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  1. i understand the mechanics of the rig and their presentation uses, i had read about (terry hearn) the hinged stiff rig being best suited to helicopter type presentations as the stiff part will/may stick up with inlines and lead clip systems when fishing in silt and muck. In this occurance i couldn't work out why you would have a boom as the rig is situed on the leadcore. The stiff hook part of both rigs is the same for a chod as it is the hinged stiff rig, so if it runs/sits on the leadcore is the boom pointless ? or does it aid in the entry into the carps mouth, or for ejection purposes. or shold we just be using a chod and doing away with the boom all together (in these circumstances) ? Finally i was thinking about loop and rig movement is it beter to have a more flexible freely moving rig or to have a tight stiffer set-up as im sure both can have their merits, have people done well on smaller or larger size loops or no loops etc ?
  2. so your saying that if possible/cleaner bottom then its better to use a hinged stiff rig than a chod ? as they are the same but with a boom. what im trying to get at here is the point of the boom section and what it actually does in the mechanics of the rig ? is the hinged stiff rig a better hooker than a chod ? in most cases apart from the weed factor which means a chod is called for ? and i was wondering about boom lengths ? and loop sizes for the hinged stiff rig, and what effects the differing variations/lengths would have on the finshed rig. cheers nick
  3. i was wondering what people thought about the two rigs in question, for example -their mechanics, how they work and the differences between them ? -peoples personal preferences between the 2 ? -Their lead set-ups and how they are presented etc any oppinions are welcome nick.
  4. i dont think its the elatsic properties that actually hooks the fish although it may well be, for it to work in this way the link must be tightened against the lead and i dont beleive in most cases unless you using a link of around 2-4 inches (stretches to 30% more) this is actually happening. my experiance with it is it acts as a buffer and when the hook turns and flips it is then pulled in deeper as the lead comes in to play, it is much harder for the fish to rid itself of the rig and it also keeps the hook in better as it cushions the rolls and shakes of head better than the non stretch varieties.
  5. if you want to balance a bait get your pop-up pierce it with a baiting needle then take some lead wire from your leadcore and slide pieces into the bait until you achieved the right boyancy. i find you want the bait on the deck, but with a little boyancy so the weight of the hook and link is taken away and hopefully not as noticable to the carp. Eaqually you can achieve any boyancy or presentation without the use of split shots etc
  6. ellis if you are loosing a couple try lengthening the hooklink slightly and/or the hair length a 1oz lead shouldnt cause you hookpulls. Chods are great in the sense that its quick and easy and will guarentee you a decnt presentation however the fish may view them as alien as most off the food lives on or just beneth the silt. ive caught 30lb + fish with silt to the eyeballs so they musyt be munching atleast 5 inches into the silt so you may wanna experiment where you present the bait ie on top just beneath or well into it. Also remeber standard boilies catapulted at range will or even dropped in will sink in and be barely visible. so a hookbait their might be a good idea. if you crack your boilies into 2 they will waft and sink slower and will rest on top of the silt better than whole ones. If you use particles they will always sink into the silt and cause the fish to feed deeper into the silt so a pop-up or chod can be a bad idea over this baiting technique. if you use boilies try coating them in paste as this will protect the bait from the silt and keep it more attractive and maybe help the fish home in on it better. as they cant see much with all the disturbance and silt washing around when the feed. Also rehydrating baits may help to stop silt soaking into the baits. just some thoughts, as posted earlier most boilies and natural food will be buried and eaten so dont worry too much about your hook baits its just confidence. if wana try stiffer links try them on lead clip systems with light leads the lead will dig in to the clip and hopefully leave the rig flat on top.
  7. the best hooklink in my opinion 4 your situation is braid ie Silk worm etc these fine diameter supple hooklinks follow the lake beds contours perfectly and will be presented fine with abit of thought. Silt feeders will use sense and touch more than eyesight. A supple braid can be beneficial over a weighted coated braid, silkmorm is a neutral bouyancey and actually seperates in water making it less noticable and more natural when the carp feed. it is also lighter so will be sucked up with more ease and hopefully not noticed. Whereas with coated braids they will sink into the silt abit. This will be alot more noticable for the fish when they have to pull up the bait out of the chod. this weight and drag issue makes the hook bait alot easier for the fish to recognise and can hinder the entrance of the hook into the carps mouth. Silkworm and others are also alot finer and suppler than most of the inner braids in the coated varieties and will be less conspicuous 4 the fish. This materail with fish any lead, ive founds flat inlines the best and they dig nicely into the bottom but not too much and will amplify the bolt affect. this isnt possible with alot of coated braids as they stick up and even the softer ones can lay funny if positioned on a stick or another alien object. the lead digging in will camouflage the rig and as the detrius settles it will cover most of the braid leaving afew inches and a half submerged bottom bait. if you use a piece of foam and squeeze it slightly this will help to position your bait on top of the silt, and will still ensure your rig isnt in a heep as it will sink under the weight of the bait and lye straightish. always use a straight pointed hook as they will not blunt in silt and will catch hold fatser than a beaked one also use as small/light a hook as you are confident in as again this add to natural/less noticable properties of the rig.
  8. tas and cobbleacre are both very good with superior stocks to waveney, the mill and swangey, and are nicer places . Id reccomend cobbleracre as it fishes better in the colder months than tas however heron can be a great winter water at times alot of fish in there. ignore broadwing completely dead in the early winter months
  9. i heard that charity/common lakes had an infectio and lost quite afew carp including some of the bigger ones not just heresay heard from a number of good sources, is it true ? The new lake mentioned used to belong to the taswood complex, however there was a guy who recently had an accident and won alot of compensation. He then bought the lakes off the taswood owners and opened a fishery for the disabled. However he then went and imported a huge number of foreign (think they were hungarian) carp which carry a virus which they are resisitant too. He killed all the english stock that were already present, and apparently the virus spread to some of the other lakes in lenwade.
