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wire brush to clean any swarf out of the teeth, then use an old paint brush to brush on oven cleaner and leave for 30 mins to degrease it. rinse off without touching file part and then dab dry, place your file in a plastic tray of ordinary viniger and leave for a couple of days, rinse off, dab dry and give a squirt of WD40. this will not only remove the rust but also sharpen your file. PS, should have said, this wont work with diamond files

i got this one this year and by god its big, i know it says 2 man but i have a wide boy bed thats over 1mtr wide, i get that, my kit bags, my ruck sack, my chair, a table, cooker, food box AND my triporter barra in there and i can still swing a cat round. disclaimer: at no time did mr Cyborx swing a cat in his bivvy, it was a figure of speech (it was an otter) https://www.carp-zone.co.uk/carpzone-hurricane-a-s-all-season-two-man-bivvy-with-overwrap-included.html

here is an example for you basic brolly £35 or not so basic at £630 as said, depends on ya spends

my apologies (tired now lol) the last one for tying hooks with a hair is the knotless knot not the half blood knot (ha! tongue twister there ) 3) knotless knot

in reality you will find that you only ever need 3 knots for all your angling, the Uni knot, the Pallomar and one of the variations on the blood knot. i will use the Uni knot for joining on a length of stronger line on the few occasions that i need a leader. the pallomar for tying swivels and freeline hooks on and for a hair rig i will use the half blood knot. 1) Uni Knot 2) palomar knot 3) tucked half blood knot

very interested Ian, been needing an excuse to wander more than 5 mins from the house

hi beechy, welcome to the world of carpy things as has been said already, buy minimum kit until you are sure that it is the game for you. there are plenty of threads on here that give good info about rigs, kit and tackle, also things like bankside safety and yours + fishes health, i will post a link below to some interesting stuff that everyone should read (and as a wink to others on here) but take what you will from it, there is for instance a very informative post on hooks, their various styles and uses. look here also dont think that you need to but loads of named brand gear just because that is what you are being advised to do, some folk think nowt of ordering rods and reels that can come in at over £500 each but really they dont catch fish any faster than a £20 rod from ebay, take a look at these lineaeffe reels for instance, i brought a set of these as my first carp reels over 6-7 years ago, they get plenty of use as i try to get out at least 1-2 times a week with 10 or so overnights, my biggest fish is a 25lb pike and largest carp is a tad over 24lb and those cheapo stinky winky reels did the business and are still going strong today. just realized that the one still has the same line on it that it came with and that one is used as a spod and marker reel so yeh! mega money does not need to be spent

prob down to weed growth and pads, might have a look at it when the weed has died back

top and bottom of it is, the carp dont give a monkeys how tidy or neat your rig looks. that is all down to how anal you yourself are and the more anal the tidier the rig, lets have some rig pics up so you can all be judged on how retentive you really are

walcot pools used to be a good bet, day ticket from the hall/bailiff, was £3.50 per rod per day. BAA did have the rights to the east lake at one time but they may have dropped it as no one looked after it. loads of carp in the severn too, holt fleet, top barn cheep as chips.

my personal choice would have been for a curve shank, maybe a mugga #4, i dont like the point on the Kaptor it looks like it was sharpened with a pencil sharpener so it is a round point on a squared off wire section? i always reprofile my hooks to a tro-car style, much more effective.

i do layers rather than all in one, layers are (below 10 deg) tee shirt & boxers, thin jersey top and shorts, hoody and joggers then zipped hoody and combats, 2xpair sox (1 x knee length boot sock) + in my bag i carry a thin waterproof jacket and trousers incase of rain but at any given time i can remove a layer or two. if you have an all in one on you cant put much underneath, i found anything more than undies and you were soaked with sweat after ten mins, after you got warm you have nothing to take off unless you wanted to run round in your skidders

