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This rod builder doesn't gain anything from slating daiwa though. And as I've stated , He is a rod builder, not a rod maker. He mainly builds on Harrison blanks and forgive me if I'm wrong but I think Harrison's know what constitutes an excellent rod blank, especially seeing that they make them for all disciplines in our sport.

I'm guessing he means he brought the blank and built the rod to his own spec'. Everyone's choice/opinion will differ on every subject. All my carp rods have been and are custom built. First set were century and since then all have been Harrison blanks. A mate of mine once asked this rod builder if he would strip and rebuild a set of daiwa magnum tapers, the rod builder said he wouldn't use daiwa rods to grow runner beans let alone fish with Haha. But that's his opinion and plenty of anglers would say otherwise.

I was gutted I didn't buy a set when all my mates were buying them. I was a bit reluctant as in my mind chub weren't a name I associated with rods, especially when my rods at the time had seen better days and instead plumped for a much more expensive set. They are excellent rods that I brought but could have brought 3 sets of chub with what I spent. You live and learn.

Buy what you can afford. After all it's the last 6-8inches of your set up that's out in the pond that catches your fish and your watercraft obviously. Carp don't care if you've got a £50 fishing rod or a £500 fishing rod. I'm pretty sure I've said this before on here somewhere but mates of mine swear by the lower end chub rods. To the point of using them over their much more expensive other rods.

I wonder what we would find if we went into your "search history"😳😂

Take some maggots next time. A few pints of reds will have them, especially if you're seeing fizzing up. If you see fish showing but no fizzing then chances are they're up in the water column and zigs may well do you a bite.

It could just be a fish has died and a fox has dragged it out the lake after its washed up in to margins. You start seeing numbers of partially eaten fish then you'll have a problem I'd say.

One of my mates wanted a beefy set of rods a few years back for france but didn't want to pay the earth. He got the chub outcast in 3.5tc. He was that impressed with them that he has stopped using his top of the range free spirits and also brought a set of the chub 13ft 3.5tc and also quite a few of my other mates have them now. Preferring these rods to their much costlier other rods. If you're on a budget then these rods seem pretty damb good. I'm guessing they still make them.

You're not wrong there mate. The house feels empty. No barking or seeing a wagging tail through the glass as you get to the front door. Same as when I come downstairs every morning, she would always be sat there waiting for me. Going to take a lot of getting used to.

Just had to put my dog down today and my god its heartbreaking. I nearly didn't go in with her because I was inconsolable but had to be there for her and im not afraid to say I've been crying like a baby all day. I feel your pain. Like you 14yrs old and had her since a pup. I feel empty as does the house.

Are you sure a Typhoon didn't pass through your swim in the night 🤣. Sounds a busy session, nice one 👍

Any wholesale place will do it. A Costco, Makro type place or look out for special offers in the mainstream supermarkets.

When fishing deep silt I nearly always use the chod rig. I'll use a length of leadcore to suit the slits depth and add a couple of feet. Set the top bead a couple of inches down from where your mainline is tied to the leadcore and the rig is always fishing. Used this method on a gravel pit where the fish would regularly visit an area where the old gravel wash was, the silt here was 3ft plus deep in places and when the fish were there the water was the colour of milky tea. The fish could be from 20yds out to 100yds out in this area. The further out then I'd plump for a 3.5oz lead, when that is buried In 3ft of silt it becomes one hell of a bolt rig.

Just use marmite, carp love it.

If you tend to "get into the larger ones" then in my opinion that is good angling. Is it luck you fish the right spots, use the right rigs etc etc, not for me. That's all down to good angling. Don't get me wrong, i used to think the same but I'd find the fish, find the spot, apply bait correctly and present my bait in an acceptable way, no luck involved there, just good angling. Is that big headed, no it's a fact. I'd rather be a good angler than a lucky one.

Day session? That's what I take for a 72hr session Haha.

Agree 100%. There are a lot of "top anglers " around today, put a few on the same lake and that lake becomes a lot harder because you're competing with not only the fish but anglers that are very much on the ball. As for the ones under the radar I personally think a few would put the "famous" anglers of today in their places.

The FG knot, YouTube it. I've gone over to this with my sea fishing braid mainline to tapered mono shock leader.

When you say missed takes I'm guessing you mean hook pulls? I only ask as how do you know the fish has picked up your hookbait and spat it out or not? Unless you fish the margins and see what is happening. I've watched numerous underwater videos of carp feeding with rigs present and nearly all are picked up and rejected, have you witnessed carp take your rig in to its mouth?

I'm curious as to where the hook holds are in the carps mouth with this rig?

I started beach fishing 4yrs ago now and since then probably only been carp fishing 20 times In that time and now not carp fished since may last year. Like you say, guaranteed a spot on the beach, never know what you might catch and it's free to fish, what's not to like Haha.

Yes you can do that. You'll cast far enough if you need to. I wouldn't do it on big pits though as the undertow will drag your line/hookbait out of position. As for needing the lead for setting the hook as mentioned, not necessarily. I use the naked chod and it can run 5ft between lead and top bead. I can honestly say the lead 9 times out of 10 doesn't set the hook, I do.

Are you allowed to use braided mainline on this lake you mention? If so that along with 3.5oz leads will see you cast over this fallen tree you mention. Another reason for braided mainline is that there is no stretch in it so bite indication is pretty much instant. With mono' mainline the amount of stretch in the line at 20-23 wraps would see the fish take you into this snag without even registering a bleep on your alarm.

Why does it have to be beefed up? Why not try a washed out or flavourless hookbait, it might just be more acceptable to a carp than a hi attract hookbait.

Save your money. A mate of mine brought this and it's a load of tosh.