nigewoodcock

Have a look at the new scope ops gear for luggage and the four fold sleep system. Even dropping the rod length to 10fts will be a big difference. The whole scope concept is about being mobile, which means light and compact kit.

Pm me your address mate x

The nash one mate

I’ll be there on our stand all weekend. Just got back home from a weekend at the Brentwood show. It was absolute rammo all weekend. I have a feeling the NAS is going to be the same!!

Awesome looking fish!

scopex squid or key cray hookbait kit. Very simple to use and all sorts of additives available to make them hi attract.

Horrid mate.

Love it kev

The lads who have cork scopes use our butt locks. They are awesome for corks

I think this one is the smallest I have had out of my lake but it is definitely one of my favourite pictures

A few more

So, when you book out churn pool, you can have the use of the lodge on the site. The lake is set out in a way that you can cover the whole lake from 4 swims. Each of which is close enough to the lodge to fish from safely. The lodge itself has two sets of sliding full glass doors looking out to the lake. When sat in there of an evening, we generally keep the doors open unless it’s really cold, with our receivers by the doors waiting to alert us of any action. Micks screamed off one evening and as he ran out at full pace, he slid the door, thinking he was opening it when in reality, he closed it on himself and smashed straight into the glass, nose first!!!!! phil and I were literally rolling around on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. It was one of those had to be there moments but I still wet myself when ever I think about it!!

I know you weren’t matey.

This fish was just the icing on the cake to the funniest thing I have ever seen whilst fishing.

It’s hard not to post on threads like this without the fear of coming across like a bragger! I have been fortunate enough to select venues that I spend time on, that contain lookers. You can only catch what’s in the lakes that you fish on!

Yes mate. Had Nige’s on our first social there.

Some of the ones I have on my phone:

I wouldn’t know where to start. The two lakes I’ve fished most of my time on over the last 10 years hold some real lookers (horseshoe and my syndicate). Then you have the socials at places like churn pool.

Same principle as the twister really. Imagine 3 turns (angles) trying to pull one out. A curved hook will come out in one single, fluid, movement. The claw pattern allows you a wider gape than a twister though. So will suit different rigs better. Floater fishing for instance. A shorter shank and wider gape, rather than the longer shank and narrower gape of the twister. The main thing is, what every hook anyone uses, is to make sure it suits the mechanics of the rig you are tying with it. My goto pattern since using the Nash hooks, is the chod twister on my favoured multi rig. It sits absolutely perfect with the semi stiff skinlink hook link.

Haha!!! When we were in France, I had to do that with the cable ties on the one I bought too!!! Most of of my fish this year have come to a heavily baited spot with all three rods on it. Starting off with 5kg of boilie tipped tight to a spot off the boat. That’s my favourite way of static fishing. One of the lads said to me that I could treble my chances of a bite if I fished three different spots with a rod each. My reply was along the lines of ... if I think the fish are going to feed on the spot, why would I put rods elsewhere??? I’ve had numerous double tales and quick, second bites whilst fishing with all three, or at least two rods on ‘the spot’! So in effect, I am trebling my chances by fishing three tight together, not separated. Having said that, I have also had good hits by fishing singles ‘loosely’ chucked to an area. And bags. And zigs. And a lightly baited spot. And particles only. And bookies only. And a mix of both. It’s all down to knowing, or guessing, what will give you the best chance on any given day. One trick pony’s are exactly that. Will do well some days but struggle most others, blaming something else as it ‘worked’ last time! if I had to pick THE favourite way to catch them, it would be stalking them with one rod, close in, watching everything they do.

Churn pool then.

Look up blackthorn fishery on Facebook. The lodges are outstanding and it did a 40 this autumn. Lots of 30’s too. And it’s only in Shropshire, so not too far to travel.

Basically what I use, along with a feed pellet in the summer, for the lakes supplement feed. Only I pay less than a tenner per bag from the local animal feed store.

I use 50kg a week of flaked maize on my lake mate.