andrewtrace

I am off to France near toulose tomorrow and going to be fishing the river averon, been told holds fish to 40+ and hardly sees any pressure, will let you know

Having tied a couple of rigs yesterday and look ing at them in water , the hook length does not really hold the bottom - so rig putty needed, problem going at 6 am tomorrow before shops open - any suggestions, is there something similar from Hardware stores ?

Nick How do you tie the uni knot?

Always use with pva sticks , cant fault them as never had one go yet

Reading through the article , i like what i see, similar to how i have been fishing, but i have been using swimfeeder on running rig and magclips I ask the following questions please 1) Only two maggots on a size 10 would that not look out of place and also attract smaller fish? How about a size 12? 2) I have seen the draw string pva bags which would be easy to tie to the rig , does any one have preference on PVA Going to go on wednesday , brave the cold get out of the office and catch some fish Cheers for any advice

used them last winter in cunjunction with a swim feeder and had loads, also added curry powder to the maggots worked a treat, almost the time of the year to bring them out again

True , but there are other makes out there i prefer to use, and i guess its all down to personal preference and opinion. Its just dont float my boat

When i was last in tackle shop they showed me it, looks pretty effective, but pulling the hook deeper into the mouth, is that a good idea ? Doing well with fluro carbon and long hook lengths so would probably shy away from using it, plus its made by nash which puts me off

Maggots and swimfeeder, never thought i would say this , but having gone back to the first bait i ever used twenty years ago, yesterday had six fish in six hours , of which 4 in a mad ten minute spell, all high singles and low doubles. Not bad for february and my first fish for the year

having visited an easy runs water yesterday and having only one, i have severe lack of confidence in the rigs i am using. I have recently changed to a ring running between two stops on the hook and tying my bait or using maggot clip on the ring. Could this be the reason i am not catching fish and should i go back to the tried and tested knotless knott Help please cos i am losing the will to fish

Have recently been trying D rig consisting of oval ring on hook trapped by two float stops , do i tie the bait tight to the ring or leave a little , also will this work with bottom baits and snowman as opposed to just pop ups? One last question can i use a maggot clip and then attach to the D ring in the way above Thank you

Was interested to read what you have all said, went to local tackle shop on Saturday to buy a pack, but sold out , SO Korda getting richer ? Only reason was going to buy some was in my past experience of trying to thread maggots on to floss with a needle , i burt more maggots then i threaded, any ideas or tips to help me please?