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Thanks Joe , that's very helpful .

Hi Dayvid There's a friendly Robin down my local lake . I've bought some mealworms , and I hope with patience to have him / her feeding from my hand .

Hello CM " my mistake for recommending them without giving them a fair trial period, my apologies to all concerned. " So if I return my Kranks to you , you'll give me a full refund ? .

Hi Neal Thanks for the reply . Spock ( the one with the pointy ears ) couldn't fault your logic as to how you ended up at Bayeswater ! . Like Spr I don't fancy fishing in this weather . It all looks rather bare down the lake and there's only usually a Robin and a few Pheasants for company . So it's all down to you Neal to go fishing on behalf of Spr and me , and report back - no pressure then ! .

Hi Neal So how was your McDonalds breakfast ? . It sounds like you are getting closer each visit to catching some . I guess now you have invested time and effort into Bayeswater you are committed to fishing there long term , but I wonder why you chose Bayeswater over say Suffolk Water Park which would presumably be closer to you ? .

Thanks James . Tight lines for next week , let's hope the weather calms down .

Hi James Sounds as though you enjoyed yourself . I would be very interested to read your opinion of S.W.P. as a fishery , as I've only walked around the Traditional Lake . What made you choose to fish Match Lake 1 rather than the Traditional Lake ? .

Ah ha ! , just when I was thinking no one was going to answer your post along comes Nick to save the day . Unfortunately I don't think anyone on the forum currently fishes S.W.P. Anyway welcome to the forum , and I hope you have a successful campaign down S.W.P.

Neal if you fished Saturday night into Sunday you could pop down the Brentwood Carp Show on the Sunday . I'm sure your wife would be really impressed that you would be saving on petrol as Chelmsford to Brentwood would be a much shorter journey for you .

Hello Spr Korda ( Ali Hamidi , and James ? ) did an episode there . Maybe Neal will be along later .

And to think Russians have nuclear weapons !!! .

But what about Baseball Bats ?

Thanks for the heads up about the Fox Zig Aligner , Hutch . That's very interesting what you are saying Beanz , and like Neal I too would like to know your prefered hook pattern now . Ta .

Thanks fellas A Line Aligner ? - hmm , something else for me to think about , thanks Nick . What is your opinion on Micro Barbs please NM ? . Thanks for the recommendation Neal ; I'm guessing it was easier to put a blanket ban on using any Curve Shanks at Graviers rather than single out specific manufacturers patterns .

Thanks Nick . I'm glad I've kept some of my old rigs , it looks like it may be time to resurrect the rigs with tubing on ! .

Thanks Hutch , that's very interesting , and hopefully will be the catalyst for some healthy debate . It certainly makes me want to give more thought to the Kamasan B175 - as recommended by Nick and Tim .

Ah excellent Hutch ! . I worded my original question clumsily which meant that this thread went off at a slight - BUT very welcome ( because I learnt more stuff ) tangent . I'm very interested to read what you say about mouth damage with Krank hooks , Hutch , as when I unintentionally caught a 2lbish Tench on a barbless Krank ( sz. 10 I think ) its' mouth was full of blood when I came to unhook it . I haven't had another incident like that again , and I wonder if like some of the published rigs and hooks Kranks are more aimed at bigger Carp ? .

Never mind Tim , just like West Ham you tried your best .

Thanks Hutch

Thanks Nick .

It would be a Sz. 8 Korda Krank Chod or a Sz. 8 Korda Chod , Snoozer . I thought the eye of the hook needed to be out turned Tim and Nick ? . Thanks for the answers .

Hi Fellas Has anyone any thoughts about which is the best hook to use for a Pop Up pls. ? Ta

Thanks Jonezy and Jimmboy .

Well Spr I missed the point - literally ! . 0.5kg not 5kg , good job I'm not an Engineer .

Hi Spr I thought the Pebble still had the 5kg. line running through it ? . I guess I'll just have to wait for Gagna. to explain it in Noddy language to me .