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  3. May catch reports................

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    5 minutes ago, crusian said:

    Ouch ! , as my Wife has just said " that's not small if you're the one giving birth ! " .

    Earlier as I loaded my car ready for tomorrow my Wife said I take more fishing gear than the stuff  you take for a baby ; silly lady , she just doesn't understand ! 🙄 .

    Shes right I won't tell you the gory details, but when I had my only child it was like a scene from a horror film lol. My kid was a 7 pounder 

  5. May catch reports................

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    On 26/05/2018 at 10:10, yonny said:

    I'm on fish this morning but have to leave to go to a birthday party. I'd pull a sicky but it's my birthday party lol.

    Nicked a lovely dark 22 pound mirror this morning which I'm happy with but it's a killer walking away from fish on my spot 😖

    Sorry for previous reply wrong person. Yeah I would be gutted leaving a spot when the fish are on the feed. Sometimes you just crave for that extra time

  6. May catch reports................

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    On 26/05/2018 at 10:20, spr1985 said:

    I feel your pain mate! I should be out this weekend......other half has other ideas...about half an hour away from driving to Manchester so she can spend the weekend with her sister and newborn niece 

    How  much did she weigh? The baby I mean 😂 

  7. May catch reports................

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    On 26/05/2018 at 10:10, yonny said:

    I'm on fish this morning but have to leave to go to a birthday party. I'd pull a sicky but it's my birthday party lol.

    Nicked a lovely dark 22 pound mirror this morning which I'm happy with but it's a killer walking away from fish on my spot 😖

    How much did she weigh? The baby I mean  😂 

  9. Getting done

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    On 10/05/2018 at 15:15, salokcinnodrog said:

    It could be the gap is a known 'danger area', where carp are often targetted, so are particularly wary of rigs. 

     

    It could be that your 'slightly supple' boom is sticking up from the bottom, whereas a totally soft braid could confuse them.

    It is possible that by going softer your hooklink doesn't stick up out of the silt compared to the coated braid near the knot.

     

    (Before anyone says anything targetted is the correct British spelling, single t is an Americanism)

    That's a different idea I could try that. I have a korda braid that is uncoated that might do the trick

  10. Getting done

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    On 16/05/2018 at 15:41, crusian said:

    Hello Esmin

    Just rereading this Post .

    Have any of the suggestions helped you land any Carp ? .

    😃

    Tbh I haven't been on the lake lately. Been fishing other lakes. But I will do at some point 

  13. Getting done

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    On 06/05/2018 at 10:00, crusian said:

    Hello Esmin

    I'm surprised you haven't had a reply , maybe your post got buried / decent weather / Bank Holiday .

    My opinión , for what it's worth , is yes change to a stiffer Boom Section .

    Have you read the post " Pop - Up Advice " ? ; for example Greekskii 's rig is sitting up very proud - Atomic Chod Wyre .

    I have no experience of ESP Ghost , Korda products would be more readily available .

    :)

    No not seen the advice but will take a look thanks ☺ 

  14. Getting done

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    18 hours ago, B.C. said:

    Could try over weighting the pop up a bit more, might help the hook stick enough for a full blown run..... 

    It was overweighted I ended up making it critically balanced

  15. Getting done

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    His everyone, not been on here in a while. I've started fishing a lake of around 8 acres in size. It holds around 60 carp. I found the fish and was confident of a bite, I believe I had a fish pick me up several times over my session because of a series of beeps. I don't think they were liners. I was fishing to a gap on an island and using a hinge rig with semi stiff braid boom. I believe my boom section was long enough to accommodate for the silty bottom. Would it help if I was to change the boom section to a stiffer material that can still accommodate the silt, like esp ghost? 

  19. May Catch reports

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    Thanks buzz, its a pb for that water. I've caught a 34lb at the controversial Pavyotts mill. But don't really count it. On another lake on the same complex I caught a fish known as split tail at 29lb back in October

  23. Rigs you are using now?

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    I plucked four from my rig box.

     

    1st is suffix coated braid in 20lb, simple knotless knot , looks like a size 8 wide gape but will work with most hook patterns.

     

    2nd is the suffix again , 2 inches stripped back tied to a rig ring with a uni knot, this simply goes down through the eye of the hook and the shrinktube holds it in place,making the hair adjustable in length.

    The rig ring will pull down to the eye during the fight and was strong enough to land me a mid 20.

     

    3rd, is a blowback combi rig using 15lb fluro , and stripped suffix for the hair, size 6 widegape.

     

    4th is a hinged stiff rig tied with 15lb mouthtrap.

     

    Obviously the first three are bottom rigs but could be made into wafter / popup rigs with slight adjustments.

     

    I'd use all of these on silty areas but if fishing on gravel would swap to the fluro combi.

     

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    What adjustments would you make to the first 3 to make them effective as pop up rigs?

     

    and why would you swap to a fluro combi when fishing on gravel?

  24. really warm sleeping bag?

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    Im quite surprised that the jrc or the tracker bags dont keep you warm especially if they are 5 season but bags will lose there thermal proprieties over time so if they are both quite old then that could be why.

     

    For a new sleeping bag, you have two options.

     

    First is to buy a bag made by a tackle company, probably the most comfortable since they will normally have straps on them to attach them to the bedchair so you dont have to struggle to get out when you have a bite. I personally use a the Total fishing gear 5 season bag and has done me well in very cold temps as i use it for camping as well. They also do a beefed up version which is even warmer.

     

    the second option is to buy a sleeping bag from a dedicated camping company which will just be a normal sleeping bag but you will find they have been designed with very cold temps in mind.

     

     

    Plus you could look into getting a bedchair cover which will help keep you warm in the colder months.

     

    other things you can do to keep warm is have a clean set of clothes to change into when your getting ready to get in the bag. These will be dry so will keep you much warmer, since sweat will stay on your clothes and get cold which will make you cold.

     

    Put your unneeded tackle bags under your bedchair and this will help keep the cold air from the floor coming onto your bed.

     

    and take a blanket, This will give you a extra layer of warmth.

     

    the trakker i bought about 6 years ago and it was already very worn back then. but the jrc i bought brand new and it says 5 season but still isnt warm enough in cold temps. i just dont understand it!!!! :?

    im really worried to buy another in case its not good enough and then i would have wasted money.

  25. really warm sleeping bag?

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    I don't know weather its because i cant handle the cold or weather its because i haven't got a good quality sleeping bag. ive got 2 sleeping bags one i bought second hand some years ago all i know is that its made by trakker. The second is a jrc 5 season. neither of them keep me warm when it gets cold, i have to have 2 hot water bottles. why are they not keeping me warm if they are supposed to be 5 season? could anyone recommend me a decent bag that will keep me really warm in winter?? thanks

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