elmoputney

Old Gold

Big Pit Spring

The Slippery Seal

PB common

This is a link to Carl's carp movies playlist , some really great videos in this collection.

It's like a Ronnie rig but with a new bit up top. More like a Rooney rig.

I saw Rob Hughes say that too, not sure if it was on one of those underwater ones I just added,but pretty sure it was an underwater one, it stuck with me too, one of the reasons I tend to put more out than I should, I also think about the old baiting pyramid though and get the nuisance fish interested as I think that always helps draw the carp in.

Lots of interesting things in these videos which will make you realise even when you think you are spodding accurately you could be way off the mark 😂😱😱😱

You never know though. You got to be in it to win it.

I definately have done that lol, even last weekend I did 😂 I'm just not confident without bait around them, fishing singles seems alien to me, I just don't see how it could work lol, I know it does but it's a real leap of faith that I just can't make, I should probably work on that this winter. I've certainly got enough different pop ups to try 😂

I remember watching an underwater film with Rob Hughes, that was interesting really showed how it could look bang on with a marker but still be way off depending on rod angle, depth and stuff, I will try and find it and put it in the new section for you tube videos

Also we didn't get snow just cold and wet rain.

Good luck, I went last weekend so I'm not even going to ask lol. I am also picking my new British record bait up Saturday 😂

I can't ever just do one spomb imagine being confident that it was perfectly placed when you have factors like braid vs mono, stretch, tow, depth and judging that it landed exactly right where you put your rig. My starting point is usually at least 6. Even pulting boilies a handful nearly always turns into a couple of handfuls.

Too much bait is underrated tbh, misplaced spods lead to creating a bigger spot which more carp can visit 😂 I do get what you are saying though these spots still need to develop if you don't regularly bait them, then the fish probably won't find them and keep returning. I guess that is probably where the advantage lies. It would be a lot more discreet prebaiting with a boat also, spombing in loads of bait seems hard to do without being spied on. In the defence of the guy that showed me he is a decent angler who would have caught them despite the boat,and he also puts more effort in than most, walks it a lot and always seems to know what's going on and he has caught a lot of the decent ones.

Let's go buddies, this channel is worth a follow some great little videos for DIY liquids and stuff.

20kg of boilies ordered, I've always wanted a decent yellow banana boilie, turns out the bait company I use had the same idea, will go nicely with my yellow winter spod mix.

I would get your money back tbh and buy a different reel, okuma do a spod reel for similar money

Not sure how effective that would be unless it's shallow and gin clear. If you want to see the bottom you probably want a winch cam of some sort.

I had a sonik spod reel, the factory braid was horrible it also kept snapping, I changed it for some 35lb spider braid, then the reel seized and wouldn't turn, if you can just rub the back of the line clip with a bit of fine sandpaper that should get rid of the burr.

Yep certainly a useful tool.

Having seen what I saw yesterday a decent angler with a bait boat can certainly do things you can't with a rod and line, I watched someone drop a good handful of bait and rig on an actual bin lid sized gravel spot at about 28 wraps in open water, you wouldn't even find that spot with a lead I don't think, if you did you would probably give up before you found it again. certainly made me regret selling mine a bit. He had a winch camera on it, was pretty amazing to see what lies beneath tbh.

What if you fished with a bait boat too though would your results have been even better?

That they should, sales would go through the roof, couldn't use all their products though, they would need a lightweight bivvy before I signed the contract 😂