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I've heard that somewhere recently, something about not being food so it is taken more confidently just like stones or twigs....it may have been the Korda masterclsss....I'll get my coat.

Fish exclusively with plastic unglugged corn for 10+ years and had thousands on it, hard and easy lakes. Based on this why bother, you'll just end up smelling of the next goo flavours or have pink fingers like hamidi for weeks on end.

i have never soaked my braid up to 100 yards, i only use a cheap braid off the net at 30lb and have never snapped off even with a fully loaded spomb. id say the braid was duff.

oh either of terry hearns books too, in fact maybe they'd be at the top of the list

chillis is great, any tim paisley a great story teller, love reading the maylin books, tiger bay etc too

Im sure something like this is in Hutchie's book 'carp now and then'

massively late reply but this is carp now and then by hutchie. another good one with funny stories and lots of technical bits.

It's brainwashing at it's most basic level.

I read that too. Its just a load of drivle realy. For years its been pop up and balanced baits (which i do use to reasonable effect) and they just needed something new. Some of the rigs in Advanced Carp Fishing (i do subscribe, more for reading the stories) are just mind blowing. What on earth made them come up with them? Why did they do it? They must get a hell of a lot more time on the bank than i do. Then again they haven't got in contact with me to write about my 5 inch braided knotless knot with a single piece of pink corn, balanced corn that is . Don't think it would make good reading month after month. I haven't read the article yet but the flouro rig that some bloke twists, knots and cuts off looks bizzare.

Use kd all the time with the covert wide gape talon tips from gardner. Getting good hook holds and few losses.

I always use a 2oz inline then wrap the paste around. Leads are a third of the price of feeders so no worries about loosing one or two in the islands. Another bonus is that the swivel pushes into the bottom to create a bolt rig. Use a 4 inch braid link, break off the bottom of the ball and fold rig in, reform ball and pull hook until 1 inch of rig hangs out. No tangles, no worries.

Think i read something about these a while ago. Something about them getting a new uk distributor and coming back on to the shelves

Have bent two esp wide gape syle hooks. Use Gardner talon tips now

I ended up getting some on the Talon Tip covert hooks. They look the business and i had 7 out of my club lake all at range with no loses. So on the one hand they can only get worse but so far 100% result.

I used to use them bloody great Drennan Continentals in a size 4 back in the day, they were like anchors. 1/2lb silver bream used to pick them up. I don't think there is a carp alive that can't physically pick up a size 6. My local commercial that i used to fish put loads of f1s in, a shy biting fish, i think not, rip roaring runs and 1lb f1s result on size 6s