kidda

two friends of mine went just before christmas, think it was late nov. and they had a great time, 9 fish between them biggest at 42lb. they mentioned about how good the service was over there, and i'm pretty sure they've booked a trip again for next/this year. so it can't b too bad

i have to say, its each to their own on this one........ different people will find different hooks better for the situations. my favourite hook for my pop up rig tends to be raptor t-6's in either size 6,7,8. i beleive terry hearn also favours this pattern for his pop ups. ( says so on the packet ) while dave lane prefers longshank hooks for his pop up rigs. try different hooks as each will offer you something that the others may not.

never thought bout using the pva foam this way, normally only use it to keep the hook suspended when fishing over debris like leaves. will give it a try. thanks

thanks for the advice guys, think i'll try a few of the points people ave said to see if i can sort this problem out. and about the sheep comment, i ain't followed no-one, definately not easy led by other peoples rigs. like i said in my original post, i only tried this because the hair kept wrapping round the hook. and this has prevented it from doing do so..... gonna have a fiddle about on my runs water to see if i can sort it out, and improve the rig.

how long would u say to change it to? 5mm? 10mm?

just recently i've been adding a small peice of tubing on the shank of the hook, mainly to help with tangle's as my hair kept wrapping around the hook. but now i seem to be missing 80% of my runs. i'm using a size 8 hooks with the bait sitting 1-2mm from the bottom of the hook. an a 15mm hookbait. how can i improve this rig? bigger hook maybe? size 6

is nutherblank, also discostink? am confused :s

cracking journal nutherblank, think i'll keep an eye on that in the months to come to see wats been goin' down. its even better than reading the articles in the monthly carpin' rags.

korda wide gape b's are my favourite barbless hook

size 8 swiveld are recommend, but they don't always fit properly. the swivel should pull free under a certain amount of pressure. but should stay fixed inside upon a take occuring.

to tie an hair rig is easy. also practise with some mono till you get it perfect. 1. tie a small loop in one end of your desired hooklength 2. pass your hooklink through the BACK of the eye on your hook 3. wrap your hooklink around the shank of your hook, roughly 5-6 turns is good. 4. pass the hooklink back through the eye on your hook, through the back again ( i may be wrong about passing it through the back rather then the front on step 4 ) your hook should now be held on your hooklink, with what is called a knotless knot which u have just tied. 5. attach your swivel to the opposite end, with a grinner knot, or you could use a double hand loop knot. for these knots look at this months carp.com magazine brian atkins has wrote an article with the grinner knot, and double overhand loop knot in. it even shows u a step by step instructions. hope this helps.....

an alternative to the knotless knot, is the matchmens way of attaching spade end hooks. or even try a knotless knot, with a loop rather than a hair.

[ i can't beleive u said that its just another con. korda don't bring cons out. how many other companys have brougth something to use with maggots?? none!! this is a top peice of kit. will be purchasing some when they come out. as maggots are the killer bait.

i use a back to back blood knot. with the shockleader having 5 twists over the mainline. and the mainline with only three. it seems to fly through the eyes on my rod with no problem!

don't korda do swivel topped method feeders??