Gaz

http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=19019&highlight=barbed++barbless i think most people that really know about the damage barbless can do wil always go with micro barb, some waters have now banned barbless

I can tie my own rigs that catch fish, I like the Kryston range for hook lengths and I do prefer to tie my own lead core lengths as the ready tied are a bit short in the fox range, as for the ESP hook lengths my only grumble would be with the hair loop, you have to cut a 15ml bait down a bit if you want to balance a bottom bait with even a small dumbell cut in half. Korda have a lot of rigs on the market at the moe, they are a lot more technical in the components range than what was on sale even just a few years back, if I was using a rig with bait swivels and blobed down loops I would want to tie it my self, they must be tied out side of the UK ? too labor intensive to be made in the UK. you cant talk about quality ready tied in one breath and in the next mention korda lol

tapered shockleader with 10ib daiwa sensor, never had a crack off. its either dodgy braid or its possibly wrapping round the top eye (or the butt ring tbh) during flight

never had a pick up either though lol

yeh moe of a curve. as said, any time you tie a rig just make sure in the event of a break off the lead will come off the line easily so the fish aint dragging the lead around if hooked. watch a couple of episodes of thinking tackle, ok he aint everyones cup of tea but he shows rig safety and that is the most important thing in carp fishing

and thats from another lake owner, that aint a bad recommendation

yeh, dont think you will be disappointed tbh

http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=55850&highlight=rushes http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=53585&highlight=rushes http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=49480&highlight=rushes http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=45990&highlight=rushes have a read mate, might be of help

yeh mate, can be tough but quality fish in there

yeh its a bit open if the wind comes in. arlsford is a quality water mate, just a shame we cant night fish there. its good its now open all year though

yeh that can be productive from there mate, if its quiet then the near margins from them swims can pay off, problem is if its busy then they can shut up shop. watch the surface that end as they often come up to the surface there if its nice and sunny

tbh i always found the margins worked for me, dont ignore the near ones either although that depends on what end of the lake your on and how busy it is. have you joined paxmans facebook page? you have to be a member to join it but might help a bit as well

ita a water you need to get close to the far margins and/or weed. tbh i find single hookbaits of a good quality boilie work well, as does the surface, dog biccy's work really well in there if the weather is right. i would head up to the far end from the car park if i were you, problem is the weed can be a problem that end this time of the year

a flick of the tail, dave lane, proper good book with some very funny bits in it

made me laugh as well mate, great pic

i love that

go for it mate. be good to have some more and different input

i so love that car

awesome bird mate. used to fly her in the woods near me, somehow i got permission off the council to fly her in the woods lol. a farmer let me fly her on his land as well, as long as there were no lambs about in case she decided to have one for dinner lol Close relative of Harry Potter, then. Hedwig, by any chance? Ian now wheres that two finger smilie

i must agree, it is an lovely place. well done mate

come on get those pics in here

awesome bird mate. used to fly her in the woods near me, somehow i got permission off the council to fly her in the woods lol. a farmer let me fly her on his land as well, as long as there were no lambs about in case she decided to have one for dinner lol

i had a snake many years ago, spiders scare the life out of me lol. had a european eagle owl but tbh where i live it was just to noisy, will have another if and when i move into the country a bit more

yeh mate, spot on.

mate, i love staffs, i have had a couple of proper staffs but there is so much bad publicity now with soooooooo many cross breeds out there that i dont know if i could put up with the dangerous dog rubbish tbh. proper quality dogs