salokcinnodrog

I'll have a look see if I can transfer them

A new section has been added to Non Carp Banter. Sorry it has taken so long, but after we have managed to get server sorted there is now a section for videos: https://forum.carp.com/forum/51-fishing-videos/

Sorry it has taken so long, but after we have managed to get server sorted there is now a section for videos: https://forum.carp.com/forum/51-fishing-videos/

I've somehow managed to lose 3 butt rests and banksticks from my pike gear so just had the joy of purchasing 3 more of each. As an edit, I just realised exactly where I lost them; I was fishing at Beccles on the quay, where there is no way of pushing sticks into the tarmac path, so I put them underneath the bench I was sitting on, and at the end of the day forgot to put them back into the unhooking mat as I folded it up.

Not sure the air dryer behind is a good idea... 🤣

Try BASS Horning, he did do services, or Tackle Box or Johnson Ross

Welcome to Carp.com. A clear lake is absolutely fine with 12lb line. Adding a leader, especially fluorocarbon creates other problems in that it will need to be checked regularly and changed, the same goes for fluorocarbon hooklinks and rigs. Fluorocarbon while it stretches (the same as mono, 15-20%), does not go back to the same length, it is not elastic like mono, it stretches until it breaks. Personally I would not bother with a leader, fishing the mainline straight through. At around 40metres with the rod tips roughly parallel to the water, the line will be running along the lakebed anyway. The other thing with fluorocarbon, despite being close to the refractive index of water, it still casts a shadow even though the line itself invisible to the eye. Rigwise, try to keep it simple, a basic knotless knotted rig will produce as many fish as everything else shown on tackle brands videos and YouTube. In the 1990's I started using that type of rig (on braid), I still use it now however many years later. My exceptions are when I use pop-ups and do go to a D-rig.

He had to crowd fund it to get it made as no broadcaster would pick it up, because it's not just big carp. The people who crowd funded it got early viewings sent directly, I think by email link.

Funny you should say that, on my local park lake it was 3 grains of corn held up by a single piece of fake corn over Vitalin that produced the vast majority of the carp caught. It is a very silty lake and most people tended to fish boilies which sunk into the gunk. The Vitalin and sweetcorn sat on top. I had some very successful sessions, and watched many others fail to catch. Boilies did work, but only in specific places where the bottom is slightly harder. I think there were or are some specials that really work, but I think many have changed as flavours have been regulated. The Solar Squid and Octopus, original Scopex (not later copies), Monster Crab, Green Zing, or Pineapple really did have something about them, there are still others now that work, but is is finding them. Add to that, fishing over bait whether groundbait, particles or beds of boilies may make our 'non smelly' baits effective, or even the single bait that the carp think 'here's one I missed earlier'.

Super special mega expensive hookbaits, I wonder how gullible we are? I used to keep on buying tubs of pop-ups; strawberry ice cream, cranberry, dairy cream, squid and octopus, tutti-frutti, monster crab, pineapple, and goodness knows how many others. The honest answer is I found that the majority of the time that I got takes on 3 of them: squid and octopus, monster crab and my own spiced garlic. Those 3 produced fish as single hookbaits or as the topper on a snowman setup, with other baits like the pineapple and the green zing, tutti-frutti producing occasionally. I can't forget one session over winter, for two days 4 takes came on high attract pop-ups, after that the bait that produced was only the food bait tipped with the spiced garlic, and I constantly kept a high attract bait on one rod.

The Teme is known more for barbel than carp. Probably the best bet is seeing if local fishing clubs are interested and have the finances to take them on. My advice is avoid 'rewilding' and the big groups like RSPB as angling is not high on their priorities. National Trust may be a possibility, but put a condition of sale that angling be allowed, although the NT are not that bad at preventing angling.

I used to love fishing after a good rain in south or westerly winds. I think it was my first season on the 2acre Brackens, and after serious rain it would fish it's nuts off.

I used to do the inline lead and everything in the bag years ago when I really wanted a nice tidy setup on Nazeing for long distance casting. A rubber tulip bead inside the lead and I think it was Fox tubing only just longer than the lead. I believe it was @nigewoodcock who suggested lighter blobbing the end of the tubing inside the tulip bead to hold it without glue. I lighter blobbed it while it was on a standard sewing needle or thin baiting needle, and then slid the tulip bead down to it.

Sadly that is the reason why I often have to put post moderation and human verification on new members. It's when new members who immediately start spamming after joining that we get caught out.

Like @yonny I never fish as well on a social as I do on my own. However like you I have lost interest in carp fishing at the moment, despite having a good syndicate, for a couple of reasons, most of which revolves around my dad. I'm also slightly bugged by issues that happened around members who only fished when their other syndicate was closed. I tend to catch when I can do 3 or 4 days, and either setup on fish, or prime an area for them to move onto. However I do know I love the lake and when things work out I will be back on there aiming to catch both Chestnut and the BC along with any other fish that just happen to come my way.