graham1969

How come I cant say hob K n o b....but he can say tit.? Theres a rabbit off here me thinks....

I saw this on thinking tackle a while back as well......im with andy, the idea of using 2 hooks on a rig just dosent sit right with me......you can use maggots on a rig without having to use maggot clip or 2 hooks mate......just use floss.....

Have you read " attack state red" mate.? Its written by colonel richard kemp & chris hughes....... Its about the royal anglians tour of afghan in 2007......very very good read......not sure if it still is but at the time it was the worst tour to date in terms of the amount of lads lost in action since the afghan war started......highly recommend it....

Oh right, sorry mate I thought you'd come up with something I didn't understand But yeah its a pop up rig mate.....

Its not a rig I use a lot, but why would you want to use it with a bottom bait mate.? The hinge is designed to allow the rig to sit up from the boom section...... If it was used with a bottom bait, the hinge becomes redundant and you might as well do away with it all together.......

Small solid bag....then even if you do hit a thicker patch of weed it shouldnt make a lot of difference...... Personally id be inclined to bag up and go into the thicker weed anyway if its as sparse as you say it is.......

Should have said cowgirl shouldnt I........oops....

Never tried it mate, but ive had some pretty decent results with the reverse cowboy......can be pretty awkward mind if things arnt citically balanced.........

Oh right ..... never heard that before.

Nice fishing Matt..... Some great pics there as well. Nowt like a big cheesy grin when your holding a big fish.

Youve lost me mate..... Whats a pot noodle carp.? And Im not sure what your meaning with the otter fencing thing either....

Ive just bought some and have spent the last hour playing about with different materials (It was either that or work ).......Seem to be fine, with everything but braid, and the soft coated braid..... But one thing is confusing me.... I know they dont recommend usage on Flouro or making loops with them but Ive just made three 6" legnths of flouro with loops on both ends, just to test and on all 3 i managed to snap each legnth pretty much in the centre of the flouro. no-where near the actual crimp, and none of the loops gave way either. I was using pullers and in my opinion I wasnt putting as much pressure on the flouro as i normally do when im normally setting my knots.... Am I missing something obvious here,,, but I'm pretty sure i wasnt putting enough pressure on the line to snap it, so why would it go centrally. ?? Grim.....

Matching the hook to the bait is s big part of the chod rig in my eyes. I like to use the biggest hook I can and as you say jez, a 6 is great with a 15mm popup. If using a 'tic tac' I like to drop to an 8 or even 9. That's when I drop down to the ultima link. Jamie - one of the most buoyant popups I've ever seen that doesn't contain cork! At the risk of making myself look very stupid.......What is a Tic-Tac.? I shouldnt have to ask this considering I was on the social when mick took the place apart on them.......but i'm very good at taking no notice of things i should be looking at.....

What he said........

Got it.....eventually hooked in just as i hit send on the original message ...... Ive put a new rig on with a slightly longer hair on now mate cheers...... 13 lb common.....nice to get the sod eventually though lol.....

Sorry to bother you lads but im on the lake now and in the last hour and a half ive had 4 runs on the same rod in the same spot. None of them have hooked in.....these arnt liners cause im fishing a slack line and something is obviously picking up my bait and going with it, but as soon as it registers my end....nothing.....im fishing pva bags with an inch to inch and a half hair......on the plus side...i had my first ever carp off the top today.....only a baby but a first all the same.......thanks in advance for any advice.

Ive only just converted to ESP and they do seem good.....Mind I dont catch big fish so who knows .

A bloke 3 pegs down from me on Raker in Yorkshire caught a low 20 on it last week from about 8 foot in his margin. I was using boilies and Blanked....... Ive never used it, but i wished i had some last week

Good Idea that mate.........

yep good point mate. Theres no real way of testing that though is there. I agree though that theres no way I'l ever leave a pop up on for 30 + hours, Im just leaving it out of curiousity really..... And again its more of a confidence thing in testing the the rig, knowing that the rig sits right even in a tank of water gives you more confidence than tossing it out untried.

Which ones tend to be avoided (drilled) if anyone knows, I'm at the moment water testing a couple of Vision baits 15mm pop ups (unglugged) and theyve been popped up for about 30 hrs now. Im not very experienced with pop ups and would appreciate any advice on what to avoid. I know its a confidence thing but im just not sure I would trust myself to tie on a round bait and still expect it to be on after it hit the water