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Allmost forgot. There is also this little old gem. The dude owning the site is a brit who lived in sweden until just some years ago when I heard he moved back but he did fish a lot when he lived here and the site is still quite informative. Some of the facts regarding the sizes and such may not be fully up to date but its a good list and written in english. http://carpoholik.tripod.com/id15.html

If you are on facebook the lake has its own group https://www.facebook.com/groups/228490307186093/?fref=ts

Ok in Borås you have the lake Ballasjön quite near. Ballasjön is quite a popular lake stocked with fish up to 35 lbs. I actually took my first carp there when I first began carping. (nowhere near 35lbs though ) Location and the phone number to Leif which owns the license on the lake http://svenskakarpklubben.com If im correct I believe the license for Ballasjön actually comes for free as member of Svenska Karpklubben. Several brits in the club as well. I live 30+ miles away from Borås unfortuneately.

I am a swede Where in sweden do you live?

Combi-rig with korda krank 4 and 20+12mm snowman. Esp sinklink tied KD style and Esp stiff bristle filament. Putty on the knot. Had 2 fish on it yesterday and both was properly hooked bottomlip and still easy to unhook.

make sure you are using right underwear and dont get too warm before the cold comes. Also make sure you are fed before going to bed. Bed chair cover also does tremendous difference.

No problemo. Hope it does the job

In norway they use Virkon against gyrodactulys. A said earlier in the thread it kills any virus or micro organisms.

I once was working at a salmon/trout farm and during my time there we were unlucky enough to be notified by the government that one of our tested specimens (allways before putting them out in waters) was tested positive for an Epizoo classed virus. That means virus with mortal possibilies that can transfer between animals and also to humans. In other words very nasty stuff to release that can affect humans and lots of wild animals. That meant we had to totally put out all of our stock with electricity or large doses of tranq and then desinfect all of our gear, tanks and dry out and do the same to the ponds and even electrocute and do the same to the surrounding areas streams etc. Not very pleasant. However for desinfecting the gear we used Virkon. A substitute for killing basicly any virus, bug or bacteria and it comes in various forms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virkon The dams and the surrounding area we "killed" with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_hydroxide

Just a bit curious. In what way does a hook pattern matter when using PVAbags? I personally use pva pretty much all the time with different hook patterns thats why I wonder

Basicly it wont tangle. You can throw it far. Wont give you line bites. I use it on both very weedy waters and on gravel. Also many of the times I throw it in when I am not aware of the bottom situation at all. Not many popup rigs that I know of is equally as simple to use in "most" situations. The hardest drawback for a chod as I can see it is that the lead wont drop off (at least not on normal chod rigs) My largest fish ever caught was on a chod, so of course it helps to boost my confidence in this particular rig.

The curve is just there to help the hook settle easier I think. Like tubing does on a withy pool rig.

ask them if you have to fish with a straight needle in order to go by the rules. To be honest I've never heard of more ridicilous rules. Who comes up with such stuff? Honestly?

Isn't that an oxymoron? I got your point but at least they wont swim around with a lead attached. I personally dont use more than 50-70cm of LC. The breaking strain of my leaders are lower than my mainline. Of course the mainline could still break before leader anyway. I use loop connection from LC to mainline so if the lead for some reason wouldnt drop the whole safety rig could also snap loose from the swivel and over the LC.

I am bumping this one. Since I am the mother of blanks I was thinking I should perhaps start reading informative carp literature instead of novels during the lazy parts of my sessions. Since there is so many people on this forum there surely must be more who have read a lot of books. In my country there is only one book about carp fishing ever made so I need to rely on brittish books. Ive heard several mention fox book (as the one earlier in this thread). Is there any more that really stands out as informative books? What I dont want to read is books only mentioning there own equipment etc (you know, sales talk). Its purely tactics and "basics" Im after here.