cobleyn

Carp r us long shank nailers ESP stiff riggers Garderner curved shanks edit- Nash x Curved for Big stuff.

I've used a variation of it in the past and would use it again on harder waters where necessary. I agree that there is a larger percentage chance of a double hook hold in the mouth. That said, when I've used barbed hooks with the rig- I've found it is substantially less likely to double hook (I don't think I ever had one whilst using the barbed version). I probably wouldn't use the non-barbed version of the rig in the future and would try and use something else.

Lol you youngsters It was a piece of flat plastic that fitted on a bank stick that you put in front of your quiver tip. So when you looked down your rod you had a black back ground with lines on it to help with bite registration. Type of thing that anglers mail used to put on the front of their mags.

I take into account all of the conditions and fish the tip that is appropriate to the weather, swim and target fish. So I will fish the lightest tip I can get away with. However the following factors affect my choice: The longer the chuck the heavier feeder; A heavier feeder allows me to fish a heavier tip as it won't dislodge the feeder when I tighten down to it. If I'm fishing a light feeder, I need to use a light tip to get a bend in it without moving the feeder. The longer the chuck the more line I will have out- so undertow can be a factor and pull the tip right around. Wind: on a windy day the tip can get pulled around when waves are lapping up- which makes a light tip difficult to read- so I'll go heavier then (on the feeder aswell). I understand absolutely the point that you are making. Carp on a commercial pool with little interference from silvers and using a self hooking rig (Method etc), will more than likely hook themselves and charge off. A heavy tip will register this as a full pull around. I grew up fishing for silvers on Lakes and rivers where a balanced approach was needed to maximise your swim. I think that background is still engrained in me and (as a personal choice), I still fish with balanced tackle. Thats not to say its right or wrong- I would be interested to see what the likes of Des Ship etc use and would bow down to their knowledge with no hesitation...

F1's are notoriously shy biters that wouldn't necessarily pull the tip round. The other benefit of a lighter tip is that it will show you what's happening in the swim- liners or smaller fish knocking into your feeder/ bait. A heavy tip will only show definite bites (probably where the fish has hooked itself), whereas a lighter tip will give you more information about what's happening in your swim; so you can adapt your approach (more bait/ less bait... shorter rig/ longer rig...bring your feeder back by a yard etc etc). It will also allow you the opportunity to strike at smaller indications that you may miss with a heavy tip.

I tell a lie ...I went to milton keynes bowl the year before last. I saw pendulum, enter shakari, JZee and linkin park ( who did a few tracks from collision course when they had done their own sets). That was a frikkin awesome day. No signs of fern cotton... Which can only be a good thing.

I may be looking through Rose tinted glasses...but I think radio 1 has spoilt music. Things like reading and Glastonbury used to attract up and coming bands that wanted to showcase their talent and with the promise of some all time greats as headliners. In about 89 I saw inspiral carpets, the pogues, the wedding present, new order, the buzzcocks at reading as well as a load of others. Now it's all beyonce, tinchy stryder, jls and fern cottham (who I could kick straight in the ...). I've got nothing against today's music...but there just doesn't seem to be anything alternative left...everything has been highjacked by the corporate machine.

I can (vaguely) remember going to see napalm death, mud honey,but hole surfers and nirvana in Sheffield in around '88. Who'd have thought one of those bands would go on to be so influential in the 90's. Well done butt hole surfers- who knows what happened to the other nobody's.

Agreed- was Idaho the second album? Not so good- I didn't buy any more after that. Wait and Bleed is still on my gym playlist- awesome tune.

only the first album.

Difficult to describe...but I'll have a go. Make a loop around two fingers and the make another loop at the side of it around just one finger. Pass the line through both loops four times. Hold the bigger loop open and tighten the smaller loop down to make your slip knot. Put the bigger loop over your boilie and tighten it. The put a couple of granny knots in it to lock it in place. Does that make sense?

I have lost some (read more than one) very big fish through poorly tied knots...that I have thought..."it'll do", because it was late /dark/raining etc. I'd like to say I won't make the mistake again. Hopefully I won't.

A supple sinking braid is best for this.

Ok....so use the lightest tip you can get away with to register bites more easily. When it s is windy, or when there is a flow(ie. A river) you'll need a stiffer tip to stop getting false indications or getting the tip pulled right around till it hits the blank. Leads on there on own can be used to search around the swim till you get a bite and want to start introducing some bait...or in winter when you are just fishing for a bite or a fish. Feeders are used to put a bed of bait down...again use the lightest you can get away with for the distance you want ot fish, or to hold it in position on a river....unless you are fishing the method, when you are using the weight of the feeder to help set the hook.

....Hold on... ...We might be saying that... The tackle industry are making us buy things we don't need; by making it seem more complicated than it really is??? No Way!!! Can't see it!!! Refuse to believe it!!! So all this time I've been buying rig gear- I should have been developing watercraft. Damn your eyes fairbrass and your affable demeanour!!!

Good hooks- £1 toooo expensive for me tho I got them out of the bargain bucket of my local tackle shop...£1 a pack Result.

Sometimes do you think they just make stuff up to write about???? Some drill their baits and put cork in them, some use the KD, now we have ultra heavy baits. I reckon a bottom bait will catch 95% of the carp that light, heavy, balanced baits will (with the exception of choddy/ silty bottoms that need a pop up) Some writers say...you must have something to make your bait stand out...some say they must look like the freebies. Every article contradicts the next... I think they all need to go and get proper jobs and stop writing cobblers.

I'm with you Z...if it's a clean gravel bottom...flouro combi, Albright knot,braid. Probably a longshank hook,blowback ring and a bottom bait.

Took some Nash fang x in size 1 on my hols this year. Faultless...not one snapped or opened...fish to 85 on them.

Well...sat in the bivvy. Been knocking out helicopters with PVA stringers on the hook all afternoon...no problems. Don't they write some rubbish in magazines...I'll dig the article out and name and shame the numpty.

Go on. I'm lost. Can't see why a few boilies on a stringer or a little bag on the hook wouldn't work?

I've just gone back to helicopters after some time away from them. I read somewhere recently that you can't use pva bags or stringers with them. I intend to give it a go next time out...but wondered if anyone had any experience?

One of my favourite rigs is a hinged stiff rig with a long shank nailer.

Why not just put a micro swivel on the shank of the hook and trap it with a float stop?

Quick mods...lock it.