666carpcatcher

If that makes sence

For close in work i prefer to float leger, basicaly put your float on held in place with your float stops, then a small leger weight 3/4 ounce sort of size, then a rubber buffer bead and then tie your hooklink on either hair rig or just standerd hook to nylon with swivel, set the depth and your away very resistant free with only having a float on the line, If you go with the normal float set up, as long as you dont put the weights/shots on to tight they will be fine, if you need to get weights and you want a soft shot get Anchor weights and Dinsmore are abit tougher again personaly i prefer the Dinsmore shot as the Anchor ones can be abit to soft, if you are fishing near a weedbed and the fish has a chance of getting in there then you could put a small peice of silicone tubing on the line then put your weights on this, this will also allow you to slide the weights up and down the line so you can ajust the depth etc without having to open the shot up every time

The only knot i would use out of these for Leader knots would be the Back to Back Uni knot, apart from that Loop to loop and Needle knot (but only for leadcore) May i ask why braid to braid?

Soz Nick

Hi mate and welcome to the forum Found this one but if you have a search you might be able to turn somthing else up http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32596 Try useing this to get other results SEARCH

I also use Putty all the time, as Tony has said with putty you can get it as critical as you like, plus with weights if the fish runs through weed or into a snag the shot can slice through the hooklink, this is what made me change to putty in the first place didnt quite happen but come very close to it.

What size hooks where you useing and what sort of bites were they as normally the Bream and Tench will beat Carp to prawns and to miss 3 on the trot scream Tench or Bream running with just the bait in there mouths, as for rig use just 3/4 to half a prawn unless you leave a decent gap between the hair and bend of the hook, you could also try just nicking the prawn onto the hook

My mate fishes up there quite alot so will have a word with him for you, what do you mainly want to know? and i think he ends up fishing the margins on the Tench pool mainly

Yes you have to apply for permission from the EA As for the lake would make a nice water fall feature if they dig another lake below it

This is true lads, dont want another thread going off topic again do we

Is this chav language? Or cant you spell the queens English? Or is it really true. The UK society is actually dumbing down!!!!! IM going with the latter

Wrong pit Numb nuts Newark not B'ham

Hurry up with the dates Gary, as i will have to check to make sure i can make it Congrats on winning though

Gadsby just outta intrest where are you from?

I think i know what you know and mean what i mean

No mate smallish water, info in PM

PM's sent mate

If you have a Burton mutal ticket, get on some of there waters some very nice fish in some. i know one of there waters is pushing 30lb fish and hardly fished (i think there is 2 out now over 30 come to think of it)

What about Stowie thats on your doorstep?? what size is good size?

No mate, not a member and apart from the secure facilitys of the place i can think of alot better places to fish and ones that dont flood every time the rivers up

Very long waiting list from what iv heard

As close as i can find mate

What like Seleb did on the first post

Sorry mate but how can you ask this when you cant even see the floor in front of him

For real