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2 hours ago, Carpbell3 said:
Custom rods custom waiting time the way companies are running these days I wouldn't be surprised if they were buying the blanks and parts after receiving each order, I doubt they keep much stock getting lumbered with 500 reel seats that don't sell often would have the accounts department in a dizzy fit.
They could hold a stock of made up rods for those that want it instant.
Back in the early 2000's a mate* and I used to build rods, mostly fly and sea rods, although some of the blanks we got for bass were good for carp fishing. We'd order what we needed blank wise for 6 or 7 rods at a time, really only keeping guides and thread in stock.
I know a few people who build now only keep a maximum of 12 blanks in stock as it does take a fair while to build a rod nicely and with 'non-fashionable' anglers avoiding the overgunned tackle brand rods, it is almost specific builds. Sure I can do the guides in a day, but it is the lacquer, hi-build over the threads and the varnish that take the time.
*Allen did used to have an account on here.
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46 minutes ago, ouchthathurt said:
They are going to be paired with Daiwa 7HT multis, I’m hoping to get them sorted for the autumn when the autumn/winter seas can prove to be a bit much for my Leeda Icon Elite match rods that I usually use.
7HT'S, beautiful reels, what I use myself on my Sandstorm and Sea Hunter.
1 hour ago, B B said:I was thinking the same.
My choice of weapon in the 80’s was a Daiwa Paul Kerry 12 ft quite tippy teamed it with an Abu 7000c with the level wind removedLee Kerry who is an England international match angler is his son
Unchanged since their release back in the 1990's, although there is now a Mag version.
Nice guy, used to fish around Norfolk and Suffolk quite a bit.
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4 hours ago, ouchthathurt said:
Bit of a boot sale find, a Team Daiwa Amphorous Whisker 12ft 9 beach caster and a Daiwa Amphorous 12ft 2 beach caster for £20 the pair.
they need to be given a thrash with a few leads to check the blank is sound and so long as they are, they will be getting a strip down and basic rebuild at some point to make them usable.
You lucky so and so!
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8 hours ago, Collen said:
Hi everyone,
I’m preparing for a fishing trip targeting big carp around 10–15 kg, and I need to fish consistently at around 100 meters.
I’m going mono-only (no braid) and looking for advice to confirm my setups for two rods:
Big Carp Rod Setup:
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Rod: 3.9 m strong carp rod (~3.5 lb test curve)
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Main line: 0.22 mm mono (~6–8 lbs test, low memory)
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Shock leader: 3 m of 0.40 mm mono (~18–20 lbs test)
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Lead weight: 100 g aerodynamic lead (clip system)
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Knots: Double-uni or blood knot (main to leader), improved clinch or uni (leader to rig)
Smaller Carp Rod Setup:
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Rod: 3.6–3.9 m lighter action carp/feeder rod
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Main line: 0.18 mm mono (~5 lb test)
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Shock leader: 2 m of 0.30 mm mono (~12 lbs test)
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Lead weight: 50 g method feeder (possibly bump to 75 g if needed)
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Knots: Same as above
My main concerns are:
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Can these mono diameters reliably handle 100 m casting without snapping?
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Are the shock leader sizes appropriate for absorbing casting shock and abrasion?
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Is the lead weight suitable for these lines to reach 100 m?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Welcome to Carp.com.
You might find that your water has rules on line diameters and breaking strains for carp fishing, possibly a minimum of 15lb or 0.35mm diameter.
The honest answer is that carp fishing wise, you should make well over 100metres, I'd be hitting closer to 150 with the test curve of that rod, what may stop you is reel size, so a big pit reel is needed for 15lb which is my minimum for long distance casting on most waters with carp around 20lb or (just under) 10kg.
100grams is 3.5oz (give or take) so should be right for the rod.
Personally I prefer a 30lb (Amnesia) shockleader with 3 or 3.5oz, and it is around 4metres long, at least my casting drop, the lead at the join, and 4 or more turns on the reel. Make sure you position the shockleader knot at the back of the spool. Cracking off when the line has frapped round the knot is not fun.
I tie my leader with a simple overhand loop in the leader, and a single uni knot up the leader going through the overhand loop, wet, pull tight and lighter tag both ends of the knot. I do exactly the same sea fishing and with 5 or 6oz leads, and haven't cracked off for a lot of years.
