fatblanka

the only reason i say reliability,is that im yet to lose a fish,hook pull or otherwise,and they always seem to be nailed in the centre if the bottom lip! fished a day ticket on sunday( my syndicate is rota basis week on week off) and managed to tease the first carp out in 5 days tried a blow back rig,still using the 18s,and it seemed to do the trick,so will give it a bash next week. i was thinking that maybe with the kd,that there is alot of play between the boiliee and the hook,and seeing as the bait was far to big for the pasties mouth,they are still able to pick up the hook?? i dunno,just thinking that if the fish has actualy got to suck in the bait,to actualy get the hook in its mouth,i have less chance of picking up the small stuff? what you reckon?

ive only just uppes to 18s,so not had chance to get any hooks. but still,managed to nail 2 pasties again last night..not happy days

size 8 curv shank,tied kd style with the to of the bait level with the bottom of thre curv of the hook.just standard kd style really.thought of going back to basics thats caught in the past,just love the reliability of the kd i suppose. thanks for the tips though,back on there tonight so i will try whip a goodn out

no partical mix at all mate.just boilies.changed to 18s last nite,no pasties so thats a start.boilie had been wittled down though,so maybe air drying will sort that.theres still the issue.on how they are nailing themselves though? it must be the rig??

just a quick one,though i will probably go on abit so sorry in advance... i joined a small syndicate in june,which has a decent head of nice size carp in for the size of the lake,the lake record came out last week at 31.4lb. my first two sessions resulted in three 20 plus carp,not a new pb unfortuntley,but was suitably pleased with my results.this was the first week after closed season,so thought i was giong to be in with a good few months ahead..... my trouble is that now last years spawn,or asbos as we like to call them have got seriously hungry,and am now struggling like hell to get through them.my mate had 18 6 inch carp on an overnighter last week,and we have both woke up to find our line facing a completley diffrent side of the lake,with small pasties connected to each rod without even registering on our alarms i have been using the kd rig religiously,as i am yet to lose a fish on it,but am now wondering if its the way forward,as i am nailing these little beauties square in the bottom lip,using double 15mm boilies...there is no way they can fit them in thier mouths!!!!! any input or ideas on how to single out the biggies would be much apreciated.cheers