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westport some stunners in there. dont no whats happening with goldendale the owner destroyed the place.

What syndicate you trying to get on if you dont mind me askin? If you rather not say no worries!

just my opinion but what it costs for session on blackthorne you can go down the road and buy season ticket and fish for sum proper carp. As for it bin difficult depends what your idea of difficult is ! depends what you after though i soppose. not my idea of carp fishin but each to there own! keep it simple and you will catch em!

if it aint broke dont fix it.

More like the over used choddy

Just reading that fried my head. Why make something so complicated just for sake of it? ill explain one of my favourite set ups. Step 1 tie hook to mainline. Step 2 put bread on hook Step 3 cast out. so simple but so deadly. That set up has caught me a lot of rarely caught fish. The simpler the better. i no it carnt be used all the time the point is just because its simple doesnt mean its not effective. just simplify everything and put your energy in to locating fish.

fair enough as said on other threads it all comes down to confidence. Although the withy pool rig isnt something id use its not as techniqucal as 360. I just like to keep things as simple as possible. I hardly used pop ups at all until i fished a lake called trench my target fish had only been out 3 times in around 20 years i managed to catch it and a some of rarely caught known fish and a few unknowns within a few months while those useing bells and whistle pop up rigs were haveing blank after blank i was top rod by far. Im not trying to big my self up just trying to get across how effective simple rigs can be no need to add swivels here and rings there.

why do people add bells and whistles to present a pop up? Some putty on to standard knotless knot rig jobs a goodun. I just think people over complicate things. To be honest 360 rig just looks awful to me wouldnt even entertain useing it! Dont mean to be patroniseing just my opinion!

This is what happens when rigs become complicated you encounter problems that need not exist imo.

from what you said do you really need to go to france? the boat house at weston park can be rented for a week and is ideal if you want bit of luxery while fishing. buitifull lake lots of 20ties fair few 30ties and a 40. there also other species that never get fished for. Why go catch french carp fishing if an english venue can offer you what your after?

If your fishing a very weedy water and not useing a boat the fish are in far more potencial danger weather theres a leader or not. If you use a boat you land 80 per cent of the fish you hook and get the rig back the other 20 per cent of the time so its the safest way to fish. Not useing leaders is neither here nor dare if the fish is left trailing 50 or hundred yards of line round in a weedy lake. strong gear and a boat will avoid teatherd fish.

Nobody saying chods dont work but the be end all of rigs just cause its in vogue. i think there better to present baits than chods in alot of situations its well over used. As for what i said about not always dropping leads im not talking bout putting the tail rubber on the lead clip overly tight the lead can still eject if need be its no different as open water fishing i dont drop the lead on the take but if the fish got in trouble the lead can still eject its still safe set up. There are weed situations when i would drop the lead on the take but there times when i wont.

i agree with what you say on the rig and presentation side of things but imo you carnt fish really heavy weed properly with out a boat. Also dont think you need to nesseraly drop the the lead if you have boat or even if you havnt sometimes. I think if you keep the lead the pressare is on the lead and not just the hook hold and the fish is less likely to to charge threw multiple weed beds it really depend on the type of weed i think.

ESP sink link and korda N Trap soft both brilliant.

Ive found the best way to use worms is to put 2 lobs directly on to a size 2 hook or 5 or dendrobeinas on to a size 4 or 6 depending how big they are . nice and simple. I find them most effective in clear shallow water or dropping them amongst feeding fish when stalking. i quite often use worms as a boilie stop more attractive than a peice of plastic!

yes mate not so much anymore just odd sesh here and there these days. done 2 seasons on there had the majority of the the decent fish out of there. Had around 50 fish out there altogeather. That was one of the 2 telford waters i was on bout! Proper stunners in there.

Im in telford mate. It all comes down to what you want out your fishing if you want decent syndicate get your name on waitin lists asap. prince albert, mangrove, weston park, acton, ellesmere waters, averton, bowmere, theres a few decent ones out there all long waiting lists. get your name on em my advice. patshalls church a nice place not my sort of place these days lots changed since i was on there but there stil some old originals but alot of stockys now. Telford angling assosation worth looking at for 25 quid there lots of waters to suit all. There not all in idylic country sorroundings but there some nice waters and there safe but if you after 20 plus fish you have to put the time and effort in the better fish are in fairly big lowish stock waters but there some stunners. 2 of there lakes impaticular have some stunning old warriors . There also a couple of lakes about that are never fished that got sum nice fish in them. roll on spring.

My mate martin runs it if you go there he will put you right. dont fish there personally its not my sort of fishing. No a couple of lads who do and they enjoy it. Its nice place secure and well looked after. I dont live all that far away. ware you based?

Save your money and use sunken pike float s there as bouyant as you like there clear plastic very discreet far better than any zig kit and about tenner cheaper pick em up for couple of quid. these kits are a scam dont fall for the marketing. havnt seen the nash ones dont no what they retail at but garantee they wont do anythin a sunken pike float carnt.

Reading that confused me.lol. Simply slide a lead on to the main line followed by a bead. Get a fox sunken pike float they have a peice of black silicon on them slide that on to the mainline tie on a swivel and slide the silobon over the swivel this semi fixes the float. Then simply tie hooklink to the swivel. To stop it tangleing get sum pva foam and fold it over the silicon sleeve and stick the hook threw the foam and it ready to go. Had fish to 37lb plus on this rig.

why not stick to the rigs that have been working so well for you. Dont let abit of silt and debris make you change something thats been working for you. i use the same rigs everyware igo on weedy, silty, or hard bottom ill just change the legthof the rig. balac e out the bait more. At least dont change all your rods over try the chod on one maybe but if something isnt broke dont fix it.

they dont come much more commercial than cudmore.

one things for sure its not in good hands. maybe a local mp will claim the house as a second home and put it on his expences.

Went to look at next years target water other day, its a beast of a water anyway over 150 acres. With the extra water thats on at the moment its over 200 acres!

Thats awesome video. Free lined live pigeon, call me cruel but thats my idea of fun. Be easy to get live baits aswell bag of chips landing net away you go.