nigewoodcock

Nice post Jack. Good to see you back on here again too. As always, the way I fish it has changed a bit again! I now use the Korda sinkers as suggested by Jez. Fantastic little things they are. Also, you might have noticed that I tie the rig with a loop and did have the shot on that loop? I now loop a bit of floss around the swivel eye that is on the mainline. This then has a shot placed on it tight to the eye. It is a bit difficult to explain so will try and put a sketch up or a pic soon. Anyway, I find this helps the rig sit much nicer.

I, to be honest, don't care if the social section comes back. Socials can be arranged on any part of the board or through pm's. The benefit of having a section dedicated to socials is so the site can be kept tidy - something that the administration like to do Of course, it would be a better forum with one, but not the end of the world. What I do care about is all the previous posts, reports, pictures and interaction, even some memories, have been lost forever. If the section comes back, the posts won't! To loose all that hard work is, in my opinion, is just plain stupidity and arrogance. Even just removing the latest thread concerned, though still a petty act, would have been better.

None, most of the time.

Old estate lake, nice fish - assosiate membership? lets you fish, I think, 7 days. You can fish them all in one or split them.

Go down there tomorrow - have a pint in the club and speak to a few people. Ask the steward if it would be ok to have a walk around Ham and Wick. You will soon get a feel for the place.

Wickwater is far from an inland sea! And you have decided to give SC a miss because you have heard it's busy. So instead you will continue on Linear lol Yes Wick can get busy at the weekends as too can Ham. There is a lake on the ticket that you can get all the peace and quiet you nedd though - with some good fish to go at. It's hard work though! For the money they charge for the season - you wouldn't get a weekend on linear for! Wick is a water that will give a few fish up quite easily and holds a couple of good un's (box and big lin) along with a fish that may or may not still be in there! It is 2 years since I last fished it so am a bit out of the loop so to speak. Once your on there and get talking to a few members then information on other, quieter waters on the park might become available - myself and Iambunn off of here had a nice 10 man syndicate there not so long ago with some uncaught monsters in! The club bar on Ham is a good starting point. The AK ticket might also be worth a go for you, or, get both and you will have acres and acres of water to go at with some of the most beautifull fish in the country to target. There would never be a weekend when you couldn't find a pleasnt place to fish then!

Wow!

Simple experiment: ______________________________ _________ Which line is the easiest to see? I know it's not as simple as that in real life but hopefully you can see where I am comming from?

Rather than giving you advice on which one to buy or telling you not to buy it at all, can I ask you a question? What are your reasons for wanting to use leacore? Are you trying to overcome a certain problem? Once these are answered then you may get some sound advice.

Could the ring cut into the hooklink as it tightened? im not sure that the ring could,but the line could damage the knot........only if the was enough pressure on it ....which i think is unlikley as its only the pressure of sucking/blowing and not playing the fish on the ring/loop Sorry Beanz - just re-read your post. I thought it was the ring itself that was trapped in the last loop/whip - not the tag end as you quite clearly state! lol

Could the ring cut into the hooklink as it tightened?

South Cerney angling club. Some very nice fish to go at.

Tied up at work all week Dave. Then away all weekend but might take a walk round tomorrow night?

On one swim! To be honest - I've never fished there without moving swim anyway!

Join the Carp Society and go to Horseshoe - all you could ask for of a venue and more!

Cut off your mesh with around an inch and a half tag from the bait. Cut straight down the middle of the tage end to the bait. Tie down in a double overhand knot. Nice and tight!

Jamie showed me the beads last week on our trip out and I must admit I like them a lot. I would have no problem using them as I don't use a leader. It's just that the bore on them seems a liitle tight to slip the knot?

How many metres of leader are you using? Do the Avid beads slip over the leader knot eaisily?

No need for leadcore in the first place Try not to use a leader of any kind if you can help it. It's much safer for the fish without one. Taken from the following thread, which also has links in it worth reading: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=45812&highlight=chod+silt+bead Basically I tie mine as follows. From Lead, all mounted on the mainline: Lead (with swivel cut off) – weak link of low b/s line – large eye swivel – Korda shockleader sleeve – the rig – ESP shock bead – slim float stop (set to required depth) In the picture I have not used the weak link as there was a clean bottom with no snags present. If there was weed in the vicinity or any sort of snaggy areas then this would be incorporated in the set up. I don’t use this rig when fishing into weed but I am working on an idea. As an extra safety measure I have now switched to using a slimmer float stop so the ESP bead will pass over the stop under pressure. If this fails then the running large eye swivel that the rig is mounted on will pass over the bead under very light pressure. I use the shockleader sleeves to stop the swivel and line working at horrible angles whilst playing a fish. It also lets the rig sit nicely during the cast. If there is a pretty much uniform lake bed out to the area fishing, I will sometimes use a flying backlead and / or backlead. This gives that extra bit of resistance on any pickup, if required. I do however, find that a slack line approach works fantastically in most situations as the set up has predominately been used as a single bait approach.

It's not always that quiet - thats why I like to have an early spring session on there and a late October one.

Me and Jamie met there on Monday morning. After walking round for a few hours and a lot of debating, we ended up driving over to Horseshoe. Would have liked a go on St Johns or Manor but both were rammed. We had Horsehoe almost to ourselves.

Or use dog biscuits - that way you could still have a tight bag that will travel a lot easier in the air! To be honest - I wouldn't bother. A poped up bait of an inch or three above a patch of stick/bag mix doesn't seem right? Maybe to a carp it does???? Personaly, if I were to bait up whilst using this method, I would favour a scattering of boilies. If your going to the trouble of pva bagging then you may as well use a 'standad' rig and lead arrangement.

Each to their own, your right Kev, We all have different methods and varieties that we like to use. The same as we all fish in different situations, as you know.

I find there is enough boyancy in the straight wagglers or quills that I use to be honest. After all, once the shot is lifted, what resistance is there pulling the float down? In most cases, I prefer a 'standard' float set up for carp.

So not a "windbeater" with a huge bouyant lower body, that will shoot strait up when the shot is displaced? Not in the shallow areas I fish for tench Kev.