I can't see the reason for a lighter rod set-up unless you are targeting other species.
Distance fishing, and long casting is practice. I usually need a couple of warm up casts until it is 'right' and I am back in the swing of things.
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18 minutes ago, yonny said:
I actually disagree. Yes you'll always come across an idiot now and again but on the whole anglers are a good bunch. Even on day tickets I tend to engage with the lads next door and 9 times out of 10 I hit it off with them and respect is shown mutually. There's the odd idiot in all walks of life but you can't tar everyone with the same brush.
On syndi's with big fish (i.e. circuit waters) you'll always have some anglers more driven than others, that's normal. Some are happy to pick a nice spot and sit behind the rods for 48 hrs. Others won't sit down until they've done everything they possibly can to get a bait in front of whatever carp they can find. Different approaches but neither can say the other is wrong as long as rules are respected.
On day tickets it's often inexperience rather than a lack of etiquette that causes problems. In these cases some tactful education can go a long way.
Club waters are a mixed bag. In my experience they do less to vet members so the % of idiots is higher. But that doesn't mean 9 out of 10 aren't good lads.
I was on a popular day ticket water on the last bank holiday. It was rammed. I found some carp and first thing I did was ask the nearest angler where his rods were so we didn't interfere with each other. Next morning another chap showed up and went the other side of me. First thing he did was ask me where my rods were so he didn't interfere. You can't ask for more than that. Respectful lads enjoying some fishing on a VERY busy water. Id' say this is the norm, and the horror stories in this thread are not.
Spot on. You pays your money and you take your chances. As long as it's kept respectful everyone is in the same boat.
I wonder if I draw the idiots then?
Nazeing being the exception.
I must admit that I didn't like the club waters, not because of the idiots, but because I don't like crowds. On Alton I found on 2 occasions that someone had followed me into the swim I was fishing, although to be honest I don't think that they were catching. I did found out someone spent a month(!) in the bridge swim I'd been fishing and caught nothing, where I had had 8 fish over 3x 2night sessions.
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2 hours ago, Carpbell3 said:
Carp angling has always been light on etiquette for some strange reason it is approached with a one winner attitude like a game of darts, what can you do but pick a empty peg and wack the rods out, even then you may here remarks about being in no carp corner, every lake has one of those, chances are I would end up in no carp corner on a empty lake.
Elitist?
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3 hours ago, bluelabel said:
I'll be on a tiny water tomorrow where the fish don't get much over 10lb so nobody's interested, and I'll be fishing with cane and glass rods with small pins, and I won't get the bum ache if I blank and blame a moody water or the price of elephants for my own ineptitude... tight lines
I used to love Bromeswell for that. I'd frequently get the fish feeding under the rod tip with dog biscuits and freeline a surface bait just touching the water with the screech of the centrepin acting as the bite indicator.
On 17/05/2025 at 21:58, bluelabel said:Sick of it really... the attitudes of some carpers leaves a lot to be desired...👎😒
I think that sums up a lot of anglers now. Years ago in the 1980's and 90's, anglers were far more genteel, then came magazines and onto social media and carp and even barbel fishing went downhill.
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1 hour ago, elmoputney said:
Rooblinos update.
It wasn't as good as the aerlex. Pretty quickly started sounding like a bag of spanners, And it broke my spod rod when I got a wind knot on the braid when giving it the biggun. I actually used the same braid on the aerlex and it didn't cause any issues and I was hitting 18.5 wraps like a boss, straight through with the trusty x spod and a whiny spod rod with no insert in the tip ring.
Easy enough to replace a tip ring. Gently melt the glue under the tip ring with a very hot hairdryer or a continually moving lighter flame and remove. You can hot melt or superglue a new ring on.
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2 hours ago, greekskii said:
All of these stories are why I like to go where it’s quiet and I can do my own thing! Of late I have been pushed to fish busier waters due to lack of time but it’s done me in. I’d rather blank on a harder and quieter lake than put up with all that comes with busier waters!
Had one matey turn up as I was setting up, saying how he had hoped to get in his favourite swim that I was in for the weekend. He lingered about until he realised I wasn’t going to give it up! He set up next door and watched me catch within 20mins. He was in a huff before he left my swim so can imagine he lost his head in the swim next door!
