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there was 1 out this week

1x50 at the right time, 4-6x40s and fair few 30s, its a bit of circus though mate, enjoy

have the beads apart mate,that way when the fish picks up your bait it cannot use the weight of the lead to throw the hook.slack line is a must.

ive spoke to 1 of the gardener consultants on my lake regarding this line again and he said that this new line has the same make up(co-polymer waffle thingy majig) as the gt80 i think but at less money.he says it has excellent abrasion qualities,as nick has already tested it has a higher breaking strain than quoted,it casts well,the more it is used the heavier the line becomes,so therefore sinking faster(so ideal if you like your line slack and on the deck),so looks like i'll be having me self some

is this the line that gardener have just released?on my current syndicate there are a few gardener consultants,chatting to one of them he couldnt rate there new line highly enough.and all have said how good this line is,but they are going to say that aren't they.its good to hear an independant review.what sort of price is it nick out of curiosity?

i use big hooks with small baits on my choddys.size 5 fox arma point sr or jrc mbt4 in size 4,i then use pop ups no bigger than 14mm.it certainly works for me,i then use 25lb mouth trap for the hooklink

the humble chod rig,simples

korda mouth trap

fox arma point range or atomic range,though i have just started to use the jags hook sharpening range and boy you can get them mega sharp.

just out of curiosity nick what was the altenative leader you once printed a picture of on another thread.if i recall it looked like leadcore but was safer in your eyes.not sure if ive explained it enough for it to jog your memory of it.

if you want to use the chod rig mate then go ahead,ive been a convert for 2 seasons now and my catch rate has without doubt gone up.99% of my fish have been nailed 1inch to 2inches back in the mouth bang centre with 2 hook pulls from over 50 fish.this weekend i done a few nights on my spring water which has some low weed but the rest is mainly a sandy bottom where the lead plugs in big style.i had 3 rods out all on the sand 1 chod rig with 6ft of esp sand coloured leadcore and 2 with fluro carbon straight to lead clip and balanced baits on fluro/combi links.2 fish both on the chod."chods for nods" so what if im a noddy then so be it and like you have said why do some of our best anglers use it if its as dangerous and as hopeless as it is made out to be.dont get me wrong in the wrong hands and tied incorrectly it WILL be a death rig which no one wants.ive been carp fishing about 20yrs now and boy do i wish i new about that rig from day 1. oh and nick is that patternoster rig not from the original korda rig guide? the same korda that you and most other anglers on here slate and here you are publicising them tut tut

i fished there for the last 6 seasons,i got there gold card last year and im now on black swan.what do you want to know mate

there as bad as each other mate,bivvy cities mate the both of them.what size of fish are you after and what type of water?easy,difficult or hard etc

pingewood is another circus mate just so you know,i dont know too much about englefield

mill lane has turned into some what of a circus(very busy).its got some good fish in there though.its done a fifty and there are some 4 or 5 40s to back that up.reading angling club is a good club with quite a few waters to go at.

as above,kryston heavy metal for me.one of the first out there and in my opinion the best

not being rude but i think you may struggle to get anglers to part with their tackle,especially to,well total strangers,good luck though.but as the "dragons" say, sorry im out

take a look at atomic tackle.they do drop off inline leads,they have a slot in them and they come off everytime.

try taking a look at rodney meadow or mayfields both boyer leisure.not club lakes but syndicates but both hold good fish,plenty of 20's,a few 30's and rodney has a mid 40 as well.failing that farnham angling ass' has a wide variety of waters.there is also harrow angling society who have lakes in and around the colne valley,not to far from you, as does uxbridge rovers angling ass'.another couple of lakes worth a look are rickmansworth aquadrome,thorney weir met lakes and inter type angling club

Atomic tackles jelly-wire is good with the figure of 8 loop knot.you can even blob the tag end.

rigs stay the same,total change of bait though,which has been going in now for the past 6 weeks.the only change to tackle is a lighter mainline as the weed dies off

when it comes to coated braid then my first choice is Atomic Tackles "jellywire" after that then kryston coated braids would be my next choice

atomic chodda hook in size 6 with korda mouthtrap in 25lb,jobs a good un

if your still confused then why dont you look on youtube or the like and type in jim shelley/chod and see how he ties it,mr shelley is not everyones cup of tea but when it comes to fishing the chod he is the chodfather.

when i find it necessary to use the chod i always make sure that the bottom bead(the one nearest the lead)is 12inches away from the lead.and i make sure that the bead cannot slip down.i have used leads from 1oz-3.5oz and never had a problem