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Near Ipswich you have GAPS, FMS and obviously you know about Ladywood. The best bet on all of them is to go into either Markhams or Viscount and ask. Albie used to use Viscount as his local shop

Is this any use? http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=22185 A pic of a combi rig with some other rigs that can be used for Snowman baits Or this Snowman rig thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=42194&highlight=snowman And there are more available through the search

Careful, you putting words into peoples mouth, although the thought that you need to get out and experience things may definitely help you had sprung to mind By the way, Santa Claus did exist, he was an Eastern European or Turk (can't remember which) who did go around at Christmas time giving gifts to those who were struggling to survive, hence why we remember Saint Nicklaus or a turk???? are they not easten europeans then??? that still dont narrow it down , that could include us if you're irish Correct, some Turks are not Eastern European, but actually Asian, check where the border is, The Bosphorus, running right through Istanbul I've said it to you before; As much as you can learn from the forum, when it comes down to YOUR fishing, the only way to learn relating to YOUR fishing is for you to try things out. You have an idea of rigs, or hook set-ups, and how to get the best rig for your fishing, even then it is dependant on whether small fish are a nuisance or not, and that information I gave you in my previous post. Now it is down to YOU as to how you utilise that information. Then when you have learnt from the fishing it will be a lesson for you to remember, that is called EXPERIENCE

Careful, you putting words into peoples mouth, although the thought that you need to get out and experience things may definitely help you had sprung to mind By the way, Santa Claus did exist, he was an Eastern European or Turk (can't remember which) who did go around at Christmas time giving gifts to those who were struggling to survive, hence why we remember Saint Nicklaus

For ways to attach the actual maggots to the hook try this: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=26868&highlight=maggot+rig I found it on the search facility by typing in "Maggot rig", clicking search all terms, then specified Rig Tying section I'll tell you that there are others, I just picked the first that the mouse hovered over... As for the lead attachment or set-up, work out what you want to do; whether the small fish are going to be a nuisance, if they are then you may need maximum indication as a semi-fixed set-up may NOT tell you if small fish have robbed you blind, but with a running lead set-up you will know if small fish are in the area. Alternatively using plenty of maggots the carp may just sit there and scoff, and you may need to force them to panic and bolt

I would suggest that you beg, steal or borrow a copy Of River Carping by Neal Wayte. The River Soar has its own chapter with stretches that are worthwhile targetting, some areas, and even who does what tickets. It may be a few years old, but I reckon it may still be a useful read

why dont they like it? does it frey? It is not a rated hooklink now , but back when stiff mono links were the rage it was (and still is) one of the best going. I would think that many or possibly most Sea Anglers still use Amnesia, it is fairly abrasion resistant as well, and toughness is demanded in Sea fishing. Available in white (clear), red, black or green (green is difficult to find). I found that the black is softest, but may be more obvious on the lakebed than the other colours. It also makes a good shockleader in the 30lb Strain, and I use it in combi-links as the stiff upper section even now

Beanz, The lack of bait may only be a theory, but at range even with a bait boat, it is very difficult to get freebies around the hookbait. With a throwing stick boilies can miss by miles; well as much as 10 metres and it may look close to the marker float, add into that the drift, which even a bait boat can't cover, as bait drops down from a boat it still spreads over a wide area (Carpology article, January this year). A spod does not guarantee getting close. Those singles that were fished, may be genuine attempts at singles, but I reckon in many cases it was the over-flavoured pop-ups, and many were fishing single bottom baits anyway, without intending to. A current phenomenon in fishing is that we all bait up with pellets, particles, spod mix, but very rarely use Food source boilies in our mix (most Dynamite Shelfies are NOT food source, but part of a package), and very few are actually fishing a correctly pre-baited and applied food source. The food source boilie fished as a single hookbait may well continue to work if they are being regularly baited up with (http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=27808) At range you have to get the best out of your rig, the lack of indication means that by the time you get the bleep on your buzzer, you only get the indication from fish that take the bait and charge off. A single bleep may be missed as it is lost through the line stretch. At range say 100metres, you could possibly not get indication until the fish has reached 120metres (assuming 20% mono stretch), and even the carp can move the lead 20% in any direction until your (HEAVY) indicator pulls the line down on a drop back, or until the stretch is taken up as the fish runs away from you. It is actually why I prefer running rigs wherever possible. Even at range, there is no tension holding the line, and because the line is not under pressure that line can be pulled through a run ring, so you still get a "proper" run. I have seen even at relatively short ranges a semi-fixed lead pulled in a perfect arc, no movement on the indicator, and no sound from the buzzer. So to my view, you need an absolutely reliable 100% sharp hook, an effective hooking rig, which will change from water to water, but it has to be tangle free. Braids can be a 'mare to fish at long range, unless you can guarantee that they won't tangle, which can be done with the use of Kryston Superstiff. The shorter the rig, then the less chance you have of tangles as well.

