Gaz

hi mate if your new to carping why not look for a nice small club with a runs water and good fish water rather than spend to much money out at first. where in essex are you if i aint said it somewhere else hi and welcome

lovely pic nick, i think i know the water as well

people are gonna argue long and hard about this and there are plenty of threads on here regarding this rig but the bottom line is it can and does cause terrible injuries to smaller carps mouths and that is a fact

http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=22185&highlight=hair+rigs try here mate

i would prebait with particles because they are cheap, and if allowed try tiger nuts as hookbait with a few freebies as the tench and bream will usually leave these alone

good luck mate

is the lake close enough to you to prbait on a regular basis if so go over 2 3 or 4 times a week and prebait with particles the carp will soon clear a spot for you. if not use big pva bags and put the whole rig inside, dont be afraid to fish in the weed just make sure your rig is safe as should always be done anyway.

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mcf do a controller that is the shape of a small pear i think thay do three sizes and the large one can hit 90-100 mtrs depending on you and your gear. i have the small one and have caught plenty of fish with it but you must feather it down or it hits the water with a BIG splosh

so are you saying you would rather end up with a carp dragging your rig AND lead around and end up getting snagged and dying. which is exactly what would happen

but not to tight otherwise a fish could end up trailing it around. better to lose a lead than risk a fish. a lot of anglers fit the rubbers loose to purpously (spelling) lose leads when they have a fish on

i make you right there mate, just confuses ya, you can have complete confidence in something then read a mag and it blows it all out of the window

it sounds like what megamomac is saying then i reckon if its set that far along hook

is it actually silicon or is it small tubing (not shrink tubing) which as the carp trys to blow the bait out it moves up the shank and helps to set the hook

why not use maize, harder and stays on the hair all night with no problems. if its not been fished you wont need to worry about fancy rigs just use a standard hair rig maize or you could use artificiall (spelling) sweet corn.

make a sticky on weeley. it could be called blanked dont think the fish are in there that the owner says are

i have already spoke to nick about a possible social but PLEASE NOT weeley

Would you care to rephrase that? reckon he knows ya jay

if surface baits are banned but work well then stick out a zig rig a couple of inches below the surface

if you read my post properly you will see that i said go to france for the chance of a fish of a lifetime but join a club for a runs water. i did not say dont go to france at all

why go to france for a runs water if you not bothered about the size of carp i would join a local club with a runs water and go to france for the fish of a lifetime. whatever ya do good luck, i notice its your first post so welcome to the forum mate

the problem here is that no one on this site will admit to leaving litter cause they know they will get stick, i even take an ashtray with me, well a tin with a lid but as jay said (x2gsd) one of the lakes that we are members of is disgusting and 2 or 3 others are pretty bad to the point that jay nearly never bothered joining. i must say though that the club did ban someone last year for litter abuse but it still dont put a stop to it. we have bailiffs that come round and give litter tickets and then come back later to see if you have left any, but it still dont stop them.

do a search for shockleader and you should find a diagram there for the shockleader knot

the drop down rig is featured in the fox book of rigs i think

think you got it in one. wont give up though. after a good 2005/06 i cant do no right now. but my time will come. i hope