Well since my last entry with news of my success landing the pretty one I haven’t done much at all.
I have fitted in a couple of very short evening sessions on a small lake behind the Snag Pit, I even managed to bank a lovely low 20 mirror on one of them but most of my time has been spent walking round the pit trying to work out a plan for the rest of the year but to be honest I’m still nowhere nearer a decision than I was before!
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| A lovely low 20 taken on a short evening session.... |
I have however been using a few new items on the market and so far I am very impressed with them!
The first item is the New Korda Kaptors in the curve pattern, to begin with I wasn’t sure what to make of them as I had a read a few things on various forums but decided to give them a go myself before I passed judgement, I’m sure a lot of people just jump on the bandwagon with the rest of the certain brand haters, jealously or not…….it really annoys me!
My first impressions of the hook were very good, the point is protected by a rubber stop and once removed the “sticky” sharp point is exposed, I couldn’t believe just how sharp it was…..much sharper than anything else I have seen before but would the point last?
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| Korda Kaptors |
The point was still as sharp as when I took it out of the packet, I was impressed - very impressed!
Obviously since that session I have only done a couple of short evening sessions landing a low 20 as well as three Tench all weighing 9 – 10 lb which is always a good sign that the rig is working, not to mention sticky sharp!
The next product is the new PVA bag loading kit from Avid Carp, this item is simply brilliant and makes it child’s play to make perfect solid bags every time. Avid have really pulled out the stops with this product, admittedly it is such a simple idea but one that no-one else had thought of before so full marks to them for putting it out on the market.
I would definitely say that “Avid Carp” are a company to keep your eye on for the future!
I would just like to mention that I am in no way connected to the above companies either, just my honest opinion after a short test period, but they will both now take a permanent space in my Fox box!
That’s all from me for now, with various things going on I’m not sure when I will manage to get behind the rods again, I will keep mooching about the pit often to see what the witty beasts are up to though!
Until next time,
Smithy