The thing is the syndicate is normally very quiet, except between April and June, I can see no-one else in a week, with even no-one turning up on a Friday or Saturday.
Nazeing Meads was busy compared to this lake, and even though Nazeing was season tickets there were less problems than the current 3month issue.
On one trip I had walked round the whole 60 acres before seeing fish in Pylons, so set up in there. As I finished setting up the bailiff turned up, to fish and check tickets, and during conversation admitted he had been baiting up where I had seen fish, so I offered to move, he declined the offer and told me to stay put as I wasn't aware of his baiting. He even asked if I would mind him setting up next swim along, which despite being around 20metres away faced away at about 45⁰ so only just onto the end of the same gravel bar. No problem. We both caught, I think he had a couple of 20's and I had just the 1 fish at 32lb.
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@framey sorry, I've got to laugh as I know what you mean, and I might bring those posts over away from where they are.
There are around 5 of us baiting swims, and we each leave the others swims alone, won't fish them.
From one swim, one guy has had 4 fish, a 30lb common and 3 20lb mirrors, although it is close to where the fish were spawning the other week, so it might not just be bait holding them there as the easterly winds were also pushing towards the deeper water.
I created and baited a swim, up to my chest clearing reeds and rushes, in a spot that no-one up to that point could fish. If I see or saw fish elsewhere I would set up on them, however as I hadn't I kept going to the same swim.
Another chap has baited a spot halfway along the rushes which is only accessible from one swim, and it's not straight out in front of the swim.
Dave fished his spot last night, and it was me and him who actually cleared it together last year. I told him where I had had fish, and he's kept it clear since. I actually left my rake under the boat for him.
3 hours ago, framey said:Following. On from the other thread
imagine if you will 3 acre swim with 32 swims
angler1
has been baiting say 3 swims
angler 2 has been baiting 3
angler 3 turns up and does the walk and finds fish crashing about in a swim so sets up and fishes the area
angler 2 turns up and says I’ve been baiting that swim for a month
what does angler 3 do ??
does he leave or does he stay ?
let’s just say he decides to leave and goes and finds a fish elsewhere
so resets up and starts fishing
angler 1 comes up and says
I’ve got something going in this swim mate
what would he do then ??
When does etiquette stop and mickey taking start.
The majority of us on the syndicate will leave each other's spots alone, although other (single) syndicate members who fish infrequently we have no objection to someone else doing the do if they see fish there.
I think etiquette is totally different to different lakes or syndicates.
If angler 3 sees fish in a spot under the non-regular single syndicate member scenario, then the other two anglers should bite their tongues and keep quiet about it. If he genuinely does not know about the baiting he is going on his fish spotting and location, not their efforts.
On Alton if someone fished where I had baited up, tough, it's 475acres, I can go find somewhere else to fish. Absolutely not much point really in regular baiting up on there as it's so large. And you definitely had swim jumpers going on other people's results.
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9 hours ago, Shayne said:
Hello, I was wondering does coloured mainline have any effect on catching carp ?
Coloured mainline might have advantages, a bright orange Sensor or purple Wychwood (?) line might keep swans from hitting it...
Personally I use Gardner Pro light (clear) in the clean clear water of my syndicate. Even where it is clear you still get suspended particles of silt sticking to the line, so my clear line is a khaki colour unless I wipe it clean every time I reel in. I don't think that stops me catching as I think that I caught the most fish of all the members last year.
I think that at anything above around 40metres, the last bit of line to the end tackle is laying on the lakebed anyway with a tight line, it arcs down.
I suppose in theory that is where fluorocarbon is better as it is invisible in water, but fluorocarbon seems to attract more silt particles than nylon monofilament.
Even a clean, tight fluorocarbon casts a shadow though, same as mono.
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47 minutes ago, Golden Paws said:
One from last Friday. Goujons and microwave chips (that cook a treat in the Ridgemonkey) and a bottle of Asahi. I don't normally ever take alcohol when fishing but made an exception this time and might make it a feature in the future.
I do confess to a can of cider at lunchtime with a bacon sandwich or two the past few trips. It's been too cold for me to sup a beer at night!
