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id kill for just 2 ft of weed, jammy git! Light leads and long hook links is what ive found works best, but the trick to help the hook bait rest on to of the weed completely is to balance it out with a pop up tied on with pva. Some areas of the lake I fish, the weed comes up to the surface, but if its sunny I try to find a spot where fish are passing over and place a bait on the top of the weed about 2ft off the surface, kind of like zig fishing but using the weed to your advantage. if you can get away with it, clear out small patches and keep schtum about them, feed them as and when you can and it could open up your fishing alot more... OR... Do what half the folk on my lake do, get there, slam the car boot shut, stick a choddy on and give it the best pub chuck ya got, hopefullies crossing a few peoples lines and then go for a walk round the lake after setting your alarms to 300dB +

The little surprises in my stream are upto 35lb salmon! Ive only ever seen dead ones after theyve spawned though!

Where you from travis? I started out fly fishing small streams, sight fishing really, love it, still ride my push bike 12 miles to fish the first stream i started fishing for trout on.

Already thought about that but if its windy then it gets blown all over the lake and causes no end of hassle. Its a high pressured water so I want to keep disturbance to a minimum. To give you an idea, if someone spods out on the lake, it kills the lake off, some even pack up and go home. haha

Ive re4ally been thinking about zigs at the minute too, not many people use them on the lake so the fish wont have seen them too often, but my take on i8t is that the lake i fish if very very very weedy and full of naturals. Now coming from a fly fishing background, I think the new zig bugs a total gimmick, apart from a deed bumble bee, they look like no nymph or owt like that. My train of thought is to tie up some large, very natural looking nymph etc. and use them as the zig instead of something to catch our eye rather than the fishes (zig bugs). Ive seen nymphs coming out the lake at about an inch in lenght so i can get away with making quite a large fly to replicate this and also get it boyant enough to use as a zig. My problem is i cant get my head around having a inline float as this to me screams problems with getting bogged down in the weed. Im on testing a few ideas with drop of cork floats, but has anyone come across this problem and how did they overcome it, if you did at all?

Well after the advice I went out and got some gear, tied one up and tested in me living room and it seems to work a treat. I got the avid inline flat leads with the correct tail rubber and the inserts for the bottom end and it all works well. Now to test on the fish! I'll let you know if the New rig solves me problem. Cheers for the help lads

Is it possible to use an inline drop off lead system using flurocarbon mainline instead of the normal leadcore/leader that it always is shown with? I think i have been getting a few pick ups but they are always getting rid of the bait before getting properly hooked as the last few trips i have had the fish on top of my bait showing, rig was presented on a nice patch of clay, a few picks ups which always result in nothing. So my plan is to use inline dropoff lead set up as the lake is still pretty heavy with weed, but i didnt want to use leadcore or any leader. I run 16lb fluro tiger line and want to know if anyone has tried to use this setup or similar. Cheers

Do korda do ssg shot? If not, how will we ever catch!?!?! What ever next? Im gonna get my dog to tie up some rigs and send them into the mags, probablies get me famous! Having said that....do they do ssg shot in realtree camo?

I use the ghost hook link but found the bait didnt move freely enough for my liking so I added an inch of braid to the end of the fluro (grinner to grinner knot) and tied the hook to the braid.

TBH no one on my water uses method feeders and its a bit of a tough cookie to crack at the minute. I think I might give it a go! I used to feeder fish on smaller commercial waters and loved it! waiting for the rip round was great fun! I think sonubaits still do the super carp method mix with a decent forum feeder for free in the bag! Theres loads of bits in that mix and give off a really "milky" looking cloud.

Ouchthahurt - Could you kindly tell me how to tie the rythymisadancer rig?

French river fishing is quite simply mind blowing, bearing in mind i live in the north east and coarse fishing isnt the best. My folks have a house in france and i spend a few weeks over there every year fishing for the roach, chub etc but i have since learned that there is some hefty carp in the river in one section and theres always a rod pod set up in someones garden when i go past and figured he was after pike or zander. This year my moms having her 50th birthday party over there and told me im going to have to stay on the campsite down by the river as theres no space in the house, the camp site is the sweet spot which contains the carp, i could hardles say no could i? haha 2 weeks bivvied up by the river, its a hard life.

im pretty much limited to one water as i live in the north east and carp waters are limited to about 3, one of which has so many rules and so many cameras watching you all the time that i dont feel comfortable being there, the second has many high risks of being held at knife point for your kit(sunderland aint that pretty a place) and the third is run by durham AC which is locked gates, nice sized lake and one i fell in love with straight off the bat. Normally ive been fishing commercial match type waters and concentrating on fishing for the carp using corn, hemp tigers and chickpea with good results so im thinking that this would be a place to start. Moneys tight after getting set up with some rods and reels and the like so ill be starting off with corn etc. to keep costs down. Im not expecting it to be easy but cant wait to have one in the net which will be some sign that im doing it correctly haha Cheers once again and sorry for stealing the thread.

cheers for the advice fellas. I realise i need to get down the water and have a chat with a few people too find out what the lake bed is like. ive had an quick look but there was no one to ask any questions. My reason behind choosing the inline was that after reading lots of posts most people said they gave better bite indication. i havent even got started yet and im already parinoid about the carps ability to pick up and bait and eject it without the angler knowing, hence the reason for the best bite indication but i might be getting ahead of myself. ill get down at the weekend and see if i can get some more info and go from there. Bait wise i was wanting to start off with maize, tigers and hemp, with the odd worm thrown in for good measure. would that be a good starting point as im not clued up on boilies and having seen the selection, its just makes it all the more confusing. i did buy some strawberry flavoured ones when i went to woodlands but had little success on them which is why i want to fish something im used to from the coarse angling ive done before. sorry to go off topic here folks.

Im just starting out and im a little confused... After reading many topics about how to start out and what people advise and like to fish themselves i have come the the conclusion that i want to keep things simple and use inline leads over all the other rigs, which in my mind would start to confuse me even more so. The question is.... If im using an inline running lead do i have to use tubing or am i right in thinking that the sleave insert for the inline lead is enough? surely using a lead with no sleave or tubing could cause damage to your mainline risking a snap off? any help would be grand.