pippa1972

Ive not used green lipped mussel as bait but i have used swan mussels (out of the shell)as bait in France and had my PB on it being 47LB 3oz common

i use the mugga and talen tips in the covert finsh and there a great hook . o by the way its GARDNER NOT GARDENER

don't follow the crowd with just pellets and boiles try particles, bread, maggots, and such like , you can use solid bags in winter but get the right bags ( esp work well), and leadcore or tubing well i don't use any so i can't comment on that .

all im saying is if you took the time out and learned how carp feed instead of jumping on the GOING RIG ( chod rig) to name one you will get more out of your fishing , how many carp anglers actually know how a rig works and were to use it properly . look at this way every one seems to use the chod rig chuck it out and it catches how many know how and why it works i bet not many do. so all im saying is instead of jumping on the band wagon and useing the going rig peaple need to learn about rig machanics and how carp feed then decide wich rig to use . in all the years of carp fishing 20 years i have not once jumped on the new rig published in mags and never will.

my self ive allways had rigs based on the origanal hair rig but with some alterations and i still catch when otheres blank . with mags showing the new BIG rig to use most peaple jump on the band wagon with out thinking and knowing how the rig works and how carp feed , if new or old carp anglers took the time to study how carp feed they will learn a lot more then jumping on the new BIG rig .

these are my two ways of fshing in silt 1, useing the chod rig but with a difrence i dont have a bead stop on my lead core leader as i feel this is not safe all i do is tye a bit of pva tape at the hight i wont as this melts the bead ( big bore) can come off the leader with no problems . 2, use a a lead that is only heavy anuf to get to the spot i need to cast to feather the cast so the lead dont splash down so the lead just setles down nicely and by useing a critacul ballanced bait on a long hook link( 12 inch pluss) the bait will just setle on the silt . if you dont know how deap the silt is you can tigh the pva stop further up the line so if the lead does sink in the silt the bait wont follow it .