i have got a set of 3 old fox warrior Z's plus an equally old fox warrior marker rod, 1x 7wt generic fly rod in metallic red and a 9wt fly rod in mucky brown, i also have a Matt Hayes feeder rod, an old float rod that my dad left in a cupboard that i pinched and a 11mtr leada assassin carp pole, i also have a couple of bins full of various avons and barbel rods plus 4-5 different length poles from 3mtr whip to 16mtr match, i have two split cane rods that i got fed up of trying to straighten, oh yeh!! i also have three spinning rods, 1x fox warrior Z 1x shakespeare ugly stick and a daiwa,,, i think thats all oh!! and my twinkie is bigger than yours too welcome to the forum buddy

spotted some 'dave lane mag runners on fishtec going cheep http://results.fishtec.co.uk/search?w=dave lane mag runner

think you may find what Yonny was referring to was 'look for the fish' bud. where they were last night or last week or even as little as an hour ago probably wont be where they are now, fronting up at a lake with 20 pegs and having your peg already picked out before you get there narrows your odds of catching to, er! umm, ohh! oh yeh, less than 1 in 20. get to the lake and have a slow walk round to see if you can spot them or where they have been feeding regular, look for clean spots (no weed or clean gravel spots) get up trees for a better view. if you rely on others to find your fish for you then you gonna struggle. welcome to the home of the brave

heya Richard, your inline setup should really be minimalistic, just two items are required for the rig to work perfectly, lead and swivel as anything else is personal. leads @ 2oz are the norm for me and this should be coupled with a #8 large ring swivel. pass mainline thru lead sleeve and tie off with your knot of choice leaving a 15-20mm snag end, the snag end is tucked into the lead then followed by the swivel to act as a tell tail. if needed the rig can be set up thus, first a length of tube to suit your set up/lake, then tail rubber pushed into the tubing (can be glued but only here), thread lead insert thru lead and onto line and add your swivel, seat tail rubber onto insert and fit hooklink, you will see that the whole rig from the swivel up will slide up the line under its own weight so in the event of a snap off the mainline will just slide free and dump the lead. that is the way i have done it for years and i have never tethered a fish.

never having used a leader i would ask, is the extra 5lb Bs worth the hassle of the extra knots needed to attach your leader?

these are what you want bud, just check out the price Vs the carp tax ones http://www.defendapack.com/packaging_protection_and_void_fill i just wait for the postie to bring me free ones every week

yep!! i reccon i have got near enough a lifetime supply and all for nothing that is a useful bit of useless info Yonny, i let one dissolve on my tongue once and wondered why it left a floury aftertaste

my wife does a lot of product testing and so we get a lot of parcels delivered, (bear with me here cos here comes the best bit) some of these parcels are packed with pva nuggets and guess what!! they are multi coloured, they are just the right size (40mmx10mm), they melt off fast (last week timed to under 20 seconds) and best of all they are free, free, FREE i tell you

dont bother with any of the 'carp taxed' stuff as most of it is just a rip off, for diamond files go to your local Aldi and pick these up for £4.99 in that pack you have every shape file you will ever need, i have owned those for over 3 years so far and no sign of wear. for a vice i have this, available on eBay for under a tenner and again i have had mine for 3+ years, pays to shop around Bud. https://www.ebay.com/p//1377666334?iid=381299930964

they actually look good Hutch, Problem is i have a thing about not taking batteries out and when it can go as long as 12 months inbetween uses then that can do some damage, hence my need for analogue

those look identical to my old Fladen scales Nick, only 3 moving parts and i still managed to destroy em hahaha!!

i will only weigh a fish that looks like it will be a new pb bud, just nice to know.:wink:

thats the weighing ones not the fishy ones on my last foray onto the bank i found that my scales had self destructed, one of the levers had come adrift. now even though i have replaced it exactly as it should be i can no longer trust them and my back up digital set also seems to have given up the ghost, so i am in the market for a new analogue set at least. having looked around i have seen them from £15 (thompsons) to £85 (Korda Kustom), even Reubens are ranging from £40 to over £100 for god sake!! all i want to do is weigh a fish NOT gold bullion, can anyone suggest a reasonably priced set that are reliable pleeeeze not looking for bargain bucket level but dont fancy breaking the bank either, do they even need to be subject to carp tax, and has anyone got scales that are generic ones that have done the job?