beanz

Where did you get the buoyant hook from?? 

Where did you get the buoyant hook from?? 

I'v done well on long hairs over the years, even on pop ups, one of my best sessions came while using a 2inch gap between hook and bait with the hook 3inches of the deck, all were hooked solid and bang dead centre , and one had the bait cut off.....this I guessed was because the bait had been taken back into the teeth.............now a bit of a ramble as its hard to write what I think, but, the mass (?) of the bait is affected far greater when blown out then the mass of the hook ( or is it drag?? something anyway), so when the bait goes in further with the hook, the hook stays in longer(milliseconds) until the bait is ejected which I believe gives a better chance for the hook to turn and take a hold.
 
One thing that I know for sure is that while using long hairs I hardly ever have hook pulls.

I'v done well on long hairs over the years, even on pop ups, one of my best sessions came while using a 2inch gap between hook and bait with the hook 3inches of the deck, all were hooked solid and bang dead centre , and one had the bait cut off.....this I guessed was because the bait had been taken back into the teeth.............now a bit of a ramble as its hard to write what I think, but, the mass (?) of the bait is affected far greater when blown out then the mass of the hook ( or is it drag?? something anyway), so when the bait goes in further with the hook, the hook stays in longer(milliseconds) until the bait is ejected which I believe gives a better chance for the hook to turn and take a hold.
 
One thing that I know for sure is that while using long hairs I hardly ever have hook pulls.

Yes it was, try now bud.

I haven't been over there since my season on there during my last posts. I do know that the year after a few lads did a deal with one of the rangers to be allowed to fish the nature reserve and moved the ones they caught in to Mill and the North, If my memory serves me right 3 went into Mill and 2  Into North.
 
There is also a rumour that the bailiff over at the Rotary peed a lot of members off and one of them caught the big'un and moved it into North.....which would match up with a mate that fished North and spotted something large on a few occasions.
 
But I'd go on Mill still, lovely little lake.Well worth taking your rods.

Is it classed as bad angling to have the clutch loose when Carp fishing??? I never have it tight( if not on snags) but wouldn't say its super loose either. In all the years I'v carp fished I'v only ever lost one fish to snags and that was because it kitted on a leadclip into some reeds to my left without a beep If i had a boat I'd feed it but that wasn't allowed and has it was during my chemo I wasn't chancing a swim to free it, so cut the line and listened to it thrash about all night till morning when I'm sure ( and still hope ) it dragged the line free and out to open water or dumped the hook.
 
On Barnwell I fished up to the reeds with running rigs and untight clutch and all the takes came away to open water ,my mate fished the same spots with leadclips and all his takes tried to bury into them      

It will give him a chance to catch up on some sleep 

It will give him a chance to catch up on some sleep 

It will give him a chance to catch up on some sleep 

Is that your taxi out side Beanz   

Fancy going out to Iceland , and not even picking up a frozen Lobster for £5.

That would be my thinking too.
 
Another thing I've found to work in a tank test, once the bag is tied up, tie a couple of pva nuggets to the side of the bag you want up. Pretty well always lands well.
 
My bags, with pop ups, doesn't really matter which way up they land cause as you say, the popup will work its way to the top.

I had some so-called wafters, that lifted the hair on a size 6, so I used them on a size 10 as a zig  To me a wafter has to be neutrally buoyant or its a poor pop up!!

I had some so-called wafters, that lifted the hair on a size 6, so I used them on a size 10 as a zig  To me a wafter has to be neutrally buoyant or its a poor pop up!!

Phil,Chill(lol) dont leave ,your stronger than that!!! If you can poke a bone out your skin without screaming you can handle the bs .....faired imcome mate (  ) if you  cant handle your reels not screaming then I understand.....but don't leave otherwise bud ....The forum will be lacking without you 
 
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I agree Beanz...... It's just if you watch the thinking tackle of 6/7 years ago EVERYTHING had to be invisible....... Now it's going full circle...... Anglers(some) are a lot easier to catch than carp.

which way do your bags land up then???......If wafters are neutral, then if upside-down then the only visual is the bag contents.... A pop up (blatant or not) will sit above the contents ....speeding up the chances......or is that crazy talk????(Im thinking shotted not zigging styley)

I agree...Sonny jim       

Hopefully!!!!

I have a user name for a reason please use it, failing that my name is scott......feel free to use that also BUT you are not my father so please don't refer to me as "son" I find it disrespectful. I have cracked as I am sick and tired of all the pathetic jibes on this forum! And posts being ruined because of it. The report button must be broken as I tried it already and it didn't have any effect so I thought I would try the blatantly obvious public way. I have no qualms with you or any other specific person on the forum but it's about time people grew up and stopped the playground bullying/ganging up on each other. I fail to see how this has any positive impact on the forum or what new members must be thinking when they read rubbish like this!
 
 
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Would it still work as well if using a fox or Nash ???

it's 100 thousand not 10 thousand . And all it means even if you do get to that figure is that it will be raised in parliament & then dismissed.

The England squad .
 
I'm very disappointed but not surprised tbh .

Don't believe the "they got lucky" hype Mufty. They have a small squad,but coped well..... Chelski last season didn't have many injuries so was they lucky