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Yes welcome matey

Hi Paul im no use to you re venues im afraid but welcome to the forum though . Lotsa good stuff here

How many food source flavour matching pop ups REALLY match the bottom baits though ? Of the 3 "food source" boilies that i have used since i have been targetting Carp specifically , i have used matching pop ups , wafters , hardened hookbaits both round and dumbell , glugged and unglugged and although they may give off the same signals as the standard boilies ( and we take that for granted because the bait firms tell us that ) but NONE of em LOOK the same . Do they ? And im talking Premier CC Moore and Essential here too . Not that its got anything to do with Withy pool rigs

Depends , to me , on the make up of the lakebed. The lake i fished for ages has gravel , silt , and a tiny bit of proper weed but EVERYWHERE has a layer of Filamous Algae over it of 1-5/2 inches . I know it doesnt sound a lot but you cant buy a bite with a true bottom bait fir love nor money . You have to use a Wafter or Pop up every time .

Theres a barbless only rule on my lake but i just completely ignore it .

Baked beans are off

If its just a bit "messy" ie choddy on the bottom then all the more reason to consider the Chod rig If it was weedy then yes there would be plenty of other options but otherwise , to me anyway , its a no brainer . As for hinged hooklengths Dal's is a good suggestion though i use the Ultima hydrolink which is similar but needs steaming ..and its a lot cheaper

Any reason why your not just considering a standard chod rig ?

Its fed by the Chelmer/Blackwater/Stour inlet so theoretically anything could be in there . A massive massive body of water . I've fished bigger :)

Know what ? I've never heard of it and there is NO reference to it in the search .Im astounded !

I knew someone was going to ask that I'll be honest and say that I don't know what they are like , never even seen it , but I just get the feeling that because they get plugged a lot in Carp Mag features and in vids etc they are very busy , very heavily pressured and frequented by a certain "types" of Carper . I know it's unfair of me to generalise and apologise to anyone who fishes there ( or any other well plugged day ticket "name" fisheries ) but I would prefer to fish , given the choice , somewhere a little less popular a little more under-the-radar and less " commercial " , and somewhere where there may not be so many "eyes" .

Never fished there or any other Carp Mag fishery . Would never want to either .

Never fished there are any other Carp Mag fishery . Would never want to either .

Right here goes You can slip a Korda sinker on the line . The top bead goes over it . Followed by your rig etc . Then a second sinker and bead . Followed by your lead and however you fix it . Of course there are now "naked chod kit"s available nowadays but above is how i've been doing it for years. Hope it helped

Hi Freeman wilkommen

I like that Phil . Doesnt anybody use a simple old fashioned D Rig these days ? I wouldn't think twice about using it over a choddy lakebed paticuarly in the margins but everybody seems adamant that they would only use fluorocarbons on hard clear bottoms ????

Yeh sure mate , I was kidding , but why 2 months ?

The self proclaimed king of muddy puddles Why the 2 months CM ?

Evening Hairy , yep gotta agree on the username Welcome to the nuthouse though . Always preferred a bald box myself but hey :)

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Im sure somebody will be along with some positive noises Rich . Even I've heard of Tockenham

Proper band Thats no reference to your band Doogie. I'll have a listen to your lot later when i get more time

Hi Rich , i have no knowledge of the venue mate but theres a possibility you may have answered your own question .The words 9lb , by all accounts , ban on nuts & boilies .....hardly any carpers , .... Just a thought