theloner

so do i or the korda mixa or fox ssc size 10

The amount of times he catches big carp and has no unhooking mat and lays them in a patch of stinging nettles beggars belief. And i'm sure u've all seen the one where he hooks a koi fishing ridiculously deep in a reedbed and has to nearly rip its head off to get it out. Plus i met him once and he wasn't at all friendly. I wasn't pestering him. He has a ticket to the same syndicate as me and he was fishing on next peg to me one time. I usually chat to the guy next door in case u need his assistance in middle of night for some reason. He wasn't particularly nice so he's not my favourite person!

Thanks for input guys. Seems its a bugbear of some of you as well as me! I baliff a water near diss and sometimes ask to see rigs if i see stuff i dont like sitting on a tackle box or if i see them fishing like a novice. The amount of times people refuse and start swearing and all sorts. Most of the time their rigs are fine they just dont like being inspected. I rarely get them to reel a rod in. I wait for them to reel in then quickly pop round to their swim. I fish a lake in norwich where they routinely ask people to reel in so they can check rig. I never mind reeling in one of my rods as they only do it for fishes welfare and that should all be our no1 concern.

I just had to post this as twice in the last 2 weeks i've been shocked at the dreadful rigs i've seen. First on suffolk water park which is certainly not a water that sees many noddys i fished out a rig which looked like a normal rig with a hair rigged boilie apart from the fact it was attached to a TREBLE! And a few days later at my 400quid a year syndicate(where you would think people would know how to fish) i had a run which felt rather weird and i'd hooked a tower. I reeled in and got hold of the stray line and handlined in a mid20 which was attached to about 30ft of line and a rig with a 3oz lead TIED on. Yes TIED with a palomar knot or somethin like it? Who goes out with this gear and thinks its acceptable? Both times i've shown to baliff but what can they do? Check every1's rig?

the trouble with that is obviusly that if the fish snags you and you break off your entire rig will be lost and presumably attached to a fish until it can rid itself of it. though lots of people do use 10lb line and 15lb combi braid hooklinks. in my opinion thats not good fish welfare

i dont bother with a backstop bead. the one between lead and hooklink is vital. try and get a lead with a big hole for the line to run freely! this might sound silly but its important. cant get simpler than that rig

i am a big inline fan. use tham for 95% of fishing. Less tangles than lead clips and the fish is in more instant contact with the weight of the lead. with lead clips there is a slight resistance as it all pulls into line. not much difference but hey its the little things that make big differece. use what you are happy with and you will fish well

free lining on surface can be an awesome tactic because very often the fish will notice the bait is drifting unnaturally because of the weight of the controller. it might not notice to us but it stands out a mile to them.