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this sudden change was to
take place.
August 2025: after hearing
the news that Nash bait
was no longer going to be a
company, I would have to
change my bait company, now
im in no way sponsored by a
bait company just an ordinary
angler buying his bait so my
length of soft fluorocarbon
with a 1 ½ inch hook section
was soon finding its way into
the middle. I decided to feed
15mm CM1 boilies and have
a 12mm CM1 pop up on, as
anglers we all know when it is
going to go right, it’s a feeling
we all get, no one can really
put a finger on it but you know
choice would be mistral baits,
after ordering five kilos, some
pop ups and bait soak I felt
confident in the bait, it felt like
I had already been using their
baits for years and headed out
to a local day ticket, a quick
day session was soon on the
cards, so I would find myself
at Lakeside fisheries quadring
Lincolnshire, a lovely little
lake in someone’s back garden
which holds a few carp in
along with some course fish, I
placed three rods out and for a
change decided on hinge rigs,
although not the true stiff
version to which I have used in
the past as the bottom is soft in
places, a simple 10 inch boom
it’s going to work and that day
I just knew I would get a fish
although I had to wait until
the middle of the afternoon
for it, the middle rod suddenly
came alive a screaming bite
and pretty soon a 8lb common
was in the net with a hinge rig
hanging out its mouth, happy
days first one on the new bait.
After the day ticket success
I would return to the hard
venue, a beautiful farm pond
with some hard carp in there,
I decided to apply the soft
version of the hinge rig, after
careful pre baiting of corn and
boilies I was soon heading
my way on my first session
of a little campaign for the
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