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why are you starting off with so many rigs?? 6" hooklink with a knotless knot and a short hair has been catching carp for generations and is still a good place to start. the addition of a rig ring to create a blowback rig is the next logical step and every rig that is in use now is just a variation on the theme, kicker here, shrink tube to hold the hair on the bend there. there is an old adjective that i always think applies more to fishing than anything else and that is ''slowly, slowly catchee monkey'' start small and build YOUR OWN style from there would be my advice

me too, i am also driven by the inescapable fact that the individual bits that go to make up £150 worth of Delk can be picked up online for pence and so the only benefit in buying them is that they come ready assembled for you. it is the fan base that drives the price and if anyone was to come out with a set that equaled the Delkim for performance and at a lower price you would see that £150 tumble rather quickly in relation to the fan base shrinking

Fox Micron ..... been around for ever very good basic alarm and cheap.

Mr boss man.... that first link you provided to the knotless knot stuff NEEDS to be stickied if it is not already. Please thank you [emoji4][emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dave Lane TFG Magrunners are around £80 for a set of 3 with receiver. Could be worth a look Other than that I use Delkims myself

I find a 15mm mainline wafters works well with a size 7

Yes I like the idea of keeping things simple. I'm going to go down the route of tying up some basic knotless knot rigs with a short hair and get some wafters ! I've got a couple packs of Nash Fang X hooks in a size 7. Wondering what brand / size wafter would balance well with this hook ?

modern day wizardry bud

True dat. GCSE level technology in little plastic boxes. Some of which aint waterproof lol.... Rip off, but the best of a bad bunch on the market IMO.

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I think alarms are personal choice, the way they look,the sound, features. Do ya own thing Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk

dayvid, i think if you do the math you will find that your suggestion is a little bit more than a bit more, in fact it is fast approaching 4 times as much

Got to be Fox. To this day I carry around a 20 yr old Fox Micron M. It's a spare for when my £500 quid set goes wrong, which they have done on several occasions. That mouldy old micron has never let me down. I think I've only changed the battaeries twice in those 20 years. It cost 20 quid and is the only alarm I've had that has never had even the slightest problem.

This guy was casting 13ft ers over 200 yards

Wafters fish perfectly fine on a standard knot less knot hair rig , done well for me in the past good hook holds etc.

Superb mate-that's exactly what I wanted to hear and thoughts of the unknown will make the long drive down worth it!

I'm 5' 6" and use 13' 3.5tc rods. Height means almost nothing if you have a good technique.