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8 feet of leadcore? Seriously? Yes. 8 feet of leadcore? Seriously? Think someone is JOKING Not joking either. I used to have doubts over using leadcore, like a lot of people do. But i had my choddies set up such a way that the bead would always release if the lead got snagged. Sorry, I am anti Leadcore and many of the reasons why are in this thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32598 It does not take much for the leadcore to kink, and then a lead or bead can get trapped on leadcore, no matter how much pressure you put on the beads CAN get trapped holding the rig in place. I found the pics I mentioned previously on this thread http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=44395&highlight=rubber+bead

There may be some useful info on this thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=45767

8 feet of leadcore? Seriously? Think someone is JOKING I had a safe way of using a Silt rig set-up using a piece of rigid tubing ( I did put up pics somewhere): A short length of rigid tubing, ring swivel, 2 rubber beads and/or 1 bead and a tail rubber or stop bead. If you want the rig to be able to slide then put the ring swivel on the tubing and at either end use a rubber bead to hold it. The rig can then slide off the tubing in the event of the fish snagging. If you want it fixed then put the tubing into the tail rubber or stop bead.

Is this any use? http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=33587

By the way, as somebody other than me has pointed out, the Kurvs are almost the same hook as the Centurions, Muggas and an Ashima pattern Yet the Kurvs do NOT hold their point as long as those other patterns.

i'm sorry but that is an unnfair comment to make. The korda wide gape is the most used carp hook on the market,and i haven't yet (touch wood) dropped a fish on a sharp wide gape. i no you are entitled to your opinion but i thought saying they're rubbish is a bit unfair. The most used hook on the market, and many anglers blame other things than a bad hook anyway. I honestly think that Korda hooks are not as good as made out to be. I have used them after persuasion from a friend, and I did lose or even not get fish on them. I'm certain that I had pick-ups with the hooks, but they did not convert into strikable runs. Carp-R-Us Centurions, Kamasan B175's did produce runs from the exact same spot. There are so many people who have been "converted" into Korda Tackle that they won't accept that there is anything wrong with the products, yet in many cases there is, and many anglers won't use them because of that. Go to the "Korda" threads, and for each angler who rates them, there are many who won't. Now when it comes to hook patterns I use those I know work, and after the "missing" fish I will test every pattern to check its performance before I use it in a fishing situation. I have ended up with patterns I'm confident with, B175's, my last few Centurions and Nailers, and Gardner Mugga's.

Glad it suits. It's 2 syndicates on the fishery; Willow Walk, which includes Willow Walk lake, Coates, and Pingrees. Virginia which is Virginia lake (lovely place), Pingrees, Pats, Georges and Reeds, which is really (or was) part of Virginia, but a lot weedier than the main lake. On both syndicates the fish go to over 30. Have fun, whatever you do, say Hi to Ian for me, and also remember he is no fool. He may look very innocent, but if you break the rules and he catches you he will JUMP on you from a great height. He does like his early morning walks, and does not miss much. I used to get regular wake-up calls in the morning, he knew when anglers caught and likes to know what and how. Also he has been known to come out at 1am in a freezing cold February night to do some brilliant pictures for me.

Hit the search button on here for Earith Carp Lakes, I have mentioned them in the past. Also if you google it, you get direct to the webpage, and there is an application/joining form

A question for you... Why do you think that rig tubing is there to prevent lifting scales? You DON'T fish floaters with anti-tangle tubing. I have not lifted or can't remember ever lifting a scale when I fish mainline straight through. The tubing is only used to prevent tangles or to break up the line and prevent it being seen (or felt; vibration, not against the fish). When you fish at any range above about 40metres the line at that range near the end tackle is running along the lakebed anyway

Thanks to Jez, (and others) their hard work in arranging a Social on there, I've been fortunate enough to fish Merrington (once). It really is a nice place to fish in beautiful (but cold) surroundings. If the place is lost to socials because of some idiots it is a sad loss of a lake with some beautiful fish. I have had the pleasure of catching from the lake, and all I can say is it is a lake worthy of the effort. Definitely not all of the fish come from the islands. [edited for grammar NG]

Its a Lea Valley Fishery Fish stocks as yet not totally known, although some are reputed to be LUMPS.

