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Thanks fellas , that's why I love this forum so much . Never a shortage of friendly advice and suggestions . Especially on a subject that does get a lot of coverage . Unlike some places .... Hope there's plenty more to come too

Thank you nige you've hit the nail on the head The 25lb stiff link won't thread through the eye of the hook so it looks like a lower breaking strain material is in order. Trouble is , SO I'M TOLD , this means that the hook link won't be as stiff and therefore won't sit up properly off the bottom ? So what's your take on this mate , would you use a bigger hook and Therefore a bigger bait and so on ? Or is somebody pulling my plonker ? Physics was never my strongpoint and rig mechanics go whoosh ! Straight over my head

just a quick question about chod rig components really . in an ideal world i would like to pair up some 25lb esp stiff link material with a size 8 barbed or micro-barbed hook . the question IS ... in your opinion WHICH size 8 hook would YOU use ? there is more to this but i`d like to see some suggestions first before i reveal the reason for this question. thanking you gentlemen in advance as always .

I had a ticket for the meads a few years ago and I have to admit I was a bit out of my depth . In my opinion it's proper hard and I still wouldnt fancy it much now. Frankly it scared the life out of me and I think I'll be learning to walk for a few more years yet before I can attempt to run around nazeing. And that's WITHOUT the crayfish

blimey flash i could spend all night on here discussing the pro`s and cons of fishing crow green

just for the hell of it i`m going to agree with stevo . i`ve done a fair bit of feeder fishing for carp over the years and although the f1`s can be known to be shy biters , but in my experience , the aforementioned hybrids i`ve come across WILL take your rod with them if your not careful. having said that i`ve never fished for them during the winter so bearing in mind that that is probably the reason the fishery stocked them in the first place , mr cob may have a point . generally speaking i spose it makes sense to scale down the quiver tips in winter just like a lot of anglers do with all other end tackle ?

depends on whether its a day ticket water or a syndicate ?

provided the feeder lands where you want it to , just tighten up to the tip as u would a normal feeder . The very short hooklink means the weight of the feeder acts as a bolt rig and the fish hookthemselves in the same way as if you was using a normal lead clip arrangement What i will say though is it ain t a lot of use for fishing in weed and u have to make sure the pellets are softened to the right consistency or they dont leave the feeder so best test em in the margins first . Also An aaa shot about a metre behind the feeder will keep the line on the deck . I've even fished that feeder on a semi slack line , thats how effective the set up is

hey mr fox , just come across this thread and its reminded me of a method i used a hell of a lot whilst i was undergoing the transition between general coarse fishing and fishing seriously for carp. have you ever heard of the shotgun pellet feeder marketed by middy ? its absolutely deadly mate , you really cant go wrong and i`ve had proper sessions using it including multiple mid double captures . theres a video on the middy website which shows you how it works and it is SO easy to set up and use . its so easy that i took my mrs fishing for the first time , set up a light feeder rod for her and left her to it . she caught a wonderful 14lb ghostie amongst a very tidy haul indeed . as someone said earlier though , best use the heaviest tip you can find and dont take your eye off your rod otherwise you WILL lose it .

i`ve been under the impression that the chod rig is most effective with the bottom bead fished at the estimated depth of the "chod" ? is this the general concencus of opinion fellas ? if that is indeed the case , then i`m perplexed . if the best way to stop the lead bouncing the hookholds is to have the bottom bead a foot above the lead and the lake i fish is covered with an inch or two of silkweed all over the place , what is the best way forward ? my last 24hr session last week saw my son and i hook into 20 or so fish but only 6 were landed , half a dozen of the lost fish actually saw the hook pull at the net. luckily for my boy , one of the landed fish was a 25+ mirror but i initially blamed a dodgy batch of hooks . after reading this thread i`m now having second thoughts .... oh , and before anybody asks WHY it has to be the choddie then its simple . bottom baits , balanced baits etc with various length hooklengths usually produce the odd bite or two . since trying the chod my buzzers dont stop wailing

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look up feature finding or fishing in silt using the search facility mate , i`m certainly no expert though there are quite a few on here that will be glad to help i`m sure .

well , the lake i fish has a layer of about 2 inches of soft weedy stuff on the bottom all over the lake so i just make sure the bead is 2 inches or more above the lead . having said that i`ve only ever fished a choddie as a single hookbait . this is why i`m so interested to read other peoples opinions on the whole pva/freebie-round-the-hookbait thing .....

