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mine are ready to go for next week. i use 1.5oz inline leads (flat pear) with 4 inch supernatural hooklinkswith a blob of putty half way, for hooks i swap between size 10 series 5s for corn and size 6 widegapes for boilies, however the new fang twister could be the new hook being slightly longer shank that most wide gapes. As for the fish not being riggy, well some are around here Jez, i watch them pick up the bait then spit it out regularly.

Yo man,

Nice pics lewis, i have a couple but of shots but no really good ones like tony getting a bucket of water over his head for a PB. 31lb common 24lb mirror off the heavy baited spot 5kg pellet 5kg boilies the half linear caught off the heavy baited spot 5kg pellet and 5kg boilies (topped up again) 46lb 10oz i spent the rest of that day drinking lager then the next morning caught this 33lb mirror then i blanked for a couple of days and on the last morning caught this 34lb common untill next time au revoir.

i use mine on a fluro leader, just use the atomic beads that have mini bore holes, these hold tigth enough but move when needed and go over the leader knot, i then use a large swivel, never use it travellig though (just the back bead) as this causes a loop off the bottom. clap it in place with 2 beads and hold the lead down on the tight line and keep it tight while the line settles then just slacke off a couple of feet so it all sits right. Besides chod rig fishing is cheating, its not real fishing in my book and is the easy option that gives every angler the chance of catching with the least work accutally carping.

wicked, i might give that a go then.

The amount of money i would pay o fish that lake..... i wonder if bribery helps you up the waiting list.

if its hardly fished then this will make it easy. i would personally bait areas where you can check if the bait is being eaten maybe a few margin spots and rove between them untill you find the fish. or fish a spot you think the fish will be and bait it regularly, the fish will come.

People dont moan about people fishing the place, more about the place it self and the morals of the place. i know what i think of the place and many others like it in this country but i also know they are here to stay. There are 2 forms of carping, carp fishing and fishing for carp and this fishery is just another nail in the coffin for carp fishing. being a carper, some will never know what thats all about. do what you want and fish where you like.

Im guessing you cannot climb then??

So is a hinged stiff rig then....... All this talk on rigs makes me laugh, i spend the least part of my fishing time thinking about rigs, i use the same rig for nearly every water i fish with minor changes on a couple. too much time in anglingis wasted trying different rigs. My advise is stick with one hook pattern and then fine tune the rest (hooklink material, shrink tube, length, etc) and stick with it. Understand how it works and you can then make very minor adjustments to make it work anywhere. Basically if you continue to chop and change rigs you will never understand them and how to make them work for you.

Like said im off to moorlands in may, second trip there after an awsome trip in september, more of the same please. might even squeeze a trip in sometime in september, not sure where yet though.

The waiting is painfull, i have just paid the last of mine and i now just want to get out there and haul some monsters......

This is like my trip, i just know its going to be spawning time (may 15th) my timing for trips and breaks is always nearly right or sholuld i say only just wrong... always a week or 2 out from the best fishing week. im praying that they have either got it out of the way or are a couple of weeks away from it...... wish me luck.

I think it is something to do with mini bus has passengers so they spend money on the ferry amd they automatically think that vans belong to businesses, bit of a shame for people like me who buy a van purely for their fishing. They are after all the sames bleedin size.

That would be perfect, just went to book mine for may and it wouldn't let me. will try again shortly. I think its because of my van, if i put in minibus its ok. Do you think i will get away with it being a minibus?

If you have as much interest as you say you do then you would be daft not to open it up...... You can get on some of the top syndicates in the country for that money and with some cracking fish. The syndicate im on is £400 a year with potentially 5-6 40s and around 45 30s across 4 lakes of 4 acres 9 acres 23 acres and 35 acres......... all english fish and no simmos. There are loads of syndicates around where this is on offer and you will find it hard to retain members if you get them in the first place. Good Luck

Supposed to be a decent winer water. i was thinking about having a bash over there soon.

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White is the colour for baits from what i remember. I took a mate to show him some stuff and get him fishing. High attract groundbait on a method and a white off the hook is lethal. That was 2 years back now though.

Welcome to the valley. Hope the PM helps a little.

Great place and im sure there are a few decent fish in there. 70 30s is a monster amount but there is definatley plenty to go at.

Kev i know it will affect the income of the fishery in the short term but they wont lose money (meaning it is still profitable) The stocks are fine and they should not look at just replacing the fish that have been lost, The creature was one of those that just appeared from nowhere and i dont think thats right at this time. Then again who knows whats swimming around the stock ponds waiting to go in. There might be a couple of biggies that are being darkened off in uk waters as we speak as to not look so susspisious when they get caught for the first time...... Maybe.... you never know.

Yeah, this will be my 3rd season

Kev he wont really lose money will he. Just wont make as much for a short period. They just need to re brand the fishery.

Definatley worth it, i would fish it every week if it was more local. Best looking fish in the country. Probably my favourite lake i have ever fished.