jules007

ok mate, have a look at carp quarry, its a lovely looking venue, only a short drive from ferry with a good amount of things in the area, the owner is a helpful fella with proper accomadation and best of all he has an advert on these very pages, just click the fishing holidays link to see his banner

Petersfield Heath Lake (20 acres) is closed until the 31st March.It is looked after by Petersfield and District Angling Club----one of four Clubs forming the Hants & Sussex Alliance. its a very pretty lake with boating activity's and is very shallow, i have never fished it but some of my friends did a good few years back, its one of those waters that you need to be able to cast a long distance and wading out 30 yards will help when the fish are at range, quite a few bream in there and some good carp, it had a forty but dead now you can do day ticket but night fishing you have to be a member of the club

st johns is one of the most pressured day tickets around, i have fished it and vowed never to go back, dont get me wrong its well run but just to many lines in the water all the time so the fish hold up right in the middle most of the time some of the other linear waters are a much better bet http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=44759&highlight=johns

its a lasso knot, form a loop, then make a smaller loop inside the big one and wind a tag end around both loops 4 turns

well said sir, a while back we had a situation where a member posted a comment about a product that he knew nothing about

have heard a good few comments on here about korda hooks and not all good, so i wont use the product as its a vital link between you and a prize fish! regards tying the knotless knot, there is a correct way to wind the turns around the shank of a hook, but really sounds like the hooks you had were duff if you want tough but expensive hooks try esp raptors

just maybe the main problem with leadcore could be that to many inexperienced anglers used the stuff, doing stunts like gluing lead clip rubbers in place and fixing beads tight to the leadcore, and as a result they have given the product a very bad name, i have had it kink and also the lead has snapped, poking out through the outer core, much as i like the presentation it can give i wont risk using it now

http://www.jfonline.co.uk/knots_page.html http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32236 here is a couple of links to some knots fella

agree with the above IF you are set on using it, but to be honest there really is no place for it in modern carp angling, there are no benefits from using it, and the danger to carp makes it a no brainer, when you see just how many carp waters ban it you can see just how much of a danger it is to the fish

carp society horseshoe lake

too right, im mid forties and get so excited when i know im going fishing, a right buzz

hope you have a great session, let us all know how you get on

hope this helps http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=43613&highlight=drayton

use soft uncoated braid with little pva bags and coated braid with or with out pva

have a look at this thread, might be helpful http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=44395

does any one know of a lake in the north of england where i might find proper wild carp, my first ever carp was a little wild carp, and it would be nice to have a go at catching one this year

welcome long time reader first time poster i would not recommend blue bell as like you say it can be a right hard water im sure some one will suggest a decent runs water, a place thats rammed with carp good luck

like the man said, it can possibly cause damage to smaller fish if in doubt leave it out where fish welfare is concerned

yep, a very good method, that i use with great results! free lined bread is still a top bait that a lot of anglers over look

And the deepening pool, another classic

lovely fish but right hard water

sounds about right mate

non fishing.....any thing by james patterson fishing..........terry hearns books, really looking forward to the 3rd one and chris yates books

cant help with your question but welcome to the forum

you could try pride of derby think its about £80