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Hello mate, Used to be called Etang 52 and I fished it for the first time in the spring a couple of years ago when we had the lake to ourselves.

We made use of the boat to map our swims and initially bait up, between us we had 52 fish and got through quite a lot of boilie and particle in order to hold the fish, but all the rods were well within easy casting distance.

Lovely lake that I believe is going to be another big fish water in the not too distant future, its already doing 50s and the odd 60 now so its definitely going in the right direction.

I am back out mid November and already counting down the days.

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Hello mate I have fished it a couple of times and have friends that also fish it regularly and I would recommend you hire a boat for the week regardless of what swim you end up in as there is quite a lot of weed, snaggy margins etc that if you want to make the most of each swim and fish with absolute confidence, feeling the lead down etc from a boat is in my opinion the only way to do it on this type of venue.

Guys there recently were suffering from a lot of floating weed that made it hard to keep rigs in place and meant regular boat trips to replace rigs and clear the weed.

If you check the catch reports on facebook that will give you an idea of the swims that are producing each week and may help you narrow down your swim choice once you have actually had a good walk round and John and Ross the bailiffs know the lake inside and out.

Its a great run venue with some cracking fish that can be challenging at times but that just makes it all the more worthwhile when that rod finally goes.

I am back there this October and again October next year and cant wait to get back.

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Hello mate, generally I have had to go up a size to get the best fit in the Jackets and Waterproofs that allows for freedom of movement.

I fit a medium in some brands but found the large was a perfect fit in the jacket and Body warmers.

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cant recommend the Baitroom enough, the quality of the baits and the great service are IMO worth every penny.

Double Tops are year round fish catchers, along with Tiger Toffee with Krill and Berry and Fatlip being my main go to baits.

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I am guessing that being Sponsored rather than employed by Korda will give them greater freedom to pursue their channel whilst having a significant sponsor to help pay the bills and open up more doors to other endorsements from the likes of mainline, Trakker and Diawa, which tends to go hand in hand with Korda affiliation?

I just hope they dont forget the support and opportunity that was given to them from the Team at Nash and burn any bridges, the angling world is a very small place.

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Ive got friends who bought the 14000 XTD and all found the clutch to be awful for a shimano and they both had to fit ICE washers, which did make a big improvement but then one set started falling apart so they have now binned these.

Ive got 14000 Ci4s and cannot fault them, they are lighter smoother and better all round, but then thats reflected in the price so they should be.

The Speedmaster feels a better Reel than the XTD and I am told they have addressed the clutch issue, but it is still at the bottom end of the shimano spectrum and you can feel the difference between these and the more expensive Ci4 or Power Aeros.