slimysime

hi raver, try fotheringay, or oundle theres some lovely looking water on the nene pal i envy you

no chance nick, sooner give you mrs slimysime rather than any of hutcho's books

just today received my new volume of my pal, drove all the way from louth, and delevired it to me autographed by the great man himself, and ive got the 1st volume autographed, hope it's as good as the 1st volume anyone else brought the 1st or second volume

don't want to wind anyone up here butive just been looking at the lake on their web site and to be fair it looks nice but far to small for me, and theres to much room taken up with those two islands

Bet it's very very thick ice at the moment. I'll get my coat.....it's nice and warm. Ian very thick at the moment ian im getting house bound can see me going mad if i dont get out soon

just seen a advert on the t.v for a weeks holiday in france for £20 including your ferry crossing, in the daily mail, it's one of those news paper deals, i'll be checking this one out very closely

to say the least jaxx, i love all forms of wildlife, even swans but they were treading on very very thin ice with me on my last outing

Whats wrong with Orchid Lakes? nothing jaxx pay no attention to me i just had a bad session last time i went with suicidal swans on a death mission from hell

cheers andy sounds like you fellas have some good fishing nice to hear from international carp nuts as well all the best for 2010

what size do the carp go to down under lads, and it may sound daft but do you have the same species there as we have here

caspa ive never been france before,but you aint going until april/may dont rush in mate do some research? have you heard of a place called bills lake or etangs de breton?

i think sometimes we get caught up in manufactors products camo line, camo shots,my mate has lost the plot, he puts that camo tape on everything, he has to have the lot in realtree im sure these products are to catch the angler rather than the fish when will they bring out a dpm/camo boilie they could do the normal green/brown for spring/summer, white/blue for winter and desert storm pattern if your thinking of going abroad

wish i could go mate, the mrs got me going to some boring party full of geeks, not one of them fishes and dont even understand the offside rule might have to fake a illness

you be ok mate get out and have a crack if it warms up a tadge and the lake thaws they might just be on the mooch about for some scran, thats what i tell myself time and time again to no avail

simples fozzy get your kit togrther, and try and find a lake thats not frozen

think krstonite is about a fiver, green or brown, dont think it really matters really, as beanz said be careful lending this out they tend not to come back,you must take the same people i go with beanz

try using felt marker pen on your shot mate but for me its krystonite heavy metal putty, stay clear from some of the cheaper puttys as i find they are brittle especially when it gets colder, hope this is of help sime

i use them to mate but i find the black ones a bit shinny so i scuff them up a bit mwit fine sandpaper, good hook though

hi caspa, had a look over at these lakes, heron used to be a stock lake i beleive, its supposed to be rammed with 20's and a splatering of 30's, to much of a runs water for me pal, but can't knock you for going if you like runswaters, i think fox would be more suited to myself, let me know how you get on pal and all the best

have a look around mate, i tend to keep away from some of the dearer products in the terminal tackle department [ sorry mr korda] tend to lean to products that are reasonably priced work well, and most important for me is safe to use,just keep asking and people on here will usually be obliging all the best

ive been using atomic products jellie wire jaxx v v nice, as for shrink tubing on the hook when you place your short section onto your hook shank leave a bit over the eye of your hook, say about10mm, then boil your kettle hold onto your hook AT THE HOOKS BEND WITH PLIERS, when the kettle is at its peak pass your hook over the steam and slightly apply pressure at the hooklenght material end, putting a slight bend to your tubing, this will turn the hook in the carp's mouth on the take, BE CAREFUL OF YOUR FINGERS WHEN USING THE KETTLE as for your lead set up, i would still use the set up your using however i think your tail rubber is way way to tight on the lead clip, what i do is do away with the tail rubber and just carefully slice a tiny piece of the tail rubber off the widest part of the tail rubber, then it just looks like a little rubber washer roll this simply over your lead clip, and when you get a run the clip will discharge your lead far more easily, hope this helps. sime

i also heard the same jules, go with a mate or two just in case, and take a little something of a suprise just in case, i heard pineapple boilies work well there

is it solar that do a up and down mix

Yay! Mine'll be a fat one, boiled for 20 minutes! can't fault you pal, nowdays at my age i get dissy after taking a asprin

hemp, carp love it so do most of the people i go fishing with do as well