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That’s because it’s a nuisance fish lol

Fair play, each to there own and all that, but that is one ugly fish, looks like its about to explode 😳

I have sat watching carp on various waters pick up and eject goodness knows how many rigs. I have not yet found a single rig that is totally anti-eject, pop-up, bottom bait, or critically balanced. Pop-up rigs can be taken or ignored, if the pop-up is tested that rig is often totally blown, it just won't catch from the fish that tested it, or sometimes any companion fish in that group. A blow back rig will behave differently from whether it is a bottom bait or a pop-up; a pop-up will usually reset, where a bottom bait is stuffed. The strange thing is that bottom bait rigs can be forcibly ejected and blown out, or just 'fall out', where I have seen, personally, pop-up rigs tend to get blown out more. That may be different for others. Also rigs work differently on different fish, waters, lakebeds, even different areas in a lake. I think it was Danny Fairbrass who said (a fair few years ago, so it is possible his views have changed), that curved shank hooks don't need any tubing as the 'Kurve' itself that stopped the rig being ejected, however after watching my own plain straight knotless knotted curve shank rigs being ejected with ease by a couple of fish (not even big fish) I found that a line aligner does help. Extending the shank length on many hook patterns really improves hook-ups and reduces the chances of a rig being ejected, that is straight shank and curved shank hooks. This extending the hook shank lead to things like The Savay Looney rig, the longshank hook patterns, line aligners, even kickers as longshank Bent hook rigs were banned.

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finished it today, was a great listen that one, certainly a proper character

Its probably looks like a massive bream 😁

Absolutely mad as a hatter isn't he. I had the pleasure of meeting him once when he did a guest on dinton with dean and he had me in bits from the moment I sat down to the moment I left.

I'm sure I can give carp.commers a healthy discount

You forgot give carp.commers a healthy discount 😁 I don't mind the urban banx d and b, at least its hard-core, better than all that house music they try and set the scene with more punk music for videos I say 🎧

I saw Terry Edmonds (casting tutor) put a smiley on the FB post which made me chuckle.

Fishing addict wanted to try it lol to be fair i has a lot less metal work than a Ronnie. plus I have sussed out a way to splice that ridgemonkey stuff.

Wow bad news. Kingy was bad last year as well or the year before, I seem to remember Lee Birch almost begging people to stop piling it in, fish zigs or margin traps nothing coming out in the open water and showing a video of loads of old bait littering the lake bed. He said it was close to being a disaster then. With the current temps I bet they are right on the verge of a fish kill. I also heard that the 'Z Fish' was ottered, they didn't say that part.

Poor Anglers having to cast, I feel sorry for them.😂🤣😂

Awesome I fancy a go on spitfire pool at rich wilbys place but 800 sovs is an awful lot of money

Size 6 trig 2 esp big buoyant (yeah right) corn size 4 anchor weight spliced hooklength just done this as I have the kit by my side lol

Have you listened to the latest korda podcast with Pete Regan? The man is a legend and had me in stitches. I'm well into podcasts now thanks to you @elmoputney. 👍

That sounds exciting bluelabel, I am also jealous, I listened to the carp fishing podcast with Mark Walsingham ep11 a while ago, sounds an amazing place, well worth a listen if you haven't already, https://baitworks.libsyn.com/carp-fishing-podcast-11-mark-walsingham

I cant believe they are going to make people cast in this heat 😱😱😱😱

Thats handy to know about the 36 hours as i didnt know that, and to be honest i havent heard of theft but no matter where you go theres always going to be someone who does something like that.