I've been resorting to lemon and ginger or orange and peach tea in the evening after dinner.
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3 hours ago, framey said:
if an angler who only fishes once or twice a month as that’s all his time allows turns up at a lake and proceeds to do what the “stars” say and finds the fish how is he doing anything wrong he doesn’t know anyone has baited that area.
if you have baited an area and the fish are on it that’s not really his fault.
unless he’s in with the clique which most of these type of anglers are not he will never know
on a club water it’s “lottery fishing”
trying to get anything going you have to pray no one is in there when you come back.
These anglers from the other syndicate do go on where 'full-time' syndicate members are fishing, on the back of their results or work. This particular angler has not fished 'here' since last June when the other syndicate reopened after their close season. There are around 6 or 7 who only fish here between April and June.
It's created a bit of antagonism, not just for me, but others besides.
If it was an angler who fishes once or twice a month only on this lake I would not be so narked!
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10 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
I was back home by 9.15 pm, lap of 2 lakes, swims I wanted gone, could have stayed and fitted in but thought better of it, going Bluebell Sunday anyway. Wrong attitude but bit fed up with members from other lakes being allowed to fish ours coz theirs is flooded.
I can see why a mate fishes a nature reserve with 5 fish in it now, seems crazy but its you verses them nobody treading on your toes 🤷♂️
We have a problem in that 1 member was the membership 'secretary' for two syndicates, and one of them has a April to June close season. The secretary would 'recommend' members to this syndicate from the other so they would be members of both, but only fish here during the others close season.
32 minutes ago, elmoputney said:I feel the same about winter tickets. You get something going the normal anglers are fading a bit then they all turn up and start taking over like they own the place.
That then creates @elmoputney 's problem and freshly cut, prepared or baited swims are suddenly taken by people who only fish the lake for 3 months without doing any work themselves.
I was gutted this year to cut and dig out a new swim, keeping it in keeping with the rest of the lake, prebaited it, gotten fish feeding and then finding someone else fishing it and catching one of the fish I was after. His publicised 'campaign' for a bait company was actually fish for 2nights where someone else had been baiting and dive in when they had gone, not as it was published.
It's not the first time it has happened to me or another couple of mates on the lake.
It's these other syndicate members who don't do any work themselves who wind me up.
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9 hours ago, yonny said:
But a hook straightening out and springing back into shape is not possible.
It was just enough to allow the fish to slip the hook, not total opening and rebending.
Elastic springback is I think it's name. From memory it is where the outer layers stretch and the middle is compressed. Once the force is removed it returns to shape
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6 hours ago, elmoputney said:
You won't catch if you ain't got a pastry selection.
Tuesday was a Co-op chocolate cookie day.
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6 hours ago, elmoputney said:
Just have your receiver with you it's not complicated really put it on a lanyard, I sometimes just leave it on a bucket or in my bivvy pocket somewhere I know I'll hear it.
It is if you don't bring it with you😉
My overnight kit is in a rucksack, and the receiver lives in a pocket in that, my day kit is my tackle box, so I don't bring it with me. On a day session it is not like I am miles away from the rods, or deep asleep.
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It has been a while since our bankside cuisine has been on show so as Google does not like old threads, I'll start afresh.
Last night I had rump steak, so tonight's dinner was the steak trimmings turned into a curry with a diced potato, baby corn, chopped mangetout, fine green beans and half a tin of chopped tomatoes and Garam Masala and a dash of chilli powder.
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35 minutes ago, elmoputney said:
If I felt I was missing out having a speaker I might, but tbh I've got used to the receiver now and love just having that nearby at all times.
I do use my alarms without the receiver every now and again on day only sessions, so for them to be audible is important to me. At night though I wouldn't be without the receiver next to my head on the storm pole
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15 minutes ago, yonny said:
I nearly bought a set of these to use as fishing reels for my distance rods. I ended up going for the Emblem Pro, which is basically the old Emblem Spod (predecessor to the 35 SCW QD) but grey instead of black. Absolutely love them and I'm sure the 35's are equally as good.
I loved the Emblem 'baboons' and the gold 5000's they did. I was seriously considering them years ago. They were fetching big money secondhand.
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1 hour ago, yonny said:
That's not accurate.
