In reply to Post #1180
mirror this, but not the brolly lol

Thanks mate - will assume the same

went online to order some mk2 pop ups - were really good for me, cant find them online. Can I assume they closed down?

Hi all, I am fishing a water now from platforms quite high up from the lake - as such I want to use stage stands (Jag ones) or the Jag Micro Pod, but get the tips right down. I had a look and the only thing I can see are the Korda singlez extensions or bars - I haven't seen/used them before but am going to "assume" they would fit the Jag stage stands and help jack the rear end of the rods up?

I might be stating the obvious here but wanted to check if anyone here uses both before I go and purchase them.

Cheers

Thank you everyone for the comments, some really good insights

Hi all,

Just joined a water where distance is essentially everything (for most of the time) - 90 acres, windswept and fishing as close to the out of range zone as possible (300 yards away).

I have Torrix TEs 12.5 which have served me well and can do upto 150 yards. Test curve I think is between 3.25 and 3.5lb

However I would love some recommendations for out and out casting rods/tools - looking at the Harrison and Century offerings but theres quite a few to choose from, so any experience based advise would be great.

Will be fishing them with Basias and 12lb tapered mainline.

In reply to Post #4
Bit of an urban myth that is....

It's Eynsham Hall Estate Lake in Oxfordshire.

You can see on the original Go Fishing TV video with Terry Hearn he catches a carp at the end. It's the same carp in Alfie Russel's latest ESP video - called the “Video Fish”. You can see from “Old Friends and Mr Fox” it's tha same lake as on Google maps, fishing to the right of the small island.

May seem a bit of a newbie question, and naturally bait companies will always advise pop ups "go off".... so just wondering what the general consensus is. I haven't wet a line properly in 2 years and have a array of pop ups ready to use this season, some of which are probably 4-5 years old - some have been boosted/glugged, some have not.

Is there a general rule here on lifespan of pop ups and their effectivess as they get older? especially if they have been liquid boosted at the outset?

Hi forum

... bit of a long shot here and maybe a bit weird but I hope I am not alone with this issue. I have a Fox Bedchair sleep system with sleeping bag zipped to the bedchair. The bed is super comfortable and sleeping bag is perfect. It has crash zips either side but they only go down 75% of the length of the bed and stop each side maybe 2 foot from the bottom of the bed. This means the bottom section of the bed is always covered by the bag in a semi tight position.

As a result I found I suffer from some pain after a few hours where the tops of my feet start to cramp up. I normally sleep with a duvet at home and my feet are exposed at the bottom/not covered so I don't face this issue. There is no way to overcome this as the zips won't move all the way around the bag/bed. The only way I can get around this is to sleep on my side with my feet in a sideways position (not upright position) which again isn't always the most comfortable position.

What would be ideal would be to essentially unzip the bottom portion of the sleeping bag and leave the middle sections zipped up covering the central part of the bed.

I have checked online and can't fnd a bed that has this? has anyone else faced the same issue and found a sleep system that has this feature/option?

Thnx

In reply to Post #3
Thank you both - thats perfect!