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i got this stove, never lets me down

leather?

dont matter how we all feel about whats going on really, we can post till the cows come home but unless someone who really cares accidentally becomes prime minister it aint gonna happen is it :evil:

hey Tim, never any need to feel wrong about being a beginner and that goes for anyone else. as carp fishing is still in its relative infancy, there are a lot of the so called experts and big guns out there that will know a lot less than the next generation of noobs coming up thru the ranks. some of those noobs that will actually come up thru these haloed portals we call carp.com, so be free with any info you have to share as you may be setting the next terry hearn or julian cundiff or even the next chilly on the righteous path.

sounds like' if its on the hook it aint chumming' big pva bag on the hook would do me

when i go out for the day my rod bag has six rods set up in it, 3 for my pod if its a nice sunny day and i feel like sitting behind the buzzers nodding, one set up for floating if i fancy giving the little ones a bash because one of our lakes has loads of small carp and tench from as small as 4 inch, and believe me when i say its a great pleasure to see the small pristine beauties coming on, looking at a tiny mirror scale and just knowing that one day it may be as large as a 50p piece or bigger. one for stalking if i "have to catch" and my fly rod for when i need a little sport. then theres the pole that i always take too just to pee people off. so as you see, variety is the spice of my life

don't let anyone, especially youtube tell you how to fish. finding what works best for you is part of the great adventure that is carp fishing, it is ok to take on board the advice doled out at the carp.com pulpit but i bet none of the die hards on here take the info gleaned and use it undiluted. i'm not saying "don't ask for advice" because that would be stupid, even Dal, nick Tim or i have asked questions in the past, its how we learn. most of us are 'time served' but we can still learn from others, i have 50+ years from canal for gudgeon to carp but you should have seen my face when i first saw the bungee rig a couple of months ago bailiffs are only good for one thing and i will take that with a pinch of salt and that is bait info. i will use rigs from 3" to as long as 2ft depending on the lake or method that i am using at the time. enjoy your learning curve and tight lines

and here we have a winner

cheapskate, i use a £2 coin. does the job twice as fast

thanks Dal, i had actually looked at fishing20k but didnt make the connection, Dur.

please tell me im not being thick here tim, what is the shop name on the bay as a search for pva products don't turn them up and i have just searched 350 hits for that search term to no avail :cry:

what do you do with your empty line spools

typical overuse of buzz words to get as many hits as poss lol. the way to tell the difference for the uninitiated is the size, shrink tube typically comes in aprox 50mm lengths of varying diameters in a card backed bubble like such,, and silicone rig tube in 2.5 - 3 mtr lengths like this please note, i do not in any way endorse ESP products, the use of such was purely incidental (tho they do have some REALLY cracking stuff out there)

let me know when you go up there, i will see if i can accompany you oh yeh, you been messing with my wife?? hmmm??

ooohh merrington, looks nice and only 40 miles away

i wish i had thought of that, i would have gone for it

i would love to fish a swim that was truly haunted by some old angler that knew his trade, i would stay up all night picking his dead brains for info on what are now 'truly lost arts'. we could all do with going back to the roots of carp angling, when a fish that covered your dinnerplate was a catch and a half wonder what those old monks would make of the likes of ravioli (clarissa)...

i too think that on a well weedy lake braid and barbed are the way to go,, us grumpy old men gotta stick together ok as an after thought tho, if you dont like using full barbed take a pair of pliers and very carefully pinch the end of the barb all the way down and this will give you a hump that still stops the hook pulling

hey phil, its the barbless hooks that do the damage IMO as they can and do come free then rehook rattle about and do all sorts when the fish is acrobating about. whereas a micro barb will catch and hold every time, if you use a pattern that will catch in the bottom of the lip (such as the gardner mugga) then you minimize the damage to a single puncture in the meatiest part. you can always cut the hook free with side cutters by pushing it all the way thru then clipping off behind the barb, the hook will then slide easily away. a quick dab of carp treatment and she can go back feeling like shes had a day at the spa as i said before IMO, this will be disputed by others i dare say tight lines jon

got the tracker armolife, boils half ltr water in under a min lol folds down to the size of your specks case too

hope he aint fell in

i swear by the mugga's (not being slimy just cos richard is hovering ) one thing i do tho is put a small line aligner on, effectively elongating the eye. i find this turns the hook 100% of the time,

went to the worlds easiest lake today. its been reported that if you inadvertantly leave your net in the water, when you lift it out there is a fish in it. I BLANKED :o go figure

i know that matey, i was just yanking your chain :lol: