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Crayfish, can make the lake harder to fish than the fish can from my experience , really can get your head scratching. I have tried the korda stuff mentioned above, wasn't overly impressed tbh.... may as well just fish plastic baits as that's what your left with anyway ,with out all the added faff ( which it was )

What can i say a short story easily read in two or three hours but absolutely fantastic discriptive writing. A tale of a man and a fish and a young boy its an insight into a different life and the respect a man can have for his quarry.

I re read this book over the weekend and it reminded me of how good it is. Although not about carp it is still a top read and very entertaining, mostly about game fishing and sea fishing for bonefish etc it is one of those books that are hard to put down once started. If you are willing to broaden your horizons and look beyond carp it is a great read.

That is so true. I can understand fish movement, I can understand them spooking from angler pressure, I can get the taking time to come onto bait, yet if the bait is gone because crayfish have got it first, or even the carp have spooked from the crayfish themselves.

Rob Hughes has mentioned using big halibut pellets along side your bait and loose feed , keeps them occupied as they love 'em with the bonus of smashing the halibut pellets up and sending out extra attraction in your swim. Plenty of the sods in the rivers on this side of the midlands, cybrox.

Chub outkasts?

Nicely put, and I am the same, I have no need of quick change of rigs. I have a rig bin or two full of ready tied bottom or snowman bait rigs, and a rig wallet with around 10 ready tied pop-up rigs. Cutting the mainline just above the hooklink swivel means I am getting rid of fragged line, (check it regularly anyway) using a run ring and buffer bead means I can slide them above the cut off section before cutting it with no hassle. A very short Multi-rig section can be a right pain with the loop, and I think high long way up pop-ups can be a bite reducer in themselves at times, above the feeding fish, or even making them a bit wary and leave a most obvious hookbait. I know, I know, they will take them sometimes, but not every time. I want my hookbait at the same level! For pop-ups I do like a D-rig, the run ring on d loop if using a mono, fluorocarbon is very free sliding, (braid I think creates a bit of friction) more so I think than a multi rig, and I think the bait movement on that D causes extra problems. Don't get me wrong, the Multi-rig definitely has its place, but is no better or worse than many others. It is however a saver of money, binning hooks as opposed to a whole rig. It may also cost fish if you don't check the hooklink material itself though.

Local pond I fish the largest hooks are 12. I use korda chod / wide gape barbless I can get 15lb chod hooklink through twice whipping knot. Largest bait 10mm boilies or pop ups works ok for me.

Like to see a curve in end section, bit straight for me

My all time favorite is books from Jim Corbett,s series. The best being Jungle Lore and then Man Eater of Kumaun, Man Eater of Rudraprayag, Temple Tiger and more Man Eater of Kumaun, My India and Tree Top. The Other writer being Norah Burke whose Jungle Picture is also a classical must read. To me these are the books one must carry while camping and reading them beside a fire in the night is a different experience altogether. Regards, Ali..

this is probably the best book i have ever read!!! i love war/military books, and this is still the best read by far. its about a (huey) chopper pilot in viet nam. although tracks his whole carreer from start to finish. its a true life story and there is a very unusual ending. il leave that for you to find out! so stop wasting time and go get it! bill

It's a travel diary by Paul Theroux of his year-long adventure across China by train in the 1980's. The book is named after one of the many trains he travels on, and provides a very in-depth view of the consequences of the changes brought about by the Cultural Revolution, as well as a very good insight into the lives and attitudes of the Chinese people. He writes well, with a highly intelligent and literate style, but also with wit, humour, warmth and emotion. I highly recommend this book, I was unable to put it down and it provided me with a view into a world seldom seen or heard about from unbiased western eyes.