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Well well, farting carp! Now there's a thought. I will certainly bung a tin or two into the bait bucket for future use.......wonder how carp feel about toast.... check my blanking thread you'll see i was outcaught by a lady using toast and marmalade swear i'll use it when i can get the marmalade to stay on the hook

i use mantis and tye both rigs , horses for courses, both are right in certain situations

i only use fluro as hooklink don't they sink?

finaly got the beachcaster to work , had 9.08 common . don't laugh ifell in as i landed it , and then had a 15.04 ghostie not bad as been as i did'nt know what i was doing

Which is why: With a paternoster you do have to strike the hook in. It is NOT a self hooking rig. yes but as in korda 6 you may use it as a deception rig and a single hookbait

with nicks drawing you could cover the paternoster line with plastic tubing as in the diagram set up it has a tendency to tangle

some waters round here totally ban it ,which includes hooklinks

8lbs line is very light for me , and we don't know how much pressure you put on it , tie your own practice makes perfect

theres a leading carp angler who believes his captures are above average , becaause he uses longer hooklengths than most people, but not for your reason, so you may have the right answer for the wrong reason

try testing one to destruction to see what happens, be careful not to hurt yourself though, the thread on the accidents as really spooked me and edited should probably be a sticky

I've just bought mantis i'll never learn

That may work out more expensive! With Ready Made (shop bought) rigs you can not change the things that you may need to to put fish on the bank. Learn to tie your own as quickly as possible The things you need to change are usually the rig length or the hair length. You may be able to shorten a shop bought/ready made rig rig, but you sure as heck can't lengthen it. If you are losing fish to hookpulls or hooking them in the extremity of the lip, then you will likely need to lengthen a rig or hair. I find braid actually easier to tie knots with because it is more supple, and I haven't changed how I tie my rigs in over 16years. its like we keep saying practice Sal did and 16 years is a long time , theres no success without effort here

Practice , practice , practice my young friend it does 'nt matter if the hooklink never see's a lake just practice and when it stands the destruction test put a bait on the next on and see what it looks like in the sink ,to fish long term you need to get good at this

ditto and get them knots right

Don't use it modern carpers have moved on, about 6 threads down mid kent bans leadcore i suggest you read this ,you might want to throw yours away