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    My very old Zebco 11ft 2.5tc rods, they are not up to modern carp fishing so about to be replaced with 12ft 3lb rods, reels are old but very good DAM quick 850, super smooth and still capable
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    So yesterday my hooklink snagged bottom when reeling in, lake has a policy of trying to avoid pulling for a break, so another angler had a try on my rod and politely told me of for having rods that are to soft, he went out in the boat and got it free, so i have now ordered a pair of Diawa 12ft 3lb TC like i used to have
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    Hmm, might have to send you 4 spools from my reels with return postage ha ha just been trying to take line of by hand, not happening
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    i did stumble on these after i posted, but gonna wait till early new year and make do with the rods on the go for now
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    In an ideal world i would like to upgrade my old 11ft 2.5tc to shiny new 11ft 2.75 or even 3lb and get sexy slim blanks but seems nothing about other than some iffy 3 piece rods
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    cant vote as not caught a carp in 17 years...by eck that was a long blank
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    general opinion is in favour of 12ft rods so when im ready i will go 12 and keep my old 11ft rods as i do like them
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    Little update i got some Dynamite Crave 15mm shelf life and the Starmer 15mm sweet corn shelf life, have to say the Starmer bait seems better quality, the aroma seems very natural not chemical as such, and very uniform im a tiny little bit disappointed with quality of the Crave
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    i think Diawa do black widows in 10ft this might be something for me but i have 11ft at moment, maybe i was there first with the shorter rods
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    0.30 diameter i also got a new 42 inch landing net from NGT and for the price its spot on
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    So having made a return to carp fishing i will be using my old budget 11ft 2.5lb rods to start but plan on new rods early next year, looking on ebay i keep seeing a lot of 9ft 2.75lb carp rods, and have to wonder is this a new trend for short rods or are these more like stalking rods
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    I have just loaded my reels with NGT 15lb camo mono line, it looks nice and has a low diameter (my old line i took of was about 17 years old oops but had not been used in all that time) i was a little concerned with thin diameter so cut a 2ft length and put a loop not each end, hooked one end to door handle and other on digital scales pulled for a break and it snapped at 12.5lb, the old ESP Crystal 12lb snapped at 5.5lb
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    have to say in all the years of fishing i have never been checked but when i decided to return to fishing after a long break, first thing i did was go on .gov and buy a 2 rod course licence, and that arrived yesterday
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    no that was a little lake in the Nene valley i was on and it was a very big common i was chasing, it was the Nene valley lake that kinda broke me did 2 seasons and zero carp out just a few bream and Tench
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    Bloomin heck so im in process of joining up a local club lake i used to fish back around 2008 and an old mate is still fishing it
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    Posting this on behalf of a my great friend Martin, he is fishing a low stocked syndicate lake in south yorks and has finally nudged his pb with this 32lb 5oz lovely common, pb was 29lb 7oz
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    Ha ha yep i fully agree the name is a bad point
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    been reading up on starmer baits and i am gonna give them a try, im thinking 15mmsweetcorn hookbait fished over some whole and chopped along with a scattering of canned corn
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    Asking as i was looking for sweetcorn flavour boillies and found Starmer baits sell them on fleabay, gut feeling says steer clear but has any one used them, i have an idea for a bit of a baiting up
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    the old Sundridge alarms cleaned up, new batteries and still work, very happy about that
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    So i dragged gear out of loft, still got a pair of rods, no brand but they cleaned up got 3 baitrunners again 2 are good one not so and that will be useful if i need any spare parts main thing i will need is a pair of cheap bite alarms and a new landing net, have ordered new line for the reels as the ESP Crystal on them is about 17 years old
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    some of you guys will remember me, some not but looks like from next year i will be picking up the rods again just doing a bit of day fishing on local lake that i used to fish a long time ago, need to go through my gear whats left of it and see what im going to need to buy first up will be new mainline as the stuff on my reels is about 15 years old lol
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    Books

    jules007 replied to PandA698's topic in UK Carp Fishing

    here is another vote for Terry Hearns books, superb read
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    Either Go Outdoors or Blacks or check on Ebay. I'm still using the Web Tex Warrior stove I recommend on this thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=28868&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=stove&start=25 Have to say i have the web tex warrior, been using it for a few years now still working well, and in great condition, very pleased
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    After we had Kye, my old greyhound put to sleep a few years ago, my daughter has pestered me non stop for another dog, i have had to be a the big bad dad and keep saying no, then a few weeks back she changed her question........."dad can i get a kitten"............"yes, providing its all done right" so we now have Albie, a white fuzzball
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