salokcinnodrog

No worries, I just mentioned it as I find it easy to tie, or rather it is the Knot I know how to tie and have no problems with

Just been mooching through the forum. Looked at this water being as I work in Ilford, handy for overnighters and then go into work. How safe is it for Night Fishing? What are current conditions of the site, clean tidy or a bomb site etc? Also what are current facilities? Is it able to be visited to have a look around or is that out the question? Sailing Lake looks like a venue and a half

What is the knot that Kryston show in their packing for loop knots? Whatever it is, I use that one if I ever need a loop

Anything in here under Cheshire or Lancashire to suit: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=27977 Phone numbers for many venues. Then just search them see if they are on the forum, may be easier than having to wait for an answer that may or not be forthcoming

As far as I'm aware there is NO NIGHT FISHING on them. But since you are a member of Kings Lynn and District, they will be able to tell you via phone call or a tackle shop that sells their tickets

Cos I looked it up the other day about a couple of waters, try this thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=37283 In the quote on that thread somewhere is a phone n umber

I have had a look through the forum, and any threads that have been started asking for information on any of the Walthamstow complex, Upper/Lower Maynard etc are all left alone or with minimal posts. In other words you are going to have to do the Hard Work yourself actually on the venues and making friends on the Reservoirs themselves

Hi Mate and Welcome to the forum. Probably the only way to find out is to fish it yourself. Do as much research as you can, find out as much about the location of fish, look for them as much as you possibly can, and then you decide. River Fishing is to me, a lot more rewarding at times than sitting out on a Lake. The Great Ouse System may well contain some absolute lunkers. Many of the other Fen Drains do and many of them connect somewhere with the Great Ouse

The same as I use on a Lake

In his post header profile it says Dagenham Not being funny, but I would be very wary of being alone on some of the waters in that area, especially since I know a few of them inside the M25 and Dagenham area. ' ' I also know that if you type Essex Waters into the search facility and specify the UK Where to fish you have anumber of threads come up from London, all the way up to Colchester. This is from the UK Where to fish by Counties sticky:

For Suffolk, Take your pick out of this little lot. It is not complete, but gives a fair few waters to have a look at: Originally posted in May 2008, now reposted and brought to the top of the section.

Is that this place that has already been mentioned on this forum? http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=35031&highlight=fairview Just by posting on a subject you bring it back to the top of the section

Bechers Brook, a jump on the Grand National Racecourse

Believe it or not, there are 4 threads about Boddington Reservoir, you started 2 of them, and none of them in the past have been posted on, all from a long way back. It may help if you give a county or nearby town as that may give clues as to its location. Normally I would say post on 1 to bring it back to the top, but it looks like it is a pretty much "Unfished for Carp" venue. I have moved this in Where to Fish section

Flipping Heck! I just googled Belvide Reservoir, and it looks like a challenge to fish as it is an SSSI. A permit required just to VISIT it.

Last thread I remember about Belvide was this one, from the start of the year: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=31596

http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=3068&highlight=kell+lake From the search facility

I know where it went; It was removed as there are already a number of threads on UK Carping Holidays in existance! http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=36196&highlight=holiday http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=35779&highlight=holiday http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=35707&highlight=holiday (may be a familiar thread as well ) http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=30615&highlight=holiday http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=27575&highlight=holiday http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=25192&highlight=holiday Also it was posted in the wrong section of the forum

I've not got much on Syndicate waters down in that area, maybe a couple of Club and Day Ticket waters I wonder if someone is including a Membership only water as a Syndicate? Don't know if these are any use:

will be inserted somewhere nasty if you dont tell us! I doubt there's room for another Unlike you I only have my ear pierced

Its a good point about D-rigs, although I prefer them for Snowman presentations. (I probably said the same on that other thread as well ). My thought came about because of the problems I've been having with hookpoints dropping with standard presentations, either the shank mounted hair or even the weight of the hook pulling the point down with a shank mounted rig ring sliding back towards the eye. Whether this is the same with all hooks being heavier towards the point I don't know and the pivot point

I'll keep quiet on my cure for sucking fingers, but I think it involved a large pair of scissors and a pair of Nail Clippers Actually I've worked out the best position in my view for where the bait is mounted, but I would like to see few more thoughts on the subject

Pulled up the first Pop-up thread rig I could find, with hopefully a new question for you. How does the hook sit with your standard pop-up presentation? I know we all think that the Hook is upright, sat on the "eye", but is it really? In many cases due to water pressure and other reasons like the bait mounting, the hook may actually be point down, even sat on its side on the bottom and the pop-up above the hook at an angle. Is the Bait buoyant enough to lift the hook in the lake (In your sink may be different to actual fishing)? For a pop-up where is the best place to have the bait mounted? How is the best bait mounting?

Grrrr Thinking outside the box i have trouble with Anyway i'm sure you'll reveal all to your beloved forum members soon enough ADDED --- Now i'm thinking a bottom bait on hair the normal way and a popup tied to the curve of the hook towards the point to hold hook off bottom But hey i know nothing And the rig ring? To be honest I've pretty much used the same style rigs for over 15years. Basic Braided Knotless knotted or Line aligned. The most I have seemed to change is rig length or hair length, and some of mine probably aren't that tidy It's only down to the lakebed that I've had to work hard to think up a "different" presentation to keep the hook point clear of the bottom due to a couple of hookpulls. I wanted a presentation that would lift the hookpoint up, yet allow me to fish with a bottom bait. I had tried a "reverse" snowman, with the Pop-up nearest the hook, but they will not touch a (flavoured) pop-up. This way I have the 2bottom baits (I was using a 18 and 15mm bait on the hair) on the lakebed (obviously ), and also a (neutral) pop-up high up the bend lifting the hookpoint clear. It actually may give me another advantage, in that the Carp don't expect that whichever they take, the pop-up or bottom bait(s) may have a hook in it.

Lets see, from your description, I don't think its the same. I know Brian has seen a pic (rig in my hand) and tried tying some up to play with. I do know that the first fish I hooked on the rig was landed, and hooked very squarely centre of the bottom lip. Shows that my thinking may well be right on what I'm trying to achieve. May only have been another 8lb Common, but its more than has been coming out of the lake recently. I'm thinking it could be a dumbell shaped bottom bait topped with a larger popup making it look like a mushroom Its caught one so far so it obviously works to an extent, i'm intrigued to actually know exactly what and how it may work Hope your not still holding out on us Nope, still not right. Think outside the box. It is nothing to do with the bait being tipped off with a whole or half a pop-up. I said it is a double bait system, that doesn't mean that 2 baits go on together. It is a different presentation so that I can use a bottom bait and keep the hookpoint away from the bottom debris Course I am holding out!