daleg2008

If they are feeding hard i go for short. if im struggling for a bite i go long. no idea why, but it works for me.

Thanks for all the replies. much appreciated now bought some superstiff, looking forward to using it.

Just feather the cast with your finger and then you will be able to keep a fairly tight line for when it hits the water. Also keep your rod tip high and just as its about to hit the surface i lower the rod with it. Then as it hits the bottom you will feel the rod bounce back and the line will go slack. is it the same princepal if using the clip?

Cheers guys, some nice ideas there. i have heard alot about feeling the lead down. how do you do that? it must be hard to get an tight line on the cast :s

I am looking at getting the best presentation on the bottom of the lake. well as much as can possibly achieved. i don't like using pva, i will explain why. i am basically an boile angler, i usually cast out my rig and scatter anything from 6 boilies to 5 kilo worth, depending on the fishing situation. now why i don't like pva, if you have your boiles scattered about, the carp are then picking these off one by one. then he comes across your rig, with the crushed boilies etc.... that were in the pva bag. he thinks hang on, none of the other boilies had this extra bait around it. i think the extra bait just causes more attention to the rig. also so many carp are caught on this method. maybe i am being to paranoid but thats me. anyway, back to my oringinal question, will coated hooklinks, foam, short hooklink and anti tangle sleeve, cut down on the majority of tangles? i also use the clip alot, this should help straighten out the rig in water. right? cheers