Have a read of this: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=33587

yeah i have that biting the nails syndrome what about the korda stripper i know its not that good on certain ones but i worth a go. For six or so quid cheaper than ya next dentist bill Thumb nail or teeth, and mine are all my own Apparently the childrens plastic safety scissors are supposed to be good for stripping or cutting the coating

thanks Sam, Don't forget that is just my view Other people love Lead clips, and in perfectly clear waters, they may be the best or easiest way to attach a lead to the mainline. I don't like them personally, I have alternative ways of attaching the lead, preferring to use a running set-up 9times out of 10. If I do use a Semi-Fixed set-up a running lead can be used, but just fish with a tight line Or the alternative I like is actually the John Roberts Beads. They can be adapted to eject the lead EVERY time the fish get snagged and create no sharp angles for anything to catch up on.

Long range fishing you need to be as streamlined and as tidy as possible. The same rigs should work, but the hookpulls may be down to not having enough feed at the long range area. You may not be getting the fish so confident in their feeding, and so they are not so comfortable taking the bait. You might need to increase the weight on the indicator, or go the other way, and if possible use Running leads and slack lines. Not always practical at range I know, but it can work very well. Probably the tidiest and most streamlined lead set-up for long range is a helicopter set-up. The lead tows everything behind it. It could possibly be that your braid rigs are tangling at that sort of distance, and you don't know about it. It may even be that you are striking at line bites, and at that range you are feeling like you are hooking a fish, and then it "gets lost". The one thing I would do is usually drop the hooksize, or lengthen the hair or rig length when I start losing fish to hookpulls. So much to potentially be wrong, and so little information really as each water is different, but if you can get more bait out there see if that makes any difference first if the same rig works closer in

Bin the Lead clips, horrible things Don't work near snags, and a running lead can be tied on near snags. Even an inline can often slide over snags, whereas a lead clip even with ejected lead can catch up

Thread moved into UK Where to fish section http://www.fizzwig.co.uk/markham/lake.html I believe I also mentioned it on the Suffolk venues thread

As per my post on NW: I can add on here this little piece that may also assist: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=37603. Its a link to various Lead set-ups with some pics. Also go to the search facility at the top of the page, and type in Running leads vs Semi-fixed as your search criteria, and there is another thread in Advanced Carp Fishing section that may offer some more help

Yeah I was that guy whole fished there for a few months at nights in 2008.. Had about 40 20+ carp out of there most were between 20-22 biggest was a 27.5 common. It was good but been back this year and since they moved the carp to Rib Lake its not fishing so well. Guess there only about 200 carp in that lake now and its so big with so much natural food its a hard time. Fished it for 6 nights and only had 1 17lb carp and lost a fish.. There is alot of crayfish in there and the bottom is very silty after leaving a boilie in there for 4 hours it comes up stinking and brown and u get lots of pulls from the crays.. Well good luck if you fish Rib lake for carp and keep this forum updated with any catches.. O yeah for carp try the small area by the wooden bridge put rods on bridge and fish inside but be ready to fight carp hard as u dont want them getting under the bridge. I had two in one day last year like this.. You will see the swirls as u walk across the bridge.. You must be South African Nick? If so I've heard a fair bit about you from Big Dave He told me you were doing reasonably well on there, but because of the times you were fishing that the bailiff didn't always hear what had been out of the lake, hence the occasional disparity in weights between what they said and what I had heard.