Hooks are made from high carbon steels and heat treated (sometimes referred to as spring steels). While it's true that a finer gauge wire or hook is more prone to straightening (obviously), elasticity (or Youngs Modulus of elasticity to be precise) is a physical characteristic of steel - there is no 'may' about it. A hook is essentially a spring - it is critical that it can flex during the fight (this is known as elastic deformation), otherwise it would just snap because it would be too brittle to deal with the loads applied to the steel. However, it's not possible for the hook to flex to the point of straightening without the yield strength of the steel being exceeded. The yield strength is the point at which the steel deforms under load permanently (this is known as plastic deformation).
So yes, a hook flexes (to a point) but no, a hook cannot straighten and then spring back into shape. The physical properties of spring steel do not allow it.
If a hook straightens, you know about it.
@yonny I did have a problem with a particular brand of hooks (model no longer available) that were opening out enough under pressure to straighten and spring back into shape. Maybe it was a particular batch of the Series 2 being faulty, but I did lose a couple of fish before I tested and changed from them, and have not used the brand since.
I have also had a few from other manufacturers that did just snap after snagging, at the point of the bend, or straighten out.
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8 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
I thought about tying rigs many years ago for those who struggled to do it themselves, like a complete custom set-up, was a good idea, couldn't be arsed in the end lol same as all my other great ideas
I did used to tie some up in Viscount Tackle back in the 1990's for a few people who had arthritis in the fingers, and struggled to tie their own. Not a big money maker as for 10 rigs we'd just charge for the tubing, hooks and swivels we'd used, but it kept customers coming back in each week for other bits like boilies, pellets and other tackle they needed.
I had to laugh when someone commented "you wouldn't use that yourself", then when they saw me on Barham and my rigs were identical and I was catching.
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16 hours ago, Juan pablo said:
so by trial n error, i started off with size 2 n 4 hooks...now i'm down to 6-8 I'm catching and hooking more carp then ever. I have noticed when I"m using a smaller size i'm losing fish especially 8 and 10s.
Also what rigs can i make with size 10 other than hair rig?Say you are using metal sizes, in engineering I think called a 'gauge". The higher the number, the finer or thinner the gauge.
A size 10 hook may be made with 18 gauge material, but a size 6 or 8 is made from 14 or 16 gauge wire.
Now think about the fight of the fish, by putting pressure on the hook, you are 'trying' to straighten or break it. A finer gauge wire or hook is more prone to straightening than a heavier gauge. It may have the elasticity to return to shape after the fish has gotten off, or it may not; if it has sprung back into shape you may not notice the problem.
Then think about other issues, a small hook in a big mouth, less weight, or mass, more easily blown out. The bigger hook is more likely to get a point into a piece of flesh.
Plus you have as @Carpbell3 has said. Yet with a smaller hook, a size 10 can land a big carp when on say a 1½lb test curve rod.
8 hours ago, Carpbell3 said:Depends what line you use you can tie a multi rig easy enough you will need to use a much finer line for the hook length as the eye of the hook will be smaller considerably so once you get above a size eight hook. Then you have the TC of the rod, a heavy rod anything above 2.50 test will always lose more fish than land using small hooks.
I actually use size 10 hooks for floater fishing, a dog biscuit fixed to the shank of the hook by a loop or tying the hook on with a knotless knot after creating the loop so the dog biscuit is tight to the hook.
Best Mono Setup for 100m Casting & Targeting 10–15 kg Carp
in New to Carp.com, New to Carp Fishing
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As @Pete Springate's Guns says, modern mono and our use of 15 to 18lb line gives far more capabilities without needing a leader, compared to the 1980's and 90's when you were only using 8 or 9lb line as standard. The days of 10lb of breaking strain for each ounce of lead with long distance casting are mostly over as 15-18lb line can handle 3oz leads due to stretch in the line.
As I mentioned or alluded, 100metres is not a big cast (!), and I can do that with 15lb line. If I can avoid using a shockleader I prefer it, any snags or heavy weed can jam up on the knot, and prevent the run ring, or tail rubber on a lead clip, stopping the lead being ejected. A carp can eject even a barbed hook with no weight on it, like a splinter in the skin being pushed out from inside.