Its not Woody's, I built it Facing up to the back of the islands, the little island on the left, and the big island on the right. A very pressured swim, but the fish do move through the channel between the bank and the island, usually close to the island Rigwise, like I said, KEEP IT SIMPLE, standard hair rig, line aligned, inline or pendant, dependant on where you fish, or whether you prefer to use pop-ups or bottom baits. There is Gravel, silt, weed, lily beds, rocks and tree roots. The main gravel bars are not always the best places to put a bait

No need for the backstop, and most of the time the tubing stays in the bead with no problems. Use a Solar rig "thingimajig (can't remember its proper name ) push the buffer bead onto the metal tube, and then the tubing into the small hole in the thingimajig, and slide the bead back down onto the tubing. Using a large buffer bead or even a rubber tulip bead it grips the hooklink swivel and does not work free.

If the 2 lakes get joined together their won't be a need for additonal fish! The fish in the Match lake go to double figures, and there are at least 4 30's in the Specimen lake. Some of the fish in the Specimen lake are real crackers looks wise, heavily scaled and with some beautiful patterns as well as some sparsely scaled mirrors

Baitwise Taverham used to be very fishmeal orientated, but I ended up using Nutrabaits Biollix to be different as they could get a bit wary. Because it is now so many different anglers coming from so far afield, no one bait holds the roost anymore, although they aren't that keen on Hi-attract overflavoured hi-viz pop-ups. My suggestion is stick to a good food source bait. If you want something different Enervite or Enervite Gold did catch fish (low level flavour with an essential oil). YES they did insist you buy from the shop or have UNOPENED ready prepped particles. At times they really did go mad for hemp, and I mean loads (10kilos loads) would work overnight. Eventually after a few years the fish stopped coming straight over particles until they had been in the lake for a couple of days. Fishing over pellets also used to work, but again, when everyone is doing the same... Rigwise, don't over complicate yourself, stick to standard line aligned or knotless knotted rigs, and try to avoid semi-fixed leads unless fishing in the weed, in which case I would go back to zipp shaped inlines. Occasionally I would go to a D-rig, usually when I was fishing a pop-up or snowman, but in most cases I had got the carp so comfortable over my bait that I didn't need to play around. My standard rigs were 15cms of Merlin braid to a Carp-R-Us Nailer or Centurion hook, the available equivalent is probably the Gardner Muggas, before that I was using Drennan Super Specialists with no problems. If you can get into the backwaters, at times it is possible to actually watch the fish feeding in water that is only about 30centimetres deep.

I've moved this into UK Where to Fish. While I'm not a member of any of them I know that CAPS do have a number of good venues, however they have been plagued recent years with litter and high numbers of anglers on the venues. Speak nicely to X2gsd or Gazmeesh as that is their area. You also have Kelvedon and District (Silver End), Sudbury and District Angling around the area .

Problem is that Melton as a Day Ticket water has been trouble for anglers and local residents for a few years. The local residents are fed up with the constant noise and abuse from irresponsible anglers, pikies and thieving gits, and some of the anglers are obviously upset at being done over. I fished the Specimen lake years ago with a mate, and even then we were worried about the idiots around. The Match lake was good for a few hours stalking or catching little fish. As a syndicate it can be fenced in and the majority of the trouble will stop. It is just a shame that what few waters around Suffolk will be even less, or maybe that is a good thing

Hello Sam Officially there are 80-100 carp in Loam Pond with the biggest being a 29lb 10 oz mirror , loads of silver fish , 2-3 big bream , no tench , and big perch 2-3 lbs+ It's very quiet ( unless the diesel pump is pumping out water for irrigation ! ) , it's common to be the only angler on there , but it's very weedy and the weed type seems to change from season to season . The cost is £100 per season April til March . This season has been a real struggle , apart from a group of about 15-20 Commons the other Carp seem to have disappeared , or have suddenly become very cute . Have you considered Melton ? . Breakaway Tackle told me today that an offer to buy the complex has been accepted and the deal could be completed in 2 weeks . Apparently there is a plan to make it into 1 big lake , and fence it all in . 29.10 is the biggest caught The commons sound like some of the stock fish that Woodbridge Angling put in as there weren't that many commons in there originally, most of the fish were scaley mirrors and linears of the Leney/Galician strain, and the biggest I saw was a pale sandy coloured mirror around the island. They have been cute for a number of years, often staying in the section that was a No Fishing area, you could watch them, but not fish for them.