I've been speaking to a friend who has moved into Hertfordshire for work and he has recommended this place, Rib Valley Fishing Lakes Proprietors. D.J.and D.M.Vigus WESTMILL FARM WARE HERTS SG12 0ES LakesTele. 01920 484913 From what I can gather I have heard that the Carp are pushing up to 30lbs and there are plenty of other fish species as well Before anyone asks, I've never fished it.

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I'd be even more worried about those clips with mono. I don't like loop knots with a fairly fine mono, even my trusted Kryston knot. I think that the sleeve slipped at some point in the weed, instead of "jamming it up" it pulled it down. It was a coated braid that went, and the only time the line was slack was on the original pulling out the first pads. From then on the line was taught as the fish kited. I know exactly how close I was to getting that fish in as I climbed down the bank to make the attempt for Steve, he had got it under control on a tight line and had walked along the bank. I even saw it turn, and I still won't tell him what I think it was I saw it that closely Its not the first time I've seen it happen, but the most costly loss I've seen. I had the same happen to me with prototypes years ago at Taverham, long before Korda released them, the rubber slipped down, and the clip didn't hold the hooklink, actually attached to a swivel. The rubber sleeve that should have held tight onto the quick link forced down over the swivel in the weed. The quicklink then allowed the swivel to come off. I would say that there use is a complete risk in weedy waters, but after another incident I think that they could be a total liability. It was my mate Wayne who lost a biggie at the net with a quick link clip and the hooklink forcing its way onto the single branch of the twin section, and that was in a fairly weed free water, fairly silty, but a few snags.

Even Danny Fairbrass has said that the best way to get instant indication is to get the swivel or ring as close to or inside the end of the lead to create maximum effect. By using a quick link you are adding an additional pivot point and allowing more movement for the carp to get around. may be on a lead clip or inline but that isnt going to make any differance on a run rig on slack line Very true, but most anglers still don't use and get the benefits of the Running leads Mind you I still think that a quick change link looks "messy" sticking out the end of the bead.

The only reason I can see to use a quick link clip is when you use a Stick mix, other wise they create more trouble than they are worth. Even Danny Fairbrass has said that the best way to get instant indication is to get the swivel or ring as close to or inside the end of the lead to create maximum effect. By using a quick link you are adding an additional pivot point and allowing more movement for the carp to get around. If you must use a quick link, then the better ones are actually designed for Sea Fishing (Sea Match anglers), and are called Spin Links. Even then they need a tight piece of rubber over them. The only other ones that I think are any good are the spiral coil quick links.

Ooh that reminds me of a guy on the lake a couple of weeks ago with that clip. He had a fast take, the fish made the lilly pads, but he got it back. The fish then kited down the margins into another bed of weed. As he pulled it, just out of range to be netted the rod sprang back straight. The rubber on the link clip had slipped during the fight, and the hooklink as it got to the weedy margins CAME OFF the link clip. A good fish too, and I was gutted for him as 1 more second I would have been able to net it I won't use Quick link clips of any sort as I know of this sort of incident happening where during the fight the rubber tube gets dislodged, and the quick links open up, or the hooklink loop slips down the "prong" and onto one side of the link, where it is then able to either then slide off the link, or on one side of the link only has opened out.

Personal choice is that I won't go below a size 10, maybe a 12 for bottom baits when fishing for exclusively carp or even chub. If I use sweetcorn as bait then 2 grains nicely cover a 12, but with maggots I won't use Maggot Clips, so usually tie a rig ring or proper hair on a size 6, 8 or 10. With a size 10 then my view is that 4 maggots is the minimum I need to make it look attractive. With Medusa rigs (a cork ball covered in maggots), I prefer a size 6 or even 8 and the ball attached to the hair. I think that smaller hooks than those mentioned above get lost in the carps mouth, and so you often find you are unable to get a good hookhold.