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I normally take a few more than that and a BBQ, I take my fishing very seriously and believe me snag, if anyone is noisy i will be the first to tell em. Is the canal near you busy then cause the stretch in hopwas would be pretty quit? Can you imagine all of us going at once! the people around there wouldn't know what hit em!!!!!!!!!!

Ive not long been back from 4 tours of Afghanistan as a close protection officer and sniper, life here is to quite now, so i am definitely in!!!!!

Nice 1 snag, welcome to the forum, will give it ago for sure, never fished for canal carp, just a thought, how wide is the canal where you are snag? its about 9-12m wide where i am looking at.

Nice one mate, will fish it then and let you know,

that's great mate thanks. I will give it a go during the week sometime and then i will PM you when i do an over nighter. Dont suppose you know if you need a ticket from somewhere or does your rod license cover it?

I live near Tamworth and often take my German Shepherd for a walk over to Hopwas. The Coventry canal runs through there and i was wondering if anybody has fished the Cov canal for carp around that area. As i walk the dog there are so many carp holding places but im not sure if there are any carpio's in the canal, Can anybody help?

I must admit that i always use shrink tubing, only because you can get what ever angle you require by bending it.

Im certainly no expert in feeder fishing, Your not allowed to use method feeders but you can also have the same effect ( ie your bait is close to the feeder ) by tying some pva through one of the holes in your swimfeeder to the curve of your hook, this will only work though if your feeder mix is not to wet, if you need a wet mix try using flavored oil boosters rather than water to mix your feeder mix up with. Like i said im no expert but i have caught fish on this, not many but i have caught.

Thanks for your honesty Tony, i hope that a few more people read the post. Its not that my knots fail at all, i was just thinking it is a more tidy way of presentation.

While your both on this thread and seem like great anglers, i have brought up the crimping thread, could you both have a look at my question and see if you can help please,

Thats great noknot thanks, will give it a go, still think it was for Tony though Thats why i got on the offensive. Cos when i use a choody rig, im using the lightest lead i can get away with just to get the required distance, my lines are slack and the bobbins are hard on the deck Got ya!!!

Thats great noknot thanks, will give it a go, still think it was for Tony though

Has anybody used crimping alot now? if so any good advice on what brands to use and what tool is the best? Thinking of starting to use them (only about a year behind everybody else) any advice would be appreciated,

noknot i forgive you!!!!!! I just feel more confident with a light back lead on as you dont tend to get line curls. Just my own personal choice, but like i said i am nothing more than an average angler!!!

Well i wouldnt say really heavily especially for carp anyway as the max at anyone time is 9 ppl on there and they mainly fish for the cattys. Why do you think that i should not use the chody rig being im new? Also anyone got any advice on the weight size? why i was asking is that the lake seems small to hold quality fish like that in and if they are fished for heavily then the choddy is not going to work as it looks unnatural, If it was me and it was my first trip to this lake then i would go with a in-line setup with a pop up, camo everything up, use light bobbins and slack line with back leads. Just the way i would fish it, people might have a different opinion buddy Good luck, Good points, However it has been stated that its a weedy water so what is the advantage of a backlead,as this could cause more problems? A weed rake would be the way to go for me, and bait up the clear area for a few days then fish it. I thought that he said that it was a silty bottom so backleads would be fine, great point about the weed rake, if that is the case i would do that when there is no-one else around.