rossmc

Has anyone got any information regarding english ran lakes around this area, im travelling down to my folks house in august and wanted to have a few days on a nice lake. Any help would be great.

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.