nash_gadgeteer

I would go with 6lb Drennan Double Strength, that would be fine and lot less visible to the feeding carp. Don't forget put freebies in but hold back with the hookbait until they get confident and go into a feeding frenzy with each other...

Check out Aquabourn Rubberix, it is a complete alternative to sleeving...

If its floating corn, then a combi link would work very well, something like Fox Coretex with the last 2" stripped back, tied to a size 10 hook, and knotless knot. This can be couter balance with either a BB shot or a small piece of putty. (I use some lead wire that i remove from leadcore, and wrap it round the hooklink) If the corn is a sinking variety then i would fish a straight forward flurocarbon hooklink to size 10 hook, and knotless knot. Now you can be really flash and put one of each on, floater upper most. And it should become a neutral buoyancy bait, which i would fish with a combi link. Don't forget to soak you plastic baits in some corn juice, or some other flavour, just gives a bit more attraction. Hope that helps....

Steer clear of leadcore, if your a novice in it's use. Tubing is the way to go, my choice is Rig Marole freefall in both normal & micro. If you haven't seen it before it has a stainless steel spring inner that sinks very well and is extremly easy to thread.

Personally i use a little gadget, that makes perfect loops everytime... Its a little circular piece of plastic from Seymo Tackle that has two sides, one for large and one for small loops. Basically what you do is tie a overhand knot and put the loop over the long shaft and the knot over the short shaft and pull it tight. The result is a formed loop at the correct size and as you pull the knot off the small shaft, it creates a perfect size loop. Think you can still get these from most tackle shops, look in the match section. Link https://www.tackleuk.co.uk/seymo-loop-tyer-p-2212.html

Why change what you are doing at the moment, you have confidence in the rig, and it is putting carp on the bank. As mentioned on here, trial and error is the way to go. Me and others from the Fox RAF Carp team will be at the Fox Fishing show at Farnborough on the 1st and 2nd August. And would certainly help showing you how to tie a few different rigs.

Why do you want a shock leader on a marker rod !!! You're best bet is to tackle up with braid straight through.

Sorry to be picky, can we have a close up of the lead and clip...

BlowBack Rig !!!!

If you want to see, and try tying knots, I and some others from the team will be at the Fox Fishing Experience 2009: See Thread: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=40782&highlight= and we are more than happy to help anyone out.

Although a well tied and lubricated blood knot will be fine, it tightens against itself then damages the line. At the recent five lakes show, a testing rig was used to test knot strength by joining two piece of mono together. A blood knot failed well below the strength of the fine, where a palamar knot faired quite well, and the best by far was a loop to loop. Therfore i mostly use a knot less knot for the hook end and wrap two extra loops over the knot to avoid movement together with a small piece of tubing and at the swivel end a figure of eight knot loop. This setup has never let me down and the test rig proved that rig failed at well over double the line strength.

I agree, you are not going to get good hook holds with this one, and i think it might tangle because of the protrusion.. but the rest looks great... But give it a try and see what happens, that is what it is all about, ringing the changes, and putting extra fish on the bank.. Keep trying..

If you open to suggestion change your hooklink material to Fox Coretex to give you a stiff combi link and supple tip (comes in various colours) and use a Fox or Korda quick change sleeve to push over the hooklink and swivel to push the hooklink away from the lead. Give it a try..... Plus feather you cast down or clip up and follow through with the rod, this will push out the hookbait away from the lead and then you lay the rig down on the surface of the water and not have it diving away and tangling.

Sounds like a reasonable price, but can you turn the caps off, as it is classed a shouting in a forum..ta....

I disagree, a bloodknot is not the best knot for the majority of lines due to it causing damage as it tightens. I recommend the palomar knot is much better. The other knots have already been mentioned - Figure of eight / Knotless Knot etc. Top tip - Make sure you always lubricate you knot with saliva before pulling fully tight to ensure no friction damage is caused to the line.

Check the Xmas edition of Carp Talk, the BCAC team was on Fox, and if i find out any more info, i will PM you chap...

Korda IQ certainly works for me, because most others are fishing braid or coated braid, and by changing to mono can make it harder for the fish to get rid of a rig, and hence more fish on the bank.

10 out of 10 for the drawing !!!

I think the soft is slightly better than the original.

For the majority of my fishing i use 12lbs Fox Soft Steel, with 10lbs Korda Soft IQ Hookink which is approx 12" long tied to the hook with a knotless knot. Every Hookhold i recieve is always in the bottom lip and the majority is bang in the middle. Your question about IQ soft is the mono is softer - more supple where the original is slight stiffer and ideal for stiff rig, even chod rigs.

They should bring the same policy in over here. The amount of RTC's my wife (a paramedic) goes to where people have been hit after breaking down, begs belief.

What is your thinking behind that It sounds like quitre a long hair which I can imagine offers good seperation, however, isn't there the danger of lots of 'single beeps' as the smarter fish simply mouth the bait and avoid the hook? As i mentioned i use alot of PVA sticks which i slide over the hooklink and down over the hook shank, this hides the hook in a small dusting of stick mix, plus i find the longer hair is harder to deal with from a carp's point of view. Best thing to do is try it various lengths where you fish and see which ones work, worth investing in a small tank for testing at home with, like the shows. But don’t put in with your angelfish or you will hook one And if you put bait with small fish they just round it around the bottom of the tank 3-4 inch fish. Don't have fish in you test tank

What is your thinking behind that It sounds like quitre a long hair which I can imagine offers good seperation, however, isn't there the danger of lots of 'single beeps' as the smarter fish simply mouth the bait and avoid the hook? As i mentioned i use alot of PVA sticks which i slide over the hooklink and down over the hook shank, this hides the hook in a small dusting of stick mix, plus i find the longer hair is harder to deal with from a carp's point of view. Best thing to do is try it various lengths where you fish and see which ones work, worth investing in a small tank for testing at home with, like the shows.

I always prefer a hair that is approx twice the diameter of the bait, from the silicone rubber.. I always use a tiny piece of tubing to change the angle of the hair, which aids hooking capabilities. Plus when using a PVA stick then the hook hopefully lays flat on the bottom and then is hidden from view by the groundbait.

Never had a problem when fish get weed up, Fox weight just falls off without any damge to the line, the lake i fish the biggy's are wise to neutrals and therefore i nail the bait down. So crafty44carp use what ever you feel confident in !!!!