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Well you obviously havent noticed whatever it is that phil's talking about then dal

Okay lads ?

Yes mate keep it simple , knotless knot etc , running leads , you cant go wrong

This is looking interesting . I take it thats a bottom bait ? yes mate , tie one, but only if you advocate using fake baits psss have you seen those maggot balls, wowsers Yep i find those interesting too . So much so that i'm waiting for mine to arrive in the post

If i think something is interesting sir , then i think it is interesting . Sorry and all that....

This is looking interesting . I take it thats a bottom bait ?

Well done nick bumping this thread . A little reminder never hurts ... Whatever happened to moorsey ? Miss his input .

They are proper dustbins mate , they'll eat ANYTHING !

When cats share a lake with big carp ( there wont be any small carp

Finally got you using the c word then nick ?

Well theres food for thought there dal thats for sure . For more than 30 years in my fishing it was considered criminal to even contemplate fishing a hooklink that was heavier than the mainline , so i know exactly how you are thinking . When i fish with mono i tend to fish with 12 or sometimes even 10lb line but i wouldnt dare go with 8lb or lighter hooklinks unless i was surface fishing ? Im sure there must be a thread on here somewhere , im off for a look

Well as ashamed as i am to admit it

Im going to see the winter out with my fluoro mainline but when i go back to mono in the spring i'll probably use a sinker or two a yard or so behind the hooklink just for a bit of added confidence but imo most decent monos sink ok these days if you have the patience to pay off the line properly and wait for it to sink . Sometimes it half hour after the cast before i've flipped the bail arm over and set the bobbin .

Well mate if it was me , and this is just me , i wouldnt bother with the korda system for starters

That first point you make is very clever dal , about protecting the hookpoint from the lead ? Never occured to me before , probably because i usually have the bottom bead a good 12-18 inches above the lead . I wonder if anybody else does that ? Use the rig foam on the choddy i mean .

I'm sure dal's got a good reason for it adders , it wont be to prevent tangles thats certain . Its a helicopter rig of sorts . Tangles dont happen .

Unless you're fishing over abrasive materials such as gravel bars , rocks etc i cant see the need for rig tubing . Never used tubing or leaders . Never had the need , and leadcore of course , is just dangerous. Nothing is better camoflaged than your mainline .

You can set up the naked chod with mono just the same as fluorocarbon mate , just make sure you use the bigger sinkers to keep it on the deck and good rig putty on the swivel .

I reckon sufix knocks seven bells out of the K stuff . But without turning this into yet another "i hate K" thread i have to say i DO . With a couple of exception that arent terminal tackle ☺

thanks for adding that gary and beanzy , reason I asked that is that I was trying to explain to one of my lads how to do it over the phone , would you believe , when he was fishing at the weekend. it was his first time out fishing on his own and he was having the same trouble as frogy. I`ve let him read your replies and he is now confident that he will be ok this weekend . poor lad I think I`ve got him into fishing , he`ll forgive me one day. personally I have never had any tangle probs when I fish running lead set ups , which is pretty much all the time nowadays. I only ever used to get tangles when I fished with lead clips....

I KNOW what you mean mr beanz , but , serious question now ( no smileys

Si , a small pva stick wont hurt at any time of year mate . Or a mesh bag size of a 50p . Its hardly overfeeding even in the depths of winter . I asked that very question myself recently and the general concencus was ; its autumn they should still be on the munch . You'll know when its winter

Si , i dont know how to post a link to a different thread but take a look at the sticky in this section entitled "safe lead set-ups". Theres some pics on there mate and it'll sort you out .

I missed it woody , post it again