666carpcatcher

Aint been on for some time, so only just catching up on things and first time i've looked at these, some cracking fish there lads, and knowing you two you both had great fun

What type of PVA you useing aswell, some cheap PVA stuff is nasty stuff, and just doesnt fully melt, pay the little extra mate P.s Try the net stuff melts alot quicker than bags tostart off with

Have you tried coiling it into a bucket behind you and casting??

You dont tend to find to many mains hook ups on the bank though I like useing the kettle for shrink tube, esp when useing coated braids, never had a problem as long as you take care, and it also give's you the chance to run the coated braid through the steam aswell, which when held under tension it will cool prefectly straight, ensureing that rig will fall away from our lead

Oneway to fish a feeder is to use it as a heli rig useing a korda anti tanglehooklink sleeve to helppush it away from the line and feeder, also usefull for useing on a normalrunning rig set up, just push it over the swivel(hooklink end) andit will again push the hooklink away from the feeder

What diam mainline do you use ????? A side threaded rubber bead will slide very easy on mainline! But will be tight enough to hold the rig in place on the cast

Why?? Its not safe when useing a leader of some sort, as it wont pass over knots, but with main line straight through, no knots!!

Well if your fishing to snags there is no way to pin the line down to the deck, as you NEED to be into direct contact with the fish on the take, and the only way to do that is to have your lines tight and rod pointing to the rig

If you were to use mainline straight through, you would put the bead on sideways (pierce the bead with a baiting needle and so on)

Its something i havnt used but the way i see it is... If your line breaks, there is nothing holding the tubing to the lead unlike other set ups, so the tubing will simple slide of the line, then there will be no tension and the rig wouldnt be able to be pulled off the tubing, leaving rig and tube attached to the fish, it might be the safest rig, it might just be the way im looking at the situation I have noticed that Fox do a tubing heli pack though. Im going to have to go and have a play me thinks

Only porblem with useing tubing for a heli rig, is that if the line breaks the fish wont just be left with the rig, it will have rig and tubing and i cant think of a way around it that is safe

Are you fishing the margins? or fishing to snags in the margins?? If your fishing anywhere near snags you need to be fishing near locked up and sitting on your rods (prefferably with the rod pointing at the bait) If your just fishing the margins with no snags about then yes slack line's/running rigs with the lightest bobbins you have, no need for back leads, as you can have the line as slack as you want (as long as its not coiling up on teh bottom obviously) and the line will/should follw the contours of the lake bed

Hahahahaha These are good, would suit a sticky like this... http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

I wish these newbies would use the search http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32236

Put a thing piece of tubing over the hair before threading the meat on, this will stop the hair cutting through he meat, simple and quick

I feel sorry for Baliffs as there suck in a 20/20 situation, if they ask to see every anglers rig they'll be seen as interfearing, but they have/need to look after there stock, i know a couple of places that check rigs and end tackle if your not known to them, yes its annoying but as soon as they know you they dont bother asking anymore. And if thats what they have to doo to protecting there lively hood im not that botherd

Well snags need a good hooklink, that will take pressure of you trying to steer the fish away from the snags, or in worse case scenario being able to take the pressure of being pulled into and out of the snags, Depending on the thickness of weed would decide what strengh hooklink to use, at the end of the day mate, there is no right or wrong answer, it all come's down to common sense!!

If you have a look through this link that Nick had put up, im sure everything will become clear mate.. http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=37603 And i wouldnt bother worrying about sounding "thick" we have all started somewhere and its far better to ask than to go out and make a mistake(even though we all still make then now and again ) From teh hook end... Hook Hooklink Swivel bead lead and unless your useing a helicoptor rig where a bead is placed behind the lead, there shouldnt be nothing else on the line (except a back lead, if your useing them) Putting a shot behind the lead will create a fixed rig, or also known as a death rig, all it takes is abit off weed or the like, to get stuck over the shot/bead and it wont budge resulting in a fish trailing hooklink, lead, and all

I tend to fish with 12lb b/s hooklinks, but if im fishing over gravel, i'll step it upto 15lb, and 20lb is im fishing over mussels (you get the jist) I use 15lb b/s Fluoro mainline... With your hooklink laying on the deck, constantly being picked up or moved by smaller fish, or bigger fish moving in the swim, it is more likely to get abit batterd, this is the main reason for useing a stronger hooklink

No probs mate Just remember if your useing the the bolt rig set up, not to push the tail rubber on to far as if you snap/break off the fish will not be able to lose the lead, also remember to get it wet (spit will do) before pushing the tail on as it also will help the tail to pull off if you do snap off

Hi mate welcome to the forum and the world off carping Have a look through this section and all should be explained http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewforum.php?f=104

Freezer burn on a boilie is abit diff to freezer burn on a 1 or 2 mm particle though?

Hemp turns abit rancid after a few days (i wouldnt want to use it after any longer than a week-10 days at most) as for parti blend, cant help i normally cook up far to little and its normally gone in a day or 2 But as Zander has rightfully said, You can freeze nearlly all particles, just remember that freezing it without the juices will cause freezer burn and alot will float

Left out i would use it upto 2 weeks, refridgerated 6 months max

When it first came onto the market there was alot of problems with it, but it was soon adressed