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  2. mrmud

    Snowman help

    I have always wondered about the burnt smell of the blobbing process especially with floss or mono.
  3. mrmud

    Snowman help

    Don't think I'd manage 2 days using the cooker. My cookers like a blowtorch, wouldn't have any Fag left lol. I'm going to be prepping a few rigs ready so going to try with some plain braid the way you suggested. How'd you get on with the session.
  4. I’ve always used floss as the “hair” on the slip d, then tied the hair stop on with a couple of granny knots then blobbed with a lighter. I then remove that bait and hair stop and discard it, then turn the floss loop so the blob is half way down the loop, then rebait, so the blob ends up in the centre of the boilie, then hair stop as normal. I do this because when I bait up, then give the bait a quick sniff, I can smell the melting/burning smell left from the blobbing process, but by replacing the bait and positioning the blob in the middle of the bait, this is eradicated. Extremely fussy I know! But it makes me feel happier! yet when I lasso and blob a pop up using floss, I can’t do that, and catch perfectly well, so the “blobbing burnt smell” can’t be that off putting… 🙄
  5. Not just your problem, in the wind lighter blobbing the end can be a nightmare. Even worse for me, is this trip I managed to leave my lighter and spare at home. 2 days of lighting cigarettes from a gas stove until I went to the local village to get some supplies... The pop-ups had been tied on with dental floss on one, Merlin on the other (to compare). They both lasted 48hours no problems.
  6. Lovely looking lake that Kev, and really nice choice of spot. The weather conditions feel ripe for some fish, let us know how you go mate.
  7. Back down for another 3-4 nights potentially, picked back of the wind based on what I saw last trip and after setting up I saw several shows to my surprise, showing me where to put the rods, fingers crossed might get lucky - think I've dropped right on them unless they're passing through, some chunks to - fingers crossed 🤞
  8. Hey everyone 👋🏼. New member here. Carp fishing is what keeps me sain 😜(unless things ain't going right lol). I go whenever possible. How about you guys? Joing the forum hoping to pick up some handy hints n tips 🤞🏼. PB's: 34.02 mirror carp 19.70lb common carp 18.30lb grass carp
  9. mrmud

    Snowman help

    Hey salokcinnodrog I'll give some uncoated braid a go. Does sound abit a faff but worth faffing around aslong as I'm confident my rigs are fishing and not just empty rigs in the water. As I mentioned above couldn't blob the end as the weather wouldn't allow it(probz my problem but didn't think it would be the cause) Got windproof lighters for my rig box now
  10. mrmud

    Snowman help

    I usually blob the braid but couldn't this session(didn't think of that causing such a issue 🤷🏽‍♂️), couldn't get the lighter working in the lovely weather we was having. 40mph winds with a bit of rain thrown in for good measures.
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  13. I've been tying hairs onto rig rings (or swivels) for years for snowman rigs and pop-ups, and because I had to deal with crayfish which can cut dental floss, mono or fluorocarbon, settled on Kryston Merlin braid. I found hair braid is too 'slippy'. Any brand uncoated hooklink braid should work, but I bought loads of Kryston stuff when Dave Chilton sold the company. I even go old school and have a loop at the end for a boilie stop for snowman rigs. So I tie the loop at the end of the braid, and normally using a plain simple blood knot tie the hair to the rig ring. There are occasional alternatives if I've been using single bottom baits or even wooden balls on the rig and they are tight to the loop and bait stop; I'll tie a dental floss or braid loop a pop-up onto the original hair loop. Uni knot a loop, put your pop-up in it, and pull the loop tight. With the two tag ends tie them into the original hair loop with 4 overhand or granny knots, then lighter blob the ends to stop any pulling free. A faff certainly, but it doesn't put fish off. I've found overhand knots or granny knots can slip, but lighter blobbing the ends stops them pulling back through.
  14. yonny

    Snowman help

    I just use floss and blob it with a lighter..... unless birds are a problem in which case I use floss and a hair stop with 4 overhand knots! Not sure why yours will be coming undone. Try floss instead of the hair braid. The braid could be slipping.
  15. Hey everyone looking for some help. I'm fishing a critically balanced snowman on a slip d rig. I'm using Nash hair braid and tying it off with a boilie stop ontop of a sight stop to keep the foam inside the top boilie. I'm having problems keeping the bait attached on long casts.it looks like it's coming undone at the boilie stop. I use 3 or 4 overhand knots to tie it off. Is using mono and blobing it down better.(Also needs to resist the constant harassment of the dreaded bream. Any suggestions on what else to use. Thanks
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  17. All of my fish at Ardleigh Reservoir were caught at around 40-50metres maximum. One was caught at about 20metres when I saw fish moving around an inlet so cast a bait where I saw them. Even on Alton I don't think I cast more than 70metres.
  18. Korum Opportunist Mat Bag, with a Korum fully loaded tackle box in the kit bag, along with alarms, sticks, catty, pva tube, bait tub (bait tub since replaced with a Korum EVA eva bait and tackle station), Chair, rod bag and I still have a hand free for gates etc... I travel fairly light these days... short trips for me nowadays, even reverting to the use of a trolley as my back is totally naffed Do yerselves a flavour and travel light... it do tickle me sideways when some bod with a barrow piled higher than the Shard say's... "Ya gotta stay mobile man"... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
  19. Great advice that 👆 do your own thing
  20. When I first fished a big pit I set my stall out and fished at 40yds or less for 90% of my fishing, especially when seeing most anglers casting as far as they could. I also concentrated on the bays on this particular lake as the fishing was comfortable for me and more into my style. Im not someone who likes to fish as far they can so I only ever launched baits to the horizon if that's where the fish were. Don't get sucked into what you see everyone else doing. And the obvious one is location, location, location. Also Write down where you see them , the wind direction, weather, the atmospheric pressure (in my opinion and my findings were these factors play a bigger part on larger pits than smaller ones)all these will help you get a picture of the fish are up to.
  21. Good advice, I take a small bait bucket and there is room, will do the same. Alas, I've been taking the kitchen sink on a barrow and that has to stop for me. I saw a far more experienced and far better angler than me last week rock up with hardly anything, but very very systimsed, and that is what I am roughly aiming for - so I can be mobile and have less stuff. I am a photographer/video maker and the amount of kit I need on a shoot day is a lot, but I've got used to it and know within a split second where every item is and what I need at any given point, and I have a team to help. My fishing is my quiet place and I don't want lots of bits and confusion. I'll have more stuff at home, and a backup bucket in the car, but not while I'm fishing (hopefully!!!!), famous last words and all that...
  22. The bottle of scotch is because you are a good ghillie, always providing for your guests...
  23. Hi Nick, Plano tackle box - that takes me back and puts a smile on the face, wow!
  24. Doubt it mate, I keep all pva stuff in a bait bucket where I keep pellet to make bags etc 👍 I normally take the kitchen sink with me. Prefer to have it just in case 🤣
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