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its a totally safe rig to use mate,used to use it myself,had some proper carp on it aswell ,i would say that 95% of the fish i caught on it were hooked at least 2 inches back in the bottom of the mouth and bang centre,also don't think the man that invented it would have used it if it was dangerous to the fish seeing he's in the public eye alot(dave lane)

fishing book-micky grays "a merry olde dance" he tells it how it is,it puts a smile on your face and also brings a tear to your eye ,brilliant.non fishing book is lance armtsrong's (pro' cyclist) auto-biography,if you need inspiration then this is the book,what he goes through and comes through beggars belief,awesome read

have only ever used it in boilie mixes,if it has not been used on your water then you'd better get some spare batterys for your alarms,i was fortunate enough to be one of the first to use it on my old water and my god the runs just kept coming.have only ever used it at 1oz per lb of base mix,though i have seen it recommended at 2oz per lb.i once put a piece into my pond which holds around 7 carp and they wouldn't go near the stuff,so i would say you can over do it.though when i put my bait containing it in they can't get enough of it.another point i would recommend is to always use belechan in its block form,a friend of mine used the paste version once and his catch rates plummeted,once back on the solid block his catch rates went back up.the way i get it into my boilie mixes is to put it in a blender along with my eggs,it blitz's it lovely

don't want to burst your bubble but have heard of/seen this rig on a number of occasions in several magazines.it has also been tied with carp r us centurions,nash fangs and several other curved shanked hooks.and it has been used with bottom baits,pop ups and critically balanced baits,bit of an all round rig

take your favourite coated hooklink, tie the loop in the hair leaving the coating on,knotless knot to your hook then peel the coating away from the eye of the hook up to the swivel end or whatever itis you use.simple

salokcinnodrog,what do you mean by numpties(drunks,loudness etc)thought about going there but wont if its that bad

yeah its got to be sandhurst,used to fish there about 10yrs ago before it went day ticket,my cousin has been a baliff on there for probably 12yrs and he says its amazing the number of big fish in there now,and all of them are pukka ones

other than your normal tackle i would take warm clothing,sleeping bag etc that you would for winter it can be a bit polar bears over there especially at night that time of year.on the bait front,take plenty as they could be getting ready to munch big style what with them possibly spawning early to mid may depending on where abouts you are going(eg the further south you are the warmer the temp)

one that springs to mind would be R.D.A.A(reading district angling assocation) they have both lakes and rivers,check out their website for info