cobleyn

Probably 20kgs of boilies and 20kgs of particles/pellets.

maybe it is weird to ask strangers, but when did people stop spontaneously helping each other out? What is everyone so afraid of? It's ridiculous, at the end of the day, we are only talking about a fishing trip! what sort of scam are you thinking? fishing rod burglary ? Do you think I might be like a fishing equiment thief? It's so ridiculous. I just don't understand people anymore. Patty- you may just want to calm down a bit (rather than alienate everyone within 4 posts)- I'm sure if you hung for a little while someone would have come and offered you a day out - it seems like you are geniunally trying to do something nice for your fella- which is nice. try angling coaches in your area- they provide tackle and coaching for the day on commercial waters (ie where there are lots of hungry fish) for a modest fee. Good luck.

There's a few chapters in bill cotthams book about it. I seem to remember he did all of his fish on trigga, pineapple, glm and n buryic.

Don't get confused by what flouro is. It's just slightly more advanced line than mono and won't make a great deal of difference to anything you are currently doing.

I fished there around 6 years ago. Even though it was the middle of winter I still caught well. The accommodation was very clean and neat...and zyg is very welcoming.

My usual trick on rivers is to walk until the path gets over grown and then fish 50 yards past. If the bailiff ever makes it... Enquire from him.

Sorry no mate...not even sure where donnisthorpe is tbh.

Ones a small local club and ones a syndicate Leicester way.

I'm on a couple of non-pub waters at the mo.

There's a few waters around there. Derby angling club have some, Derby Railway club have some, There's also a couple of private "no publicity syndicates" that are down there that are quite interesting.

LOL - is that me? Unfortunately I gave up (temporarily) on this. It's fair to say I used to have more time than I do now and my fishing has had to rely on the waters that are out there already. I did the rounds, but couldn't find a suitable water- they are out there- but I just started to get busy and wanted to spend more time fishing than water hunting. There is a 50 acre lake I drive past every so often that looks right- but its next to a busy road- and I just don't like fishing waters where you have that loud traffic drone from 05:00 till 23:00 every day. Will keep you posted if I ever stumble on the 'right water'. Worth noting that I have purchased 50 carp that are already growing on...just in case...

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.

I'll chuck a bit of money in for the ferry crossing.

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.

Its called fishing for a reason mate- you can never guarantee that you are going to catch- especially at this time of year. You may want to consider a day of fishing tuition with a coach as a Christmas present. A day with an experienced angler is worth years of hard slog on the bank.

The energy company has finished work on the barrage and last weeks rain has topped it back up to full now. A few fish are coming out here and there.

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.

Cheers Ian. Think I will have to do just that