  10. Its funny really but if the owners had not stocked catfish swangey could have held norfolks biggest carp. When i first started float fishing the record was around 32-35lb with a good head of nice fish and afew cats around mid 20s. Tails up used to test baits there with anglers like shelly etc. Now 10+ years on the carp record is 37lb and the catfish record is past 60lb nearly 70 depending on who you speak to. This water is mad busy and gets filled in with good quality bait all the time so the carp should have gone through the 40s easily, as the lake is quite deep and quite large for the head of fish. Instead the cat population has grown in size and numbers and completely ruins the water. Also keeping the carp weights down and preventing captures its a total shame. they used to say you may have a chance of an encounter with a wells now you cant avoid the things.
  11. swangey is now £15 for 24 hrs, has a new baliff and is still always really busy. Abit expensive for somewhere that has only 2 portaloos. From what the real regulars and the new baliff say there is around 70 decent fish in the main lake (20lb +) and around 10 30lbs maybe more. quite afew doubles. The pike lake has a smaller head of fish but they are less pressured than the others, however they are harder to find due to the lake shape and the unfishable areas on it. However their may be a fish close to 40 in their called the peach. The match lake could have been one of the best around with lovely fish and a nice small bit of water to go at however they lost all the bigguns (mid 20s) and is now full of scabby looking singles and pasties, a massive shame. Also they have had problems with immogrants, ive pulled out longlines all over the match lake.
  12. Cranworth would drive me mad for 5 days, the level of angling is terrible with damaged fish and the waters to small + plus all the noddys turn up and ruin it. No facilites nice owners though. Swangey is a good lake with cats to 70lb and carp to 37lb, apparently theres about 70+ decent fish (20lb+) alot of doubles. Its absolutley stuffed full of bream and tench. It also gets very busy so moving and getting on the fish is harder. No facilites really and has gone up to 15 for 24hrs which is steep. Cobbleacre is the most expensive but the prettiest and nicest, about 70 fish in 4 acres lovely looking, with a common at 37lb being the biggest maybe 3-4 other 30s and around 30 cats up to 40lb has shop and good facilities. Catch 22 is stuffed full of foreign carp from holland originally contained 2500 fish alot went into the syndicate and elswhere, still rammed but the fish have got harder to tempt(so i hear). Very swimmy only 2 really good pegs, average size is approx 18lb and brilliant facilites however very expensive. Owners a money hungry git I would have a look round and decide for yourself as it depends on the numbers going and what you want from your trip. however my bet would be cobbleacre great fish, nice lake, good facilites and room, Swangey is good but you'd be lucky to haul there and its busy + expensive for what you get, forget cranworth unless youve just started carping
  13. i went down to devon for holidays and Upham is a pile of rubbish. I went years ago and phoned ahead when i got there it was empty and apparently a desease had gone through all the lakes killing everything- he forgot to tell me that part. The lakes are about 0.2-0.4 of an acre and are holes in the ground with muddy water. total rubbish worst fishery ive ever seen or visited. Try creedy lakes in crediton, Goodiford mill is good can be abit moody but i had a mad afternoon taking 6 20s to 26lb. I come from norwich so my knowledge of the area is limited Edited to remove swearing. Again.
  14. try about a inch to start with and than lower or raise dependng on you. When you fish i always feed a stick made up of crumb or GB. when a fish goes over all the little particles will float of the bottom and waft around irriatating the carps taste, this will undoubtledly attract fish but wont feed them. leaving ur pop-up to be taken (only food item there), try anything that wafts off the bottom and flavour it so its similar to hookbait. The other way i use them is to pop them up about 1-1.5 cm and then feed whole bloilies and chops over the top, i think a low pop-up looks like a bottom bait to a 30-40lb carp but is easier for them to see and pick-up and has the ability of the hook hanging. Not sure why but it works well and gives you a massive edge. I caught all my latest fish (upto 37.9lb) on these methods and its strange the lake sees popups score 3 to 1 on bottom baits always has done, so it might help on your lake. Also use a simple rig not a withy,swivel 360 mega hooker just somthing that flips the hook and catches well enough. hope this helps
  15. see waht did i tell u, a bunch of jumped up selfish idiots who think they are far superior to their actual abilites. If you want directions mate ill tell you just PM me as the others wont help you.
  16. i know one of the major points about the hybrid was that it was not supposed to break/kink at the knots i have never had a problem with kordas coated braid in anyway. I havnt used the kryston alternatives enough to comment. however Mr fairbrass puts alot of effort into desiging and producing the most suitable and catchable products around and being a newer product you would have thought it would have been made from more recent and researched materials and be of a better design than a product developed years and yeras ago. just a thought.
  17. the best way to combat this is to tie the loop longer and have the loop knot inside the first bait (bottom bait)you put on the hair, this will hold it neatly. try putting your baits on before you tie the rig to ensure every thing is perfect.
  18. if u do get down on there, pop round say hello you will know me as im the only angler with a smile on my face and whos willing to communicate.
  19. does anyone have any info on the numbers of fish in the lakes. and their average catch sizes. (for Mallard) i know the lake at bottom (swan) is untapped as nobody fishes it due to the top lake being the more recognised popular. cheers nick
  20. Careful who u speak to, the anglers at snetterton are the weirdest bunch of inbreds. everone will speak no more than a sentence all will tell u its fully booked and a huge list is in force (lies). There are some large fish in there mainly the top lake, but the lower (swan) has a number of uncaught fish as it used to be the main carp lake. the fish in mallards are from swan. Nice lakes gin clear very overgrown with a cpouple of other smaller float ponds
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