Croniks

I'll give derby a look but a1 pits is the pits lol hemmington I find is always over fished as it's quite an easy lake. Coopers arms is good not the lake with the fountain but the other one. I personally have caught 3 over 20lb and can expect to bag 100lb in a day but for me there are only three top pegs.

Nice one pal. I'll check them out

Ayup people. I have recently got back into carp fishing and nearly all my tackle needs an update. After a few sessions at my local lakes I haven't really caught anything on the bottom maybe this is due to me doing afternoon sessions from 2- dusk. At about 4pm there has been a lot of activity on the top so right I switch to bubble float and dog biscuit then the fun starts, I have been banging um out. My problem is I only have either a carp rods 12 or 13 ft zensor flex which after holding one whilst stalking for a few hours becomes abit heavy and seems abit to long when I'm only a few feet away from the fish. My other option is I have a few match rods/quivers light weight but I don't want to break them on like 15lb plus. So I am looking for a nice ligh weight strong rod that will hold 20lb plus for no more than £60 or £70. I have looked on the internet and still struggling.

A couple of years too late but mill farm fishery in gilmorton Leicestershire has very big carp and a good place in Derbyshire is Longford off a52 between derby and Ashbourne