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Any lake with what your after in the midlands or anyware for that matter is going to busy on weekend particularly if recommended on a forum. Baden hall could be worth a look defonately be busy though. if you want quiet waters you going to have to go out and find them and be prepared for lower stocked harder lakes otherwise get used to the crowds!

Christchurch linch hill one of best day ticket waters in the country for a 30 and there stunners you even in with a chance of a 40.

A knotless knot hair rig has always been consistant and realible for me but although simple its the tweakes to suit the situation make simple rigs so effective ie long hair, short hair, big hook, small hook, soft material stiffer material blow back or fixed hair understanding when to ring these changes will out fish all these bells and whistle rigs all day long Imo.

Looks awful wouldn't even entertain casting that out. Just keep things simple.

Ware in west mids are you based.

There plenty around west mids but nobody in there right mind going to tell you about them. Get on google earth and do some leg work you will find some.

There is that side to linear and tand it's not some ware I'd spend a lot of time but there some proper nice old fish in St John's and manor and every now and then it's some ware to go with a mate ware u can get a few fish and be in with chance of nice old 40lber. If I go oxford I'd always go to linch hill now it's a busy day ticket these days but it's just an awesome place but I do enjoy fishing the quiet lakes ware it's me against the fish but there getting fewer and fewer these days.

I turn up to a lake and if nothing showing ill spend as much time as day light hours allow doing laps of the lake just watching for signs of fish or get on a peg that gives me a lot of scope. If i still see nothing showing then ill look at the conditions and make an educated guess on the best peg to spend the nite. Then I'm up at first light watching the lake ill bring the rods at around 10 am or maybe earlier if it's warm and walk the lake all day or until I see something I spend very little time sitting behind rods between 10 am and dusk between April and sept I always go stalking or I'm looking for an opertunity unless it looks good for a bite behind the rods which is rare on a lot of the waters I fish. No matter what time of day or night rain or shine if I see something show and I feel I'm in the wrong spot ill move. Ive moved at 2am in the pouring rain and caught my target fish within 20 mins of moving. Effort equals reward.

Brasenose is ok if you want catch simmos but the proper fish are in manor , St John's and Hardwick. The worst thing you can do is choose a lake before you get there and fish it just for the sake of fishing it. If you can't get on the fish on manor then look at St John's or Hardwick and get on fish. Stay mobile stalking, baiting spots walking and watching really work at it. Majority of anglers on linear are campers there so predictable turn up fill it in then there a slave to the peg because they have put in 100 quid worth of bait in. The biggest edge you can have on linear is effort.

Had walk around manor yesterday on way back from linch looked pretty bleak on there tbh. Just fish with what you feel confident with. The linear fish have seen everything. wouldn't let the blank bother you to much unless other people were catching because every ware seems difficult at the moment the high pressure didn't do us any favours at all. Keep things simple get on the fish and you will catch them I don't think there fussy when it comes to bait.

Some good carp in severn down them ways most lakes around there are match orientated. Severn properly the best big carp water around there.

Linch hill is the best day ticket around orchids is nice but the linch fish are on anouther level. Both hard work to get any ware near the fish on a week end though to be honest linch will be a struggle to get on at all unless you get there thurs night or first thing friday morn to be honest I ovoid oxford on wkend.

I've fished it couple times no best pegs the best peg is ware the fish are on the day. Owner doesn't reserve pegs it's first come first serve. It's not the hardest water find the fish and keep rigs simple standard hair rig bottom baits worked for me. If it's warm when you go make sure you take some floaters. It's nice lake well run and some nice old carp in there can get weedy in summer so be prepared for weedy conditions if you go in the warmer months.

So rather than go abroad stay in UK and fish for fish that are from abroad surely may aswel just go abroad and fish them in the waters they belong in!

A slack line doesn't help indication but imo a semi slack line does because you have a drop on your indicator there for it has more travel upwards with a tight line it has hardly any travel upwards so indicator can not do what it's there for which is move up and down. I don't no what you base your theory of fish using big leads to throw hooks threw many hours if watching fish feed over baited rigs the fish gets away with picking rigs up before the lead even moves no matter what lead set up used bit when they do make a a mistake a bolt rig nails them. Carp arnt the most subtle of fish when hooked anyway reading some posts on here you would think carp hardly move when nailed which does happen occasionally but even so even a fish that doesn't give a vicious take still gives indication bolt rig or not. Generally carp takes are savage or mine are anyway we not fishing for bream or roach.

A slack line doesn't help indication but imo a semi slack line does because you have a drop on your indicator there for it has more travel upwards with a tight line it has hardly any travel upwards so indicator can not do what it's there for which is move up and down. I don't no what you base your theory of fish using big leads to throw hooks threw many hours if watching fish feed over baited rigs the fish gets away with picking rigs up before the lead even moves no matter what lead set up used bit when they do make a a mistake a bolt rig nails them. Carp arnt the most subtle of fish when hooked anyway reading some posts on here you would think carp hardly move when nailed which does happen occasionally but even so even a fish that doesn't give a vicious take still gives indication bolt rig or not. Generally carp takes are savage or mine are anyway we not fishing for bream or roach.

Possibly they are fishing slack lines with back leads although i dont see many people fishing this way. Do they have a drop on there swingers if so then they might be. The reason i fish semi slack with bk leads is because even when using back leads line can still be off the bottom unless the lake bed is perfectly flat which very few are. Secondly if you dont have a drop on the indicator it carnt indicate properly and its my opinion that semi slack lines offer more indication anyway. You will notice how i mention semi slack apposed to slack line. The difference between a semi slack and a completely slack line is massive doesnt give any advantage to fidh real slack it gives poor indication and offers no advantages imo. But like all things in carp fishing there always some who have to take things to such an extreme it becomes detromental to there angling. As for tangles with lead clips foam, stringers ect stop that i use supple hook links majority of the time never have issues with tangles.

Yea still get indication on drop backs if you use the rigjt indicator and set it properly. I use semi slack lines with fox swinger arms if you get a drop bk you get a couple of bleeps which isnt alot but its enough to get your attention, you have a couple of bleeps tighten swinger if its wont tighten you no you had drop back. 99 times out of hundred the takes are savage anyway. Personally im gutted slack lines have become main stream it was a massive edge up until around 6 or 7 years ago and people would look at you like you were a loo. Now them very same people are useing slack lines.

Completely agree.

You dont always want to listen to your teachers NM because there talking rubbish. Semi slack lines semi fixed rigs is what i use for majority of my fishing. Semi slack lines increase indication no matter what your lead set up is because haveing a drop on your indicator gives it more travel which allows it to do what its meant to which is indicate. Sometimes i use semi slack lines back leads and semi fixed leads your teachers would proberly say thats stupid but my album says different.

Korda N trap soft is best coated braid by far imo!

Korda N trap soft is best coated braid by far imo!

Thats the polititions job but thats opening a big can of worms and going completely off topic.lol.

Alot korda haters have just spent to much time watching Thinking Tackle. People moan about the advertiseing but they watch endless hours off free dvds and Korda programmes what do you expect. The haters also get annoyed when the tactics they have learnt from there arm chairs dont work when they go fishing. Its not poor water craft its kordas fault.lol.