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Imo the visual aspect of hookbaits is massively overlooked. Carp can see more than 4 times as many colours as humans, and can see in the UV and infrared spectrums - so basically their detection of colour is miles better than ours and they can see at night (explains how the black foam zigs work at night eh, lads). One thing I've taken from every underwater vid I've ever seen (going right back to the first Korda one in the late 90's) is that they see the hookbaits clear as day and are often drawn towards something a little different.... something that sticks out. I used to spend hours/days/weeks/months preparing and glugging special hookbaits. Over the years I've stopped doing it as I now believe colour or visual appearance is way more important than food content or flavour (when used over bait anyway). I even have a stash of Proper Job Pop Ups with zero flavour that I prefer to fish over certain groundbaits. Worth also mentioning that given their UV/IR vision, we're probably wasting our time trying to camouflage our end tackle. What's green or brown to us might look bright purple to them! You can see this on the underwater films too - sometime they just know something's not right. Luckily, they're not smart enough to know what a hook, lead, or leader is, so we catch in spite of it! Anyway I digress....... shot on the hook rig? Been around for years as mentioned. I personally haven't fished a spot clean enough for that rig in years so I have no interest. Also have to agree with @kevtaylor that there's nothing in the newer vid to suggest it's the shot making the difference rather than the very short hooklink!

That's an Interesting idea, I've also been guilty of spending ages poncing up hookbaits, and actually quite often ones I think should be deadly don't catch anymore than the rest (sometimes less Infact) . I have got a tub of unflavoured proper jobs that was planning to flavour the stinky winky out of. I do think I catch more when I use my spod mix though which has loads of colours, I do think the garlic granules are a factor but maybe I've been overlooking the importance of the colour. You can also add why does plastic corn work so well. I think it is probably a lot to do with length of rig as much as the shot. And possibly lead arrangement too, I used inlines and 2" shorter rigs for my recent hauling trip, I don't think i am changing back to lead clips or helis anytime soon.

Out of hospital at 5pm yesterday, and stayed the night at my mother's house so she could Childmind and Sky-sit. I did have a typical reaction to morphine in the middle of the night, made me physically sick. Had to get up, get downstairs and into the bathroom in a hurry, not fun. Then of course that upset Sky, so after I'd sorted myself out I put her on the lead and took her into the garden so she could pee. Poor dog, from about midnight until 5am, I was waking up, every hour at least once, so she simply did not know what to do.

A trip to local GO Outdoors to see what Stove and Kettle/Pan set wife can get me for my Birthday next week, walked out with....😬😬 Trakker 13ltr Bucket + Tray, 2kg Maniline Bag Mix, 1kg Manills Stik Mix, Manilla liquid Food, Pot of Sticky Pineapple (Bait spray too), Mulbz & Manilla all in 12mm, Few small (1oz) leads, Pva Bags (forgot the loader) Few bits of Terminal to top the Box up.... Will only be using 6ft Rods, so small intimate close in fishing will be done, Running Rigs on 4/5 inch hair rigs, all inside PVA Bags. This will be my go to method for a while now, Rucksack will have Food Bits, Cutlery, and some oddities, Rod Bag with Landi g Net, Banksticks with Alarms down side, Chair and Beamie Matt, also got the shelter if needed. The Landing net below has been put with the 6ft Jig Setup I've also got, and replaced with a Sonik 2pc Handle and Net. That now is ALL my Gear.

glad you got it sorted though, dogs can be funny with things like that when i had my shoulder surgery i was up a lot at night and ended up sitting downstairs keeping her company as was easier

I think I prefer a wafter in a bag just looks more natural. I don't think a bag rig needs to be complicated. A multi rig wouldn't be a bad choice it would do all the hookbaits you want and it would be easy to change the hook. (not for a mesh bag though)

Mine have been with very short Multi-rigs, either size 4 or 6 Solar 101's or size 4 Gardner Incizors, made up with Kryston Jackal or Merlin, and around a maximum of 150mm. The Multi-rig is a doubled up length of material, no knots other than the hooklink swivel knot.

Here's to a quick recovery for you , Nick . 😃

It can go two ways - with the crook of the quick change facing the tip or the back of the hook. It should face the back of the hook👍

Yeah I wont use a rig balanced in that way, I have the hook laying flat with anything balanced. Blunting and asking to pick up debris IMO

Could be a number of things estate lake silt feeders have softer mouths thats gravel pit carp using a hook is going to cause mouth damage of some description only way to stop it 100% is to stop fishing. are you using the hook swivel the correct way around so the open crook on the swivel is at the back? that makes a difference

Think I would give it a miss to be honest mate, just another thing to question if I'm not catching 🤣 I do like these under water videos, I know they are mainly plugging products but you can learn a lot from the carps behaviour etc. I was having a chat with a different angler about the current video and was discussing about when one of the Carp literally turned 180 and bee lined to the pop up, we reckon it was done off vision and not smell if that makes sense. I don't understand this presentation, surely fishing this on a hard bottom will dramatically increase blunting your hook when you go to retrieve it?

Fishing is good for the soul 🤣

Welcome back mate,I knew this day would come.

Wife said she'll order these for me 😁😁