davidford

yea nightfising brooklands isnt the best idea. I have done a couple of times but go with friends if you do. All night you will have groups of kids walking past but they usually aren't to much trouble

its a big lake so find the fish use a high viz pop up/wafter or a decent boilie you have faith in. DDAPS have a big waiting list to become a member and you cant night fish in your first year. good luck let us no how you get on

Nice one let us now how you get on. Next year might fish the ebro instead of france but still not decided yet

How did everyone do then???

try flurocarbon hookilinks like korda iq or esp ghost and try flurocarbon leaders. if you want to use braid the mantis gold should blend in well just try your best to match the bottom of the lake with your end takcle.

You are do you or do you not use particles??? I dont. I use boilies and pellets I also use leadcore which we have discussed

Myself and others have put are views forward on leadcore and i do not disagree with you that in the wrong hands could be dangerous but banning everything that could be dangerous if used wrong is not the way forward but judging from that post it seems you are the one avoiding the question Does this mean that you use particles?? and on your lakes you fully allow them and do not want to see them banned as you use them?? I personally feel that particles possess more of a risk to carp than leadcore. So if either was to be banned it should be particles.

Quick question marker before you ignore the thread. You have the view that there should be a ban on leaders of all kind as you feel they are totally unsafe but what is your view on particles?? If hemp is not prepared properly it can be very bad for carp and without proper education it will never be used properly so do you feel there should also be a ban on the use of particles or not??? Because if we continue down the road of banning everything that if used wrong could be bad for carp instead of educating then we are heading towards a ban on carp fishing full stop

if your on an easy runs water with a lot of smaller carp then the difference will not be as noticeable but on harder lakes the advantages leadcore offers is very noticeable. I agree leadcore should only be used for helicopter rigs and also running rigs which i use it for when slack lining you can use inlines with gardner plummet as this is very thin and i have noticed that the lead can pass over the splice no problem without tail rubber or with widened hole. As for leadcore being banned it is on a minority of waters and with the amount of pre-tied leadcore leaders becoming available there is no excuse for using a poorly spliced leader. Also the banning of leadcore is only a fishery managers opinion and is not the gospel truth many fisheries ban barbed hooks yet recently it has been said that barbless hooks do more damage as they can move easier than a barbed one that holds firm. I think it is cemex who ban barbless hooks. Also you originally said you do not use leaders as they are to catch anglers and my point was about was carp safety and in your next post you said you use rig tubing which is fair enough i thought you used mainline straight through

Totally wrong sold for carp welfare and as shown in korda dvds pins line down to avoid carp spooking on your line Really annoys me when i catch a carp missing scales because of people not using leaders

Leadcore is a good idea for 3 main reasons firstly it pins the line down behind your rig therefore giving the carp nothing to spoke on secondly it stops tangles as it is stiffer than mainline and therefore will act like a boom and push away from the rig as it hits the water and thirdly it is carp safe as it doesnt get under their scales and flick them off There are other reasons such as it abrasion resistant properties and it being easier to use than rig tubing. If you have a carp on and it goes for a snag your mainline will break straight away but the leadcore is strong enough to hold firm hope this helps

never had a problem with it and i have had carp upto 28lb on it in hit and hold situations

seem to find with triggalink that after 1 cast its fine but when i recast it tangles very easily due to the stretch so drying out or use of anti tangle sleeves is required. It is a pain to use but if it gives you more confidence or increases your catch rate then it is worth it