i wouldnt have thought you need to put a nugget on the hook ? the fact that you`d be using a pop up means its self-bouyant (is that a real term ? ). i`d just make sure the beads are up the line a tad just in case...... until anybody comes up with a better suggestion (and i`m certain they can) i`m still thinking the necklace is favourite . i`m also toying with the idea of maybe using some of those nash soluble thingys attached somehow to the business end but i cant remember what they are called . ah , chain reaction thats it

i was thinking more along the lines of maybe a small necklace stringer tied to the lead or something similar ? my catapulting is about as accurate as my throwing sticking

thats a very interesting question in your original post with regards to the possible use of pva with your choddie , something indeed that i have been pondering myself recently i`ve always thought of the chod as a rig best used when employing the single hookbait approach but since its been mentioned in a round about way on this thread i`d like to hear everybody elses ideas on the subject . spodding aside (never like to scare the fish away personally) , what does everybody think of , as the best way to place a few freebies around around your hookbait when using the chod rig ?

it does indeed mr crafty . if im honest i was hoping to get out of all the fiddling about with the trial and error stuff but i suppose one gets out what one puts in and all that , being the lazy beggar that i am . thanks .....im thinking i might stick a split shot in a pop up

just browsing through the search facility (as you do) and came across this thread . and as such , this question has occured to me .... fishing balanced baits the way coops does just above , does it make a difference which sized shot you would use in , say , a 22m boilie ? same goes for the cork plug method . they come in different sizes so to critically balance a 22m hookbait would it make a difference which size cork plug you insert into the hookbait ? i keep banging on about 22 m hookbaits because thats all i have used recently after catching a 2lb+ roach on a 16m boilie on the stour a couple of years ago

i`ve always had problems with tying pop ups to rig rings with floss or very fine mono etc . i dont know what it is , maybe im just clumsy or whatever or my fingers are too big .....my mrs says im just left handed which explains a lot either way i find it finicky and at the end of the day im just hopeless at it . on hairless hooklinks i tend to snap a paperclip in half and use the "u" shaped half to attach the pop up through the rig ring on the hook . now i know that people will say "oh but that involves piercing the bait and therefore will affect long term bouyancy etc etc " but i`ve been doing it for years using the mainline fruitella and cc moore odyssey xxx pop ups and they stay popped up for at least 24 hrs . anyone else do this ?

thanks nick thats a big help , im now going out to the shed to have a little play about your input , and indeed that of other posters , is always appreciated .....

thanks for the quick reply nick but actually i dont think i explained myself very well . the helicopter set up with leader and lead isnt my problem its the actual hooklink itself and how to attach it to the leader/leadcore . all the pictures and diagrams i`ve ever come across of SILT rigs have the hooklink moving along said leader (between the beads obviously) attached by a swivel with a LARGE ring , obviously to allow the hooklink to move freely . my problem is when i want to replace the hooklink , say after catching , to save undoing the whole set-up and start from scratch i`ve been using one of those quick link type swivels to quickly change hooklinks . now , will the rig still work as it should or do you think i should be using something else cos i`ve been using `em to quickly change my bottom bait hooklinks for years ? will using a quick change swivel affect the mechanics of the rig in any way ? is there a recommended easy-to-change swivel that other people use ?

evening gents . hope you dont mind me whizzing this thread back up to the top . i`ve been looking through the search facility and this one , although it concerns heli rigs/chods , it does seem the appropriate one on which to ask the question so here goes....... when attaching the hooklink to the leader or leadcore etc , it usually involves a large ringed swivel . in order to quickly change hooklinks , how would a quick link swivel affects the dynamics of the rig , choddies in particular ? what do everybody else use/ recommend ?

morning chaps . i have the opportunity next month to stay at the mill farm leisure lake which is a small one acre lake in the village of wrangle , between boston and skegness , i believe , in lincolnshire . its one of these places that advertises fishing holidays/breaks that has log cabins and luxury cottages that are lakeside . i was just wondering if anybody has any knowledge of the stocking levels or if anyone has ever stayed there or fished it ? the website says there are carp and tench but doesnt mention the stamp of fish etc . now i have emailed the fella but i never believe these people since they all seem to talk their own fisheries up dont they i`m trying to find out cos i dont want to be taking my heavy artillery with me if a feeder rod will suffice anyone help me ?

i know somebody once who caught using a cigarette butt on a size 16

exactly HOW important are the size of the carp to you ? pm me when you get time mate .