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  1. Something for the weekend

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted · Edited by elmoputney

    Have you mentioned on here any specific details might be a lurker? 

    I wonder how many lurkers visit and never post? Culls always get people posting 

    On another forum I frequented there was an inner sanctum where only people that regularly posted got invited, it meant that people could talk more freely about there situation without fear of someone stealing there ideas without Contributing , just a thought, it also encouraged non posters to post as they wanted to see what the cream of the crop were talking about 

     

  2. multi rig questions

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted

    47 minutes ago, greekskii said:

    In order to combat this issue is use a hook bead to keep the loop in place. 

    I was using one until I added the silicone dont know why I stopped adding one really, thanks will have a look later and probably use them again. :)

  3. multi rig questions

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted

    Just remember you need to check them if you get anything that resembles a pick up, I thought I had a line bite last week turns out I'd been done and my rig wasn't performing for a while after that 

    Or as Danny Fairbrass would say my rig was on the dance floor but with its trousers and pants rounds it's ankles getting laughed at even by bream 

    That's the only real downside I can see to the multi rig it doesn't reset itself, if you're not sure give it a recast 

     

  5. Losing the buzz

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    Having given up for a good few years I have to say Ive not been this excited about a fishing trip for ages, I spodded out a load of bait ready for tomorrow all on a lovely gravel strip every spod hit the clip and I just cant wait to get there now, I feel a little confident tbh maybe one of those elusive carp will slip up, if not i will learn something and get a step closer I'm just glad I've found the buzz again 

    I feel like that kid that's peering over the edge of the pond through the reeds, looking for the mysterious big one that you only see as the sun goes down 

    Happy days 

  7. Easy bottom bait rigs

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted · Edited by elmoputney

    On 25/07/2019 at 20:15, jh92 said:

    I've kind of lost the buzz recently and find tying rigs a tedious task. 

    I'm fishing the river at the moment so bottom baits are a must really. My current rig is a knotless knot with coated braid stripped down by the hair, with a small bit of shrink tubing on the shank to keep the hair next to the hook. 

    It's the stripping the braid to the correct length and shrinking the tubing over a kettle that's making me not want to tie the rigs up in advance..

    Any ideas how I can tie bottom bait rig even easier? 

    Any suggestions welcome 👍👍

    I've been using silicone lately as long as the hook eye turns to the angle you want it's fine, and easier to use as no steaming rqd I've just been cutting bits off old rig tubing will try and find a pic 

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  9. Losing the buzz

    in UK Carp Fishing

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    That's pretty impulsive, I bet he will regret it a bit, but if he enjoys match fishing then I guess that's up to him, I quite enjoyed catching the odd rudd on the whip but I wouldn't want to not fish for proper sized carp(bream😥) to do it, but I don't think carp fishing is for everyone really some people do just want and are happy getting a bend in the rod,

     

    I once had a mate I fished with but he got into other stuff and I found I got proper into carp fishing, joined a club lake by myself learnt all I could and  I've never looked back, now I am not sure if I like company when I am fishing (I've convinced myself that anyway) cos I am so used to fishing by myself I love the peace and quiet these days, just focus on your own goals Highy and you will achieve them 

  10. should i get a load of different bait?

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

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    6 minutes ago, yonny said:

    Agree, ditch the pellets/particles and get some tigers in there with your boilies. It won't stop the bream (nothing will) but it should help slow them down.

    Funny you should say that :)

    I am on operation clear out particles this week, I have a plan to spod all that out tomorrow and fish it Wednesday,there are tiger nuts in there amongst other goodies as I have a theory I'll know where the fish might be and they should pass this a few times en Route if not the robo bream will soon clear it for me and then just a few boilies on each bait Wednesday, little n often, will put a couple of spombs on the spots I've already found also just incase someone else is fishing round there but it's been pretty quiet lately so fingers crossed 

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  11. multi rig questions

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, finchey said:

    What patterns do you use for bottom and pop ups and do you use Wafters with this rig? 👍 👍 

    I find wafters work fine with my set up, I use a piece of silicone and a size 4 bank tackle wide gape pattern for both pop up and wafter as I like the way the eye and silicone work together, still not sure about bottom bait hook choice though as I tend to not use them at present, but I wouldn't worry about using this rig with a bottom bait 

     

  14. Cheap Fishing Bait

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Teo said:

    Bait vault on youtube is the best place to look. It shows you cheap spod mixes and boilies and how to make them!

    great baits and cheap prices. Also try decathlon baits, 10kg bags i think are under £15!!

    I've just looked at bait vault some great little ideas on there, 👍

  17. Barbed vs Barbless

    in UK Rig Tying

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    3 hours ago, framey said:

     

     

    I prefer the side cutter version to those end cutters 

    so there should be something to suit all 

    just make sure they are sharp some of the cheap nasty ones will leave a burr like a barb so defeat the object

     

    elmo 

    the ones you were using are more for things like solder or fine wires not hardened like a hook

     

     

    Yeah they were for my vaping coils but I as I had them and no longer use them I thought I would try 😁

    I think I like the side cutter types myself more will get some of those I think 

  19. Barbed vs Barbless

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted

    2 hours ago, dayvid said:

    Personally Micro Barbed, but no problem using Barbless and do on situations where the outcome could mean I lose the fish, 

    I like that answer that's good logic 

    What's the best tool for cutting a hook shank safely if attached to a fish? I mean normally they do come out OK but that one was stuck in a tough bit of lip, 

  20. Barbed vs Barbless

    in UK Rig Tying

    Posted

    Right here we go then I've been using microbarbed size 4 hooks and also size 4 barbless recently now one thing I just noticed was that the microbarbed hook isn't penetrating as well as the barbless and after another 3am bream which was a bit of a pig to unhook, Ive been wondering about using barbless only as I've caught plenty on them, and not really lost any on the fun lake, and it would make unhooking bream without a net a piece of cake, it may be because the microbarb on a size 4 hook is quite big 

    I also listened to a Kev Nash carpcast and he only allows barbless on the church lake as he doesn't want his fish to be at risk of getting tethered which makes sense to me and he also thinks he got more takes when he switched to barbless what are your thoughts on this one please? 

    I am leaning towards barbless only which I can see may penetrate more easily and hook more fish, if it was super sharp naturally 

  22. What have you forgotten today?

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, snowmanstevo said:

    The waters I’ve fished don’t hold many so I’ve been lucky....... that’s me jinxed now but I’m still the only long term member of our club whose not caught one,and they go quite big(8lb) which is a decent size for the north west. 

    That's lucky I think the average is about 8lb in there and there are more than the carp, I saw them spawning there was one that was massive a big double, that may get mistaken for a small tench if I hooked it 😁

  24. What have you forgotten today?

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, framey said:

    I can never understand why anyone would purposely go out and fish for bream myself 

    and to try and get 100 lb of them. 🤮

    I tried to convince myself I didn't mind catching them for a while, after last night I wouldn't miss it if I never caught another one 

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