sharpy86

Possibly not out in the USA tho

Informative photo of a small section across a river... Extreamly blown highlights Fringing Blurry Bad Framing Thanks for posting

Par fishery... 3 rods for 24 hours - £40 Is that the one?

i dont what my line is laying there lots of swonmusels were i fish and my takes on zig go of at a good rate Well your reason for using it has just changed

Monks pool or Hollyhurst?

Well I was cutting it in 3...Using the tungston tubing as it acted like an anchor - which was why I wanted to use a little more than I would normally. As then with the hook bait, would hopefully be ~1m from any part of 'raised' line, giving a bigger, safer area for the fish to feed in...well that was the idea!

I knew I was forgetting something

Thanks for that Keith....I'm taking the plunge and removing the tubing! What can go wrong ehh? At least I won't have to pay out £5 for 2m, which is used for 3 rods...

I have done no end of tests and there is nothing to beat simple heavy mono fished slack line style. None of the tubings or "heavy" leaders follow any but the smoothest of lake beds because they simply aren't heavy enough and are too stiff. My question would have to be "why go to the trouble to find the best, least visible main line that you can buy and then thread it through a length of "hose-pipe" where it will be closest to where you want the fish to be. Exactly the same can be asked of any of the leaders. They are 3 or 4 times the diametre of your main line so will be much easier for the carp to spot. My honest advice is to stick to simple running rigs with light leads and no tubing no leaders and no back leads of any kind. Just fish with the line slack and let everyone else pay silly prices for items of tackle that they don't need. Since I switched to the simple rigs my catch rate has quadrupled. Hope that helps mate. Keith Thanks for the post Keith...I have been thinking of going tubing free. The only reason I have ALWAYS used tubing was for anti tangle (As i was told from the start), and protection for fish from the mainline, have you ever experienced lifting scales without tubing? I have been wrapping my brains to try and get a 'free'er running rig', and this was something I thought of. Cheers Matt

Yeah was thinking about scrapping using the sleeves altogether. And that was the problem I had before, the tubing would fly up the line on the cast, as it wasn't 'gripped' by the bead. I've had problems when fishing over a little weed, that the eye of the big eyed swivel gets clogged up.

I use 2-3ft of the fox tungston tubing. Very heavy and supple enough to lay on the bottom. I fish that in conjunction with slack lines.

Yeah I'm using them swivels, but using tubing also...Maybe i'm just being paranoid! I was thinking maybe the bigger diameter plastic ones (like what Jez posted) would run more freely?

Fenboy....this is exactly what I use. It looks very neat and tidy, I'm just worrying myself recently, that the swivel isn't big enough, and it provides more resistance than I would like? What do you think?

Hey Parapat.... I'll be seeing you in June Saturday June 13th is the start of my trip...Really exicited and looking forward to it!! TBH, I thought it was a pretty good deal for the Full Package £550 for Transport from UK, and food, and fishing!! Roll on June!

How about try exactly the same thing....next time! Somedays the fish just are not feeding!

What about threading a PVA bag onto the rig? Stick mix etc...This is where they come in handy

Is it basically a vegetable chopper, with the Korda logo stamped onto it, and then the price raised?

Someone has been watching the Korda DVD's!! I use the Fox kwik change swivels and sleeves, as find they are more 'tidy' than using a korda one.

Well....how you get on?

The above quote was taken from: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=31293&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Am I still harsh Dave? OI! Stop trying to steal my job as forum detective!

Why would you need 25lb!! Just get the 15!

£10 isn't really a lot for a day ticket. Some lakes charge like £40 for 24hours!

If it was me, I would be tempted to take all...Lets be honest, if they don't sell particles at the lake, you wont be able to use them if you don't take them yourself! Be prepared for every eventuality! If the lakes never been fished before, would the fish know what a boilie is? Or are these Farmed fish? i.e. Pellet fed? It could pay to fish only particles...maize on the hair over a bed of particles?? Or the fish may readily take boilies?? I wouldn't want to be caught out because I didn't have something with me!!

I'm off here in June....let us know how you get / got on Cheers Matt

Hey welcome to the forum! Lucky guy! I've never heard of the place, so i'll be of no good to you! But welcome all the same