zammmo

I see the latest idea is to put an ssg weight inside the boilie, anyone tried this? what was the result?

I had this problem and posted about it, most of the advice given mentioned about cutting at an angle and I found this improved matters considerably...

Why was I taken back to Wimledon whilst reading these post Yes the chod is a brilliant rig I use it almost exclusivly. As auntie Gok would say "lets get naked" and I do,I also use the Korda sinkers they act to weigh the chod down and add friction to stop the rig moving up the line too much. And contrary to what the mags say can be reused (large and small). You can either put them inside your beads or either side depnding on the size of the bead.I have heard say you can get away with a 2 turn grinner with a blob but I would risk this...

I suppose we all have diffrent ways of looking at this, personaly speaking I start off with the rig about a foot from the lead.then during the fight the rig moves down to the lead, so much so that the korda sinker that I use ends up half way into the tail rubber.I think this stops the lead moving very much and so the fish is less likely to shed the hook.I am going to try fixing the bottom bead just to see if it makes a diffrence but I think having the lead swinging around will lose me more fish, we will see...

A piece of pva foam or a small stick should sort that...

Can't do the sound of a big buzzer going off, so you will have to use your imagination. Simple rigs will never let you down, check out Daryl Peck...

Doh you j u s t beat me to it

Zamm, why so light? I use a 2.5 - 3oz for most of my chods and have never had an issue. Is there some benefit to going that light? Not sure if there's any benifit, it's what I always use and I have never had an issue...

Only a personal thing and agreed it would not effect hooking but with a 15mm bait I would use a size 8 hook and ensure it was sticky sharp. Also as light a lead as you can get away with, usually 1oz...

Don't mean to be rude but surely you can see that the lead clip is serving absolutly no purpose. You don't need a swivel on the end of the hook link, in fact you don't need a hooklength. Just have your mainline straight through to the lead with a tail rubber over the knot.If you need to pin the line down put a couple of Korda sinkers under your beads... Just add I started this post before stoogi, I'm a slow typer

Sorry don't see how that tells you the depth of the silt Attach a peice of white string to the end of you line put a lead on the end of the string whack it out bingo depth of silt...

Use a long peice of fuse wire to thread your line...

You can use fuse wire to pull the line through the tubing. Yea most tungsten impregnated tubing breaks easily...

He has recently brought out a new one called "Carp Short Session Success" It's £14.99 from www.anglingpublications.co.uk

Korda for me, no probs

Hi welcome to the forum. You could try "Fox" A Guide to Modern Carp fishing...

None of the above 90% of my fishing I use "the naked chod" To keep the pop up on the bottom, I use Korda Sinkers...

Have you tried piercing the beads sideways and pulling the line through. NOT to be attemted if using thick leaders or leadcore...

If like me you don't fish long sessions,then pierce the boilie with a baiting needle pull some fine mono through hook a boilie stop through then tie it to your o ring. As I say ok for 18hrs or so but use as boayant a bait as you can find.

Are you sure that's Jim Shelley??? as in Jim Shelley???

Tungsten tubing is good gear,your beads slide easily with a bit of pressure...

I have to use higher breaking strain hooklink than mainline I use mostly chod rigs (sorry Nick) and I can't tie a good chod with the same strength of line as my mainline...

One I would NOT recommend is Ultima Power Zig,I tried it recently and found it to be very visible.., I have tried the new dedicated zig hooks from Korda and found theses to be ok...

Sounds like you maybe tying your rig wrong,the line needs to be threaded through the back of the hook towards the point.Also when you do the palm test,have a bait on the hook as this gives a far better idea of wheather it is turning or not...

It'a like a very small salami...So my Mrs says...