I used to use two large carry alls for the syndicate lake where i could park right behind every peg, sheer luxury.
Then when i went trotting off to fish oxfordshire waters i used the two carryalls on a barrow, dead easy.

Now im fishing short sesh small carp waters or barbel fishing its a small rucky.

the carp rods in my quiver are 10ft TFG compact commercial 2.5lb and they are sweet.
a lovely thin blank, slightly shortened handle, cast well up to 60 yards or so with a small bag on, bend over nicely with a mid/upper double and absorb those swirling lunges in the margins so gently but still a bit left to have the final say...

i was pinching my shimano aero 6010 reels off my barbel rods to use on them but have now matched them up with a pair of shimano XTE reels with sexy single handles

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are the vader rods as soft and forgiving under the tip as the chub small water rods.

im still enjoying my tfg 10ft compact commercial rods, but good to have options for the future as they are discontinued now

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Dupe...

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Leather washer is much better for building pressure, oil with olive oil. Buy from ebay.

Only ever clean your filters with the old pond water so no chlorine from tap water to kill the bacteria.
Also never use fresh tap water to refill pond for the same reason.
As stated, no good overfeeding fish when the filter bacteria have not sufficiently recolonised the filter medium.
To run a healthy pond ir tank you have to ensure you run a healthy biological filter first and foremost, then the fish will be fine.

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i hope you took some pictures and have done an instructional 'how to'guide

Carp do just fine if eating a cheaper bait.

then someone shows up with a better quality bait and the fish quickly show a preference.

The only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon "Quickie" with their 8 -year old
son in the flat, was to send him out on the balcony with a Mars Bar and tell him to report on
all the street activities.

Their 8-year old began his commentary as his parents put their plan into operation;

'There's a car being towed from the car park,' he shouted.

'An ambulance just drove past'

'Looks like the Anderson 's have visitors,' he called out.

'Matt's riding a new bike!'

'Looks like the Sanders are moving!'

'Jason is on his skateboard!

After a few moments he announced, 'The Coopers are having a shag!

Startled , his mum and dad shot up in bed!

Dad cautiously called out, 'How do you know that?'

'Jimmy Cooper is standing on his balcony with a Mars Bar.'

I went to see the doctor with my blonde wife:

"We've been trying & trying for a baby for months," said my wife. "I want to check everything is OK biologically - sometimes I think my husband doesn't care whether I get pregnant or not."

"Do you think you could provide an egg sample?" said the doctor.

"Yes," said my wife. "Last time we had sex he pulled out and came on my face."