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Do or have any of you guys reached a point where you feel it suddenly becomes harder to actually drag yourself and your gear out, I'm feeling a change in my general fitness, even though I walk 3-5 miles a day. Or is it partially the lack of water and ridiculously hot summer making me a bit low mentally, as I normally want to get out, but at present it's a chore, especially with autumnal fishing changes.

Do or have any of you guys reached a point where you feel it suddenly becomes harder to actually drag yourself and your gear out, I'm feeling a change in my general fitness, even though I walk 3-5 miles a day. Or is it partially the lack of water and ridiculously hot summer making me a bit low mentally, as I normally want to get out, but at present it's a chore, especially with autumnal fishing changes.

I’m in Antwerp at the moment and I have been to visit the huge Decathlon store, where they have a good range of lures. The range is better than any than any local to my home. A few years ago I was fishing with a brand new orange rubber shad and it was doing the business for pike and wouldn’t you know it, a pike took the lure short and amputated its tail. When I got home I fitted a spinner blade in place of the paddle tail and it worked even better until... Favourite lures

I’m in Antwerp at the moment and I have been to visit the huge Decathlon store, where they have a good range of lures. The range is better than any than any local to my home. A few years ago I was fishing with a brand new orange rubber shad and it was doing the business for pike and wouldn’t you know it, a pike took the lure short and amputated its tail. When I got home I fitted a spinner blade in place of the paddle tail and it worked even better until... Favourite lures

https://www.fishingmagic.com/threads/the-techniques-of-trotting.13138/?nested_view=1 Some good stuff from Mark Wintle about maximising the sweet spot when trotting.

https://www.fishingmagic.com/threads/the-techniques-of-trotting.13138/?nested_view=1 Some good stuff from Mark Wintle about maximising the sweet spot when trotting.

This river badly affected, never seen so much, we have and some rain lately but they haven't opened the sluice gates to run it off yet, this must have been building up since June which was the last time I visited here. usually just a bit by the sluice gates but this runs quite a way along, I walked for about 100 yds. will this have affected the fishing?

This river badly affected, never seen so much, we have and some rain lately but they haven't opened the sluice gates to run it off yet, this must have been building up since June which was the last time I visited here. usually just a bit by the sluice gates but this runs quite a way along, I walked for about 100 yds. will this have affected the fishing?

Or are you saving yourself for next week? I fished a club fixture today at a fishery in rural Bucks. Fished a 0.75gr pole rig on a match rod.. Gin clear and weedy. Just managed double figures with roach, ide, perch and small tench. Unlike last Thursday, it was cooler and overcast all day. Also the corn ( which caught me my biggest roach thursday) didn't work today. All they wanted was red maggot? 27lb won it. Follow ups of 21 and 20lb. 10 fished.... How did you get on?

Or are you saving yourself for next week? I fished a club fixture today at a fishery in rural Bucks. Fished a 0.75gr pole rig on a match rod.. Gin clear and weedy. Just managed double figures with roach, ide, perch and small tench. Unlike last Thursday, it was cooler and overcast all day. Also the corn ( which caught me my biggest roach thursday) didn't work today. All they wanted was red maggot? 27lb won it. Follow ups of 21 and 20lb. 10 fished.... How did you get on?

I'm looking at possibly taking a punt at an lrf/light lure rod for when I fish at Poole for the mini-species, now if I lived near there I'd be prepared to spend, but as i actually fish for these fish 3-5 times a year for a few hours at best I haven't, I use an old solid glass Shakespeare 5'5" red thing that I bought whilst on holiday when a saw mullet feeding, but on temu some of these rods are so cheap I find it hard to believe they are carbon as quoted, anyone took a punt?

I'm looking at possibly taking a punt at an lrf/light lure rod for when I fish at Poole for the mini-species, now if I lived near there I'd be prepared to spend, but as i actually fish for these fish 3-5 times a year for a few hours at best I haven't, I use an old solid glass Shakespeare 5'5" red thing that I bought whilst on holiday when a saw mullet feeding, but on temu some of these rods are so cheap I find it hard to believe they are carbon as quoted, anyone took a punt?