Ginger9991

I have a deeper pro+, used it during winter to map out the lake as my fishing is all after work so at that time of year, Was useful in the respect that it confirmed the depths i believed i was fishing in, It also showed me 1 or 2 features i had been missing. Its benefitted me more with my Zig fishing as if i turn up real late then i already know the depth in front of me and i can start working the zigs......Its probably not been out of my bag for 3 or 4 months now.

So looks like i have managed to get some 9ft dwarf 3.5tc rods and a holdall for a decent price. Any recommend a 2 piece net? managed to get 2 rods and the holdall for £130 which i didnt think was bad.

Oh and also in terms of a bank stick or tripod?

cheers

Thanks Nige i will have a look, I have been reading it doesnt have a timer for continuos photo bursts, Is this correct? or is there something you can buy so it takes a photo every x seconds...knowing what im like getting a fish to stay still it would be real useful! also regarding lighting at night, Are you using anything?

Cats love a Zig believe it or not.

looking to bite the built and buy a proper camera so looking for suggestions. Something that will automatically take the photos and have a front facing screen would be great... Budget.... £500 max but if i can go cheaper i will because im tight!

So have fished this lake a bit as a day ticket water as recently as the beast from the east. Im a bit gutted its becoming a club ticket as i mainly go there when my water is spawning or rammed. The lake itself it lovely, The fish in there are in great condition. Its owned by a match angler so theres loads of F1's and smaller carp in there however there are a few chunks in there 30lb+, i have had a few 28lb. The fish are in great condition. I wont be getting a ticket as i pay £160 for CAPS and i still have target waters on there to finish however i did really consider it...and still am depending on my mood. I do think £250 is a bit steep. Never met the woman, But i have met the owner and the baliff "lofty" who is a nice enough bloke.

I have the Free Spirit E class with 50mm butt rings and 3.25tc. Awesome rods. Dont think you can go wrong with Free Spirit.

Thanks lads will have a look. The stuff im using at the moment was only cheap and the amount of frapping it does is insane!

Any recommendations? I notice the Korda stuff is like £40 whilst Whiplash is only £28? looking to fill the spool with it.

It’s 19 odd wraps again. I just to be able to try the set up out really, there will be a mid water spot so maybe I should be looking to use the helicopter set up there instead. I always fish tight lines. Just can’t get semi slack sitting right and also I get paranoid that I’m missing out

Hi Guys, So this weekend on the lake i will be fishing i can use 3 rods, And i feel like adding the helipcopter rig to my armoury. So i will be fishing to an island which is about 2 ft deep, I have fished pop ups to it before and have been out fished by bottom/balanced baits SO, im going to use a Helipcopter set up with a bottom bait.....What hook lenghs would people suggest for this (little to no weed or silt). Im kinda thinking i dont want my rig drapping over the lead on the cast as i might get tangles, I also dont want my rig to be fair away from the lead as distance from the island is key. THANKS ALL!

Hii all, So having spent the weekend chucking 19 wraps on 2.5tc rods i have decided i need some new rods for the job. So whilst i was making 19wraps, It sometimes took a few casts, it wasnt the most accurate and adding a small PVA bag made it....a bit of a mere. I have a Free Spirit CTX spod/marker and that was making 19 wraps with great accuracy.....which is a waste of time if my rods are not accurate. So i have been looking at the free spirit range, And to be honest im a bit lost. Whilst i love the orange and look of the CTX rods, I have noticed they are at the lowest price point, The E and the Lite S are a little bit more expensive....So better?? I dont intend on buying rods very often so they need to last. Anyway, Anyone using free spirit rods recommend them? whilst ideally i would like to try them out, Its hard to find a shop with them all in and i think waiting for a session with Mark might take an age. Also TC.....I will be keeping my Greys prodigy 2.5tc rods as they are lovely (in my opinion) should i be looking at 3.25 or 3.5 with 50mm butt rings, These rods may need to do some bag work...... Obviously out of all this im aware my technique can be improved and obviously but casting further i am working on it, but higher TC rods will make fishing at range a whole lot more comfortable at the moment!

Its all about the car spares for me! Leads, Spods, Sweetcorn, Some shelf life boilies, random end tackle, All hiding in with the spare wheel. saying that i have about 10 leads with me, mixture of sizes and shapes.

Cheers Yonny. I did have a rig out there with a size 6 but typically that rod remained silent all night. I still use 8's for most of my fishing so jumping to 6 was quite a jump, let alone 4's!

How come the price has dropped so much?

So, Went full Korda last night. I recently brought my dad all the gear they use for the ronnie rigs they were using (at his request), And because im a good son...and i knew he would ask anyway i tied a ton up for him. Stole a few for myself as well to have a little go. Done the night on a bit of a runs water, Had 2 bites 1 fish i guess was about 6 and maybe one a scraper double by the looks of it.....but i bumped them both off under the rod tip. So i dont usually lose many fish at all, and without landing one of these i couldnt tell where the hook hold was (both bites were at night) so im a bit confused. I was using about 7" of boom onto a size 6 (i know the korda vids were using bigger hooks, but for the stamp of fish i didnt really think it neccessary. I didnt drop the lead otherwise this place would cost a fortune! so i was just wondering if thats a bit of a characteristic of a flurocarbon hooklink or if something else could have been wrong. Going to have to get back to that lake again and play about with longer hook links and bigger hooks..... 7" is surely long enought though....confused!

Have a look on Adam Pennings twitter his going mad about these and the damage they do to the fish. I have to admit he seems like a decent bloke in front of the camera's but on his twitter page he does come across as very up his own bum and not the most...friendly of blokes. I havent used these hooks, so i have no opinion.

I have been looking at the Extricator for ages and i would buy them HOWEVER, You cant get a rod back for them. I have been in touch with wychwood and they dont plan to do one as its "to expensive in the current market". They also mentioned to me that there reel placement means its wont fit into most genic 9 ft bags. So i havent brought them!

So excuse my ignorance. I have been using 10lb like with a 35lb shock leader with my spod rod... I recently snapped the line due to a knot and since then i have been putting out the spod with braid....A really rubbish braid i believe as it knots quite often..... So im looking at new line for the spod and i was wonder what people thought was best, Mono with a shock lead or braid with the shock leader. I was shocked when i looked at the korda braid A) by the price and B) seeing the diameter was smaller then Mono. So what do people recommend? Im not the best distance caster, so i want something that can do a good job casting!

That's pretty much how I fish now, but on a much smaller water. that 11AM start is a bonus I would have to be off by 7/8am. I just think I would be doing myself a favour if I waited til I had more time to properly have a go at the lake. I might have a little walk again, See if I can find the rest of the entrances at least. How much is a ticket on there now?

I have only been for a walk around Ardleigh once, Saw a guy fishing who said he was currently on a 40 night blank and if I remember rightly he was set up near the main enterance where the boats were? I tried to walk from there around the lake but found fences, Got in the car and tried to find the other car parks which I couldn't find (I'm useless)....ended up driving home. Would love to do a campaign on that but I wont have the time to put the required effort in for a few years I don't think.....even though I do drive past it every day....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=jkEewRH3KMY heres one I found from the caps page. Didn’t notice any carp but I only scanned the video.

Oh really? I will have a look bc. Dal meet you down there in 5 mate.... just need to make sure people won’t think I’m dogging....