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What manor lake do you mean? The essex manor or linear manor?

40lbers are not the be all and end all in carp fishing mate. as long as your enjoying your fishing thats what counts, be it for singles or 40s and 50s. enjoyment is what its all about

depends what your after. if you want to catch a 40 then you got to fish a water with 40s in it, simple as . you say youve got a million to 1 chance, to me thats better than having no chance if you so desperately want a 40 and all the while you got a bait in the water you will always have that chance .if your daunted by the size of coate and the fact that takes maybe few and far between then obviously the other lake is for you. only you can answer your own question not us on here

fox arma point Ls

. that fried my head too. just find the fish and chuck a simple knotless knot rig at them. simples and as for you not wanting to overload your rods with a pva bag and lead your going to have a loaded method feeder, pva mesh bag, bait wrapped in paste. the second part sounds like it would be heavier than a pva bag and lead

so if bryan jarrett told you to jump under a bus would you do that as well

id like to know what the opening post means by heavy weed if i can cast out a 12inch rig and then let it settle on top of the weed then im fishing nothing more than a bit of candy floss .

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.