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fraggle

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  1. i like to keep things simple as much as possible. i fish a small 'redmireish' water, small silty, overgrown but pressured. it will often have 2-4anglers on it 24hrs a day, 365days of the year. (yep even xmas day there is an angler on it.) for a small, (1 1/4acres) posd the pressure is immense. the fish have seen every rig you can think of. i did a week session last week, only 2fish came out all week, both falling to my baits and tactics. i experimented with all sorts of rigs and presentations, blow back rigs, the bow rig, the recoil rig, the withy pool rig etc, the 2fish both feel to simple presentations. the first, (a small mirror) fell to a simple knotless knot presentation and 12ml bottom bait, the next fish, (a mid double common) fell to a simple combi rig and pop up one inch from bottom. both baits were fished in total isolation along patrol routes i had observed carp moving and feeding along. i think we can make it a bit too complicated at times. i ask my rig only one thing, to pass the 'palm test' ie, drag a hooklink along your palm, and see houmany times it flips over and digs in. a simple long shank hook with a knotless knot arrangement and a small peice of silicone tubing on the eye of the hook will 'flip and dig' almost every drag, where as without the tubing on the eye, it rarely hooks at all, asking the question, how many times doesa carp take the bait and not get hooked? i find shortshanked hooks are less prone to 'flip and dig' as well. whatever test you do to determine the hooking properties of your rig, you need to bait it first, doing the test without a bait on the hair is pointless, as it will react totally different when the bait is on the hair.
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