Oh, and when the lake is really crowded, don't even bother unless there are swims available that you can try the floaters or stalking. When it is like that it usually switches off

Taverham Mills used to have some cracking fish in from singles up to 30lbs, although I know that at least one of the 30's got ottered Never forget your floaters in summer, in certain areas during the day or early evening they are extremely confident in taking them. Stalking can work well in certain swims as well. The lake has plenty of gravel bars, weed, lilies, silty patches for long and short range fishing. DON'T ignore the margins. Working from Peg1 round to the left. Peg1-3 itself, in between the trees and past the small islands, not a particularly good area in summer for some reason, the fish move past it, but don't feed confidently, yet in winter is one of the best areas on the lake. Peg 4/5 an area where the fish would cruise around the islands and in the island bay. Road Bank, plenty of gravel in front of you, and a couple of islands. If you cast to the islands around pegs9-10 be very careful, the branches come along way away from the island underwater, fish have been tethered by idiots casting or boating baits too close. The last swim on the road bank in the bay has a deep hole in which I'm pretty positive has a nice inlet spring in. The Point, between the 2 islands, can produce, but is patchy. From the next bay with the pipe connecting to Costessey, an area where the fish can hole up, but fishes best when water is beng pumped in. All the pegs along the bank can produce down to what is number 29 or 30, the last before an area we called "The Backwaters", and all have plenty of gravel or island features in front of them as well as loads of weed. The Backwaters themselves are good for stalking and floater fishing. By being really quiet, you can sneak up on the fish, and they do come in close, but when I say quiet, I mean silent, no vibration whatsoever Onto the Plateau Point, the swim to the right of the main Plateau swim has long produced fish from the far bank corner to the right or under the overhanging tree in front. The Plateau swim, a BIG double swim, but although the fish do go over the plateau, it can be difficult, and if the water level is low, you will be fishing in water which may only just cover your ankles. Carrying on round you have what are known as "The Tench Swims", the 3 or 4 swims with the last in the corner. The 2nd and 3rd from that corner have the remains of a WW2 Bomber in, so can be a bit snaggy as well as having loads of lilies in front. Onto the Cowtail you have the swims on the island, the fish actually are catchable between the island and the main bank, and towards the Plateau is a very big silt patch, that used to hold LARGE bream to over Double figures. Round the Cowtail you have the same water as the Back Bank, and is a shorter walk is worthwhile if no-one is fishing the back bank. Cowtail corner, to the tree in the water along the island to the left. To the right you have a large gravel bank along the island, but it doesn't produce much. The left side of the swim is the better option. To the left the next 3 swims all face to the island, as does CowTail point down the slope, but the point also has water to the left. All will produce at times. The other swim down the slope to the left of the point has a number of nice features. Round into the bay, a couple of swims on the high bank, don't ignore them and fish the margins. Hidden in that bay is a large rock standing proud of the lakebed, it will take a lot of finding (unless you can get a rowing boat out and actually see it). The swim at the back of the bay, margins and fallen tree to the right, lily pad in front. Swim in the corner is pretty much a cut-off. Round onto the meadow swims, all produce fish, and there is plenty of weed. I don't know the lake at all, not much anyway I used to fish (live on) there, but I haven't been back for 8years as I feel it couldn't live up to how I learnt to fish it.

actually if you tie a flourocarbon rig with an inturned eye you will notice that the angle can get a little acute between the line and the hook ie something like a fox SR whilst not full out turned will be a lot better I seem to remember a well known angler mentioning that with a standard hook pattern and straight eyed hooks the fluorocarbon was being worn or cut by the hook eye. I seem to think he preferred an extreme inturned eye, and bringing the fluorocarbon out from the back of the eye.

Unless you speak to the person runing the syndicate you will not know what is in there. I know about some of the fish, and how good looking they are, I would have put the numbers of originals at about 25-30 carp tops, but Woodbridge and District put some more fish (small fish in ounces) in a few years ago, then whatever the current Syndicate have put in.

Well that sounds awfully like a School Holiday week, and with a Bank Holiday in it. You work it out