play to JR – this was never about the money, I just want to be able to trust the line to perform like it has in the past. I’d have happily paid for the new line, so kudos to them for sorting it free of charge.

At least it's not me! Had issues with this line of late - ow well.

A tripod, an iphone, a phone holder and a synco = great pics (and a fox halo in the back pocket for the night)