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Info tricky to come by. Try writing to the club: Alvis Angling Club P.O.BOX 2617 Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 7YS

Im struggling to get a membership for seaswood nuneaton if one could give me some advice on how to join is would be much appreciated

I have tried those and while they are fine if you are using a coated braid and you knot it, I am using boom and have to Krimp it and leave a loop, this leaves a gap between swivel and krimp and that seems to lift further off the deck by the addition of a sinker, I am getting some atomic jellywyre delivered today so will have a play with that also but I do just like the boom as it is less visible and makes a nice neat boom section.

Honestly, the ESP balance beads are awesome...1 side is a thin bore side to cover knots, other side is slightly wider bore to cover swivel eyes...

After having a little play with sinkers and some putty last night, I decided I didn't like the way the sinkers make the rig sit off the deck, the hook and bait looked almost like it was floating, I attached some putty to the swivel and instantly thought that's better, however I don't want to attach putty to the swivel as it will fall off, or stop the rig working as it should, so I got straight online to purchase some korda dark matter balancing weights. I went for the heaviest ones, hopefully these will be heavy enough to hold down the proper jobs. If not it will be back to the drawing board. I did also try different sized loops,with the sinkers, small loops could leave it presenting oddly, and bigger loops just sat off the deck too much but left it presented well everytime. Fancy thinking I was finished with this rig lol

Okay, i made what proved to be a winning bid on a pair of wychwood 9ft rods 2.75lb for £53 posted, these will do the job just nice

Tough day on Pitsford 2 pike and one perch, sadly none for Ben this time. Had the perch on a ned worm crawling it along the bottom in prob 40ft drifting away drom the dam, missed another take and lost one the way up, tried lots more passes but lost them. Had a small jack on a 3-4 metre diving crank bait from the causeway and a better pike last knockings in a bay by the big dam on a chatterbait with a 5inch shad attached. Lovely weather for the time of year, great day out!

Spinner rig with a D rig kicker for me. Wide gape or long gape for wafters and bottom baits, trig hammer XT or wide gape for pop ups depending on height required, I also switch between ringed spinner swivels and non ringed spinner swivels for height,

I was going to suggest a Multi-rig , but couldn't work out how you would attach the hair ; then along comes Nick to answer that question ! 😃. What I would say though is I use a Chod Hook , i.e. an Outurned Eye , for my pop ups ( thanks Kev. ) , but others on here swear by a Curve Shank Hook ( inturned eye ) . I guess you experiment and choose what works for you . 😃

You can get away with a Multi-rig! I've used it for pop-ups, snowman and bottom baits. Longer hair to the rig ring for bottom baits, maybe even snowman, but it works.

I am looking at fishing margins so i can drop a rig on a clear spot (weed problems) , i figure its better to place a couple of rigs close in and know they are on clear spots and not tangled. I plan on putting little tiny pva mesh mini nuggets with boilie crumb, and in line lead, but need to decide what rig to use that will do for both pop up and bottom bait? Incidentally i purchased a spool of ESP Tungsten loaded hooklink braid, by eck that stuff is dam near impossible to strip the coating

Managed to tie a slip D rig pretty much same as the Mike holly rig, things have changed since i last carp fished lol

The gear I've got now will just serve me for my days, but waiting for a claim to be paid out from work and will be getting a FULL setup back.

Thats what im doing £40 for the year got specimen lake with maybe 175 carp to mid 30`s plus some canal fishing, got rid of proper bivvy and bed chair years ago as i knew i was done with session stuff

When I start back, I will be more margin/close in fishing, using 6ft Rods will also get me into some small areas, think I'm gonna wait until new year now get out, get a club day ticket membership (£40) for local club waters for 12months.

Deffo worth the £80 for a day shelter, 5000HH, straight forward and quick(ish) setup 👍👍

feeling like i made wrong choice getting the 12ft rods, im learning more about the lake im fishing and a few of the pegs are a bit "tree`ed in" for getting a cast with longer rods, also i think i will be doing a lot of margin fishing, so might sell the Diawa 12 foots and get 9 or 10ft rods

Have to say i am made up with the westlake day bivvy shelter its perfect for my needs just doing days, it feels good quality and well designed

Looked at these a few times, people slate Westlake & NGT but I personally thinknits how you take care of them. Before I sold all my Gear, I had the Top Names - Shimano, Daiwa, Sonik, Korda....etc etc. But lately I've started regrouping all my Gear and is Mainly NGT. NGT - 2x 6ft Profiler Rods, 2x Profiler Reels, 2Rod Holdall, Backpack, Banksticks, landing net...shelter is Angling Intelligence, Chair n Matt are Sonik. Only have 1 Alarm at moment, but now I'm now shopping for Alarms n Reciever a 2 Rod Pod & some Line.

You’d need to register the fishery with the EA if you’re going to run it as a legitimate business. Then you’d be able to get stocking licenses. These allow you to stock fish from reputable fish farms and dealers. and also allows the EA to do spot checks for rod licences.

View from the new Westlake bivvy day shelter, what an awesome but of kit, nice and cosy, goes up in a jiff packs away small and goes back in its bag without a fight

I should really have gone Grafham, that place owes me a good perch but Pitsford seems safer as I'm taking my son, he's not the strongest swimmer and Pitsford is far smaller, yet still massive obvs. Hopefully a few more trips after this one Rutland and Grafham once we've got our sea legs sorted, frightening depths. 👍

Only ever fished pitsFord once during a comittee day out for the fly dressers guild my mate had a 9lb rainbow on one of my damsels I will let you guess what I caught lol 🫣🫣

I'm guessing Public Liability Insurance if you actually ran the fishery yourself ? .

There are a couple of fishery owner forums on Facebook that will probably give you the right advise. you could also possibly ask the angling trust if they have any contacts failing that you could just lease it out to a club or syndicate and let them deal with it al and you just sit back and take the rents. would depend on if you want a stress free rental or a headache of running day tickets and have any old Tom richard or Harry all over your property.