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I think one of the urban banx videos is shot there.

I am definitely not too bothered by names. I did have a look on ebay, but hardly any of the adverts contain important information......such as how long the handle is when collapsed down, which surely is a fairly important consideration to people wanting a telescopic landing net handle! The only budget make I would rule out would be linaffe. I had a match fishing handle from these and the thread stripped on its first use when I netted a 12oz skimmer. Let me tell you.....loosing a 12oz skimmer on a canal match in January is probably on a par with loosing a 25lb carp Ive messaged a few of the ebay sellers to check the lengths of their products. Will feed back if I get a response.

I've just brought a set of 9ft nash scopes and a holdall, which are great as they go in the back of the car. The only problem now is that my landing net handle now sticks out the top of the holdall! I am looking for a net handle that is a 2 piece, say 6 to 8ft. The joint needs to be pretty much in the middle, so that the broken down handle lengths (or the longest one at least) is about equal to my holdall (44 inches). I would also like a threaded end so that I could use other nets e.g barbel spoon, rubber net for piking etc. I know nash do a dwarf and scope net, but I am put off for three reasons. 1. the reveiws indicate that they are about as robust as a champagne flute. 2. from what I can tell they do not have a threaded end on the handle, so you cant use another net. 3. It only comes as a set - handle and net and I already have plenty of nets! Ive also heard of the JRC roamer net, I cant tell if this can only be used with their net, or if it has a standard threaded attachment? Also, only seems to be availble as a 'set'. Any recomendations or further info on the above would be appreciated? I dont mind secondhand /ebay etc. I am normally a tightarse, buying a set of scopes was out of character!

Thanks for the info. I sent a pm. Its good to hear that the carp arent too difficult.... subject to finding them I guess!

Good to hear from another likeminded soul! I wasnt expecting to get many runs on this topicn Canal-wise the stretches you mention were pretty much what I was thinking of. I know of a couple that have come out in the last year in matches and I have been smashed pole fishing a couple of times. There is a lot of promising looking pegs at Kilby, what with all the moored up boats. There are also a couple of spots at Crow mills, with some nice lilly pads that look promising. There is a fairly obvious looking marina out at debdale, but that is on another club book. Between kilby and debdale I dont know the canal that well, there are a couple of turning bays, but I dont think much in way of permanent moored boats, which I think are probably the major attraction for a canal carp. Cartainly out this way I would be more inclined to be quite mobie, searching out the fish, whereas at kilby/crow mills I think I'd be fairly confident where the fish were. Something that has changed in the last couple of years is the proliferation of signal crayfish. I have some maples and general particles that I was going to bait with, but I think the crays will make mincemeat of these. I was thinking of getting some tiger nuts and/or peanuts.

After catching a carp from the Soar at the back end of last summer, I am planning a bit of a mini campaign for this spring/summer. I've not got a very long attention span for fishing lakes for days on end without catching, I prefer short sessions either early or after work and also the buzz of not knowing what will come out. I am not looking for venue advice as such, as I fish a few matches and pleasure fishing on the canal, so I have a fairly good idea of where the carp should be. I know there are a lot of fish at the loughborough end, but I am planning on fishing closer to home (leicester city) as I want to prebait/fish lots of short sessions and I dont want to spend my time driving across town. Is anyone else local into this kind of fishing....? or fancy meeting up... Part of my preperation involved the purchase of a set of 3 nash scope 9ft rods today for the tight towpath swims.