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You need to figure out what's important to you fella. - For distance casting go for a pre-stretched line (e.g. Fox Exocet etc.). They cast fantastically but aint so good where abrasion resistance is required. - For general angling without too much weed go for one of the new low stretch/partially pre-stretched lines (e.g. Shimano Technium, Gardner GT-HD etc.) These cast well and have half decent abrasions resistance. - General angling in weedy situations go for a traditional all-rounder (ESP Synchro, Gardner Pro etc.). Cast OK, nice and strong. - Heavy weed go for a heavy line (Gardner hydroTuff, Rig Marole SLS etc.). Not so good for casting but you'd land a bus in a forest. - If you want your line on the deck go for a fluoro. Again, not great casting, but the benefits are obvious. There's no such thing as a line that will do everything perfectly (although the low stretch options are getting there). Think about what's important to you and go for the most suitable.

Put all of your rods where the carp are fella.

Making pop-ups. I do make my own special pop-up hookbaits with a special flavour combination that has worked well for me. I work on a 1 egg mix with the flavours, oils and attractors as a 6 egg quantity. For pop-ups I do use Mainline Polaris or Richworths Pop-up mix, dependant on which is easily available. A 1 egg mix lasts me usually a whole year. So added to 1 egg is 5ml of Ultraspice Flavour, 2.5ml Verselle Laga Garlic Oil, 20ml Marine 17 liquid and 10ml Tunamino liquid, and the whole lot is whisked together and the base mix gradually added until it is stiff enough to roll. As I said a 1 egg mix produces enough pop-ups for a whole year, this year I rolled a load of 20mm and some 14mm baits. I boil the baits in boiling water for 1minute and then leave to dry overnight, before adding a bit of extra liquid. The 20mm I added a touch of red dye in with the extra liquids.

If making your own batch of boilies you can easily make a small, separate batch of hookbaits with elevated levels of certain attractors. Take a small portion of basemix and sieve it to remove any larger particles or seeds that are present. Make a 1 egg mix but add say half of the attractors and liquid foods for a 4 egg mix. So for example: 1 egg, 10ml Minamino, 5-10ml salmon oil, 2ml caviare flavour, 1g Betaine, 3 drops black pepper oil. Add sieved base mix and either roll as normal or mould around cork balls for pop-ups. If you require a harder hookbait (the sieving will help this) then the boiling times can be increased for these hookbaits by up to twice the normal time, largely due to the elevated levels of attractors. They sound excessive but don't forget, these are hookers only and will not be eaten. You should now have a small batch of highly attractive, slightly hard hookbaits that are carrying the same smells as your free offerings... Happy days!

Hi all could l have your experience in what's the best line to use for carp fishing.

Braid-mono here i only use light mono as well i think the key is cutting it and retieing regularly

hi Jason, welcome to the forum that is a very good question, and one that will probably generate a whole host of answers. line strength would be between 10lb and 15lb BS 'BUT' then you have the braid fan, the mono lover, the flouro aficionado etc, etc. you also have anglers that will only use Solar, Korda, Esp, Diawa etc. personally i use Esp Olive in 15lb @0.35mm, hook link material depends on the day. i love the stuff but that is just me. good luck in your search

Welcome to Carp.com. You will get loads of different opinions on what line, and other considerations you need to think about. Do you need a casting line, or a line suitable for dealing with snags, gravel and weed? A low visibility line in the water? All will give different answers. General purpose lines I would recommend two of the cheaper lines, both of which have been around for a while, and are in my opinion better than many or even most more expensive lines. The two lines are Daiwa Sensor in brown, or Gardner Pro Light or Dark blend.

Same as Nick used mono with 40/50 lb shock leader no problems whatsoever tried braid crack off.

Definitely a 5 year guarantee. Fairly unique in that. Thanks for your responses lads. 60" MHR it is. Wife has said she'll get it for my birthday, which is a bonus! If the new one is up to my Solace build quality, I'll be well chuffed.