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Your all gonna hammer me now I know but isn't all just variations on the same rig???? theres nothing much different apart from where the hook or bait is positioned as far as I can see, so maybe its time for a new rig, I remember when the hair rig came out there was so much secrecy & whisperings going round our lake at the time & fair play it made a difference BACK then but now I believe a rig is just a rig, fish dont know you've spend 15 hours making it or whatever they're just interested in the hookbait aren't they to be fair???

Never had any problems Jake never had one snap on the knot so if it ain't broke i'm not gonna fix it you know???

Not sure what i'm using on the hook its through the eye round the shank 5 times & back through the loop thats formed???which ones that??? its quite strong I know that!! For a hair I put the line through the hook, form a loop wrapping the line round the shank 8 times roughly & then go back through the hook, not sure what that ones called either but i've been using it for years & its never let me down so its all good. One i'd add to the list is the double overhand loop ... now I know the name of this one only cos I read about it once & that its great for forming the loop in end of hair rigs :D

SORTED!!! if you stick luncheon meat in the sun as well it gets a nice tough coat to it, almost perfect for rolling down a river or simply to keep the luncheon meat on better on a long cast, if I were you though mate get a pocket knife ( be careful ) & an uncut tin loaf crusty preferably & try that it'll beat any chum mixer this early on in the season. To hook it simply sew it on 3-4 times through the crust using nothing smaller than a size 10 hook & i'd use nothing smaller than an inch or 3 cm's cubed square piece of bread not forgetting to leave the flake sticking out of the flake rather than crushing the hook into it as thats what the carp go for is the flake I think personally GOOD LUCK

Soak them in a bait box with a small amount of water after 20 mins or so take all the water out & leave the bait box in full view of the sun for at least another 1/2 hours so they dry out again but still stay rubbery enough to stay on the hook properly & you'll be able to hook them easily also.

You can get imitation doggy biscuits haven't tried them but if the fake luncheon meats anything to go on i'd think it to be good mate might be worth a look

& a bacon roll what more could you ask for????

For a better look the pictures on this thread -> http://www.carp.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3477

Check out my avatar that was 5am at whelford just crawled out me tent & I was fishing on the point that I mentioned before, went on to catch 3 carp that morning. Great days

Yeah you might recognise the spot i'm on about now by the picture & that was taken in the depths of January on a freezing cold day & it was the only fish to come out that day as far as I know

If it look like the one on this thread let me know...hee..hee http://www.carp.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3113

You'll do well with what your using I think sounds good to me. Some super fish in there isn't there? you must of been fishing just next to where they cordoned off to let the fish spawn then is that right?Yeah think I did say it gets busy, you have to be there about friday dinner time to get a decent spot really cos most of them stay till saturday or sunday. But i'm glad you liked it, I loved the place it was one of my favourites & my record still lives in there somewhere! hee..hee must be nearing the 30lb mark by now i'd think.

Head straight towards the bottom of the lake when you get to Tan house you wont be disappointed as theres usually a few floating about down in the far corner & it'll give you an idea of their size too.

Nice one minty worth the trip then I used to use spicey birdfood boiles down there with quite a lot of success actually but the 1st lake isn't for the faint hearted as you can soon get disillisioned down there without a fish for a few sessions, try the other one where I said next time & the spot that I said I guarantee you'll catch something, but well done could you get me a few piccie next time your down there as its been ages since I was there & it'd be nice to see how it looks now & how its changed. Another spot is the channel on the 2nd lake that goes through the middle of the lake fish close to the far bank & make sure to put a couple of freebies round it that used to get results as well m8

Minty top shout for longleat its superb on its day, go into the safari park as you would normally & head for the house then when you get to the house head over to the left hand side theres your 3 lakes, bottoms a match lake primarily, middles got some nice ghousties & stuff in but not supere huge fish & the top lakes the speccie but there a fair ole cast to the reeds the other side but you can pick up fish literally just in front of you, biggest sposed to be about 32lb last time I went there.

Wezz i'm jealous I used to love longleat great place, do you fish the top lake or the middle?I used to like doing a weekend up at longleat or if it was just a day i'd do the middle lake, have you seen boulderwood on your way up to longleat (check it out great bagging water, not huge fish but very scenic place & you'll catch large amounts of 3-5lb carp, day ticket & the guy comes round for your money & any food you want to order)as you'd have to go through Bath from Yate to get to Longleat, I know cos I used to live there my self, I lived just off of Shire way in Woodchester something or other & also Rectory close just up near the Quarry, is kingsgate pond still there by the way? thats where I first leanrt to fish catching perch & tiny roach but I thought they were huge at the time but I think they've tidyed it up a lot since I was there last. Nice to hear tan house hasn't changed its still as tough as ever then, I used to do quite well up there but you always seemed to have to walk all the way to the bottom of the lake through the sheep & lord knows what else to get to a decent spot.I remember (a long time ago this is now!) we used to ride from Yate to either the duck pond at Winterbourne or down to the river at winterborne down & fish under the viaduct there as there was an old metal green bridge doubt there is now but had some good memories of that place.

If you want serious carp fishing whelfords the place to go mate, its quite easy to find as well. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=413000&Y=199000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=25000&right.x=1&right.y=97 <- see here.

Have you fished bitterwell, if you have you'll probably go OHHHH!! no but it used to be run by a nice couple called Clive & Mary & although its a real commercial fishery its a great testing place if it'll work here it'll work anywhere I promise that used to be my testing ground. Yates rock is just outside engine common coming towards winterbourne I think & if you head towards oh whats it called .... the place 1/2 way up the A38 past Almondsbury & keep going no its gone. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=370000&Y=184000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=25000&up.x=185&up.y=6 better still follow this link & heres a map of it for you. Theres the clamp behind bitterwell but thats probably privately owned as it used to be theres also Whelford pools if you travel to tockenham then whelford not much further but a bigger class of fish & also a nice safe venue. Whelford was another of my stamping grounds & its 2 decnt size lakes lakes one speccie with around 50 fish in it & the others a bigger lake with loads of mid doubles & low twenties in it I think & thats not far from fairford airbase.

Ham green lake suffered from blue green algae a few years ago mate but theres sposed to be some nice fish in there but I never had any luck to be honest with you. If you go into pill coming from either avonmouth motorway junction or up the back of the suspension bridge & head out towards pill that way then you'll go past an old hospital well.... dont go past it drive in towards it & go round the back of the hospital theres a little lane that runs down the back & there at the bottom is ham green lake, nice lake but as I say I never had much luck down there but i've seen some nice fish in there. Have you fish yate rocks? tan house its called this is a nice venue just outside Yate used to be run from the farm i'd imagine it still is but can be quite hard going. Theres some cracking carp in there though. Hope this helps theres more waters I know around this area as well but its been a while since i've been up that way to be honest. I used to head down towards Bridgewater when I lived in Bedminster or go to bitterwell just to test things out before I tried my ideas somewhere serious.