Ddgx

Could be. I'll try nab a photo of it tomorrow if I'm allowed near my tackle box.

What I've noticed with this korda stuff is at the point where I strip the coating off I get some discoloration. Almost like it's altering or removing some of the colouring from the braid itself. It's only very slight but I end up with a hook length that has a few patches that have gone silvery coloured instead of black. Assuming it's not the coin I'm using rubbing off on the braid, unlikely.

... I buy uncoated braid, I melt down £50 notes, mix it with pva glue and use it to coat the braid myself.

I find I can pull the coating off with a nail once I've made an initial break. It's that initial incision, back of some scissors! Will give it a try, knew there'd be an obvious answer!

This should probably be in the stupid questions thread, but hey, I'd rather shamelessly plod towards a life better educated than sit here all quiet and stupid! So, what's the best way of stripping coated hooklink material, without accidentally chewing through some of the braid itself (which is what I seem to be doing 50% of the time) ? Cheers. Dan.

Some of what I retrieved was real gunk but mostly whole leaves. Unsurprising, that time of the year isn't it. The lead, immediately after being cast (3oz) was pretty well buried in the deeper water, definitely silty. I've got 1 week to think long and hard about this, tie some test rigs. Most importantly, haven't been this excited about fishing a water in ages! The mystery! Well exciting!

Hello everyone. Appreciate all the replies. It does have an inlet and outlet. The 'inlet' is however barely noticeable, it appears from under some thick overhanging trees somewhere lower than bank level. A bit tricky to describe. Adjacent the inlet/trees is a very shallow area where the water hardly moves and I noticed it did indeed smell up that end. The outlet end was deeper water and there was a fair old gush feeding the stream. I am contemplating visiting a couple of times in the week for some pre - baiting... And now, perhaps some raking!

Dear all. I'm hoping to get some help selecting some appropriate end tackle. I'm fishing a new water, after a recky yesterday it is clear that the bottom of the lake is almost exclusively covered in twigs, leaves, leaf goo. Almost every cast with the marker float was returning debris. I should say the fish in this particular water are an unknown to me, I would be quite happy to catch single figure fish which I know are there for sure because I saw them loitering in the summer. There might be larger. Might. I've no real idea how many fish are present. The water is quite small, very well established but not pressured, far from it. Despite that, the person responsible for the lake alledges that the fish are difficult to catch - frankly this might just be because no one really targets them with any conviction so I'm not giving that bit of info much weight. So, in my mind a pop-up of some sort seems logical to make sure bait is visible and hook point not snagged up. Although, I have to say another part of my brain wonders if a pop-up bait is going to seem suspect or unnatural to fish who aren't used to being fished for? Opinions? I plan to fish one rod boilie, one rod real/synthetic corn. I feel like we're still in between warm and bitterly cold weather so the bait selection is meant to cover both bases (as far as water temperature affecting fish desire to eat particular baits is concerned) . I feel like I'm over thinking things, I can't settle on a hair rig that suites all the factors in play. I can't help but feel like simplicity would be beneficial here somehow. Does such a rig exist that is braid for the main part, mono for the 'popped up' length? (bolt rig, safety clip). Braid with some putty to lay flat over the undulating bed, mono for best chance of invisibility and for a bit more stiffness? Sorry, long post I know!

Was having a cast around the internet to try and find the fishing rules published online, and found an interesting account of the history of the park instead. Including an answer to the wall mystery - it looks very much like it's a 'Ha-Ha' for containing the dear that used to live on the estate. As a former student of Architecture I should really have worked that out! Probably not, but could be as old as 1758. Links; Park History: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/a-e/danburyparkresearch.pdf A bit on Ha-ha's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

Dad lives in Great Baddow, I do know where you mean regarding The Mill (just checked it out on Google Earth too). I also know the rhododendrons and over hanging trees you mean. Almost certainly would have put a rod there as a first choice. Do you remember the bit of wall adjacent? Still there. Would love to know what it's original purpose was? Could have just been something relating to directing water into that particular pool I suppose? Well, the weather is closing in now so I'm not sure if this is really the place to go winter carp fishing - but they have a closed season there so perhaps ill try and get a few days in before they shut up shop in March. Thanks for the replies!

Hey there! Delighted there's been a response from someone who's actually fished there! Do you mind me asking how many years ago we are talking? I probably forgot to say, I did fish there myself when I was much younger but floating for perch on the bottom lake. Man, you could catch a million perch in a single day there! Anyway, 15lb on the bottom lake? I know that's not big by some peoples standards but I would wet my pants if I caught a double figure fish from that lake! How exciting! You know, I was there once just for a walk and bumped in to a ranger, I'm certain sure she said fish had been moved but she was very vague and I couldn't quite follow if she was saying fish were moved off site or down to the fishable lake. The mill, syndicate water is it not? This is wetting my appetite for a stint at Danbury to see what's left there!

Just did a search for 'Danbury' and found this thread. I'm sad that you never got a reply, because I have similar ponderings about these waters. My dad also used to cycle to Danbury as a boy to fish (from Billericay, must have taken ages). I don't know what it is about those lakes, probably because they're so well established and nestled in that ancient woodland they have a certain mystery about them. I'm fascinated by them and also wanted to catch a Danbury park carp. I'll fish it some day, I'm not even all that bothered about how big they are, I'd just love to catch one. Nowadays you can't fish the medium size lake (one nearest the car park) or the biggest lake. The big lake just because of its age must have some 20's at least I would guess? The only lake you can fish now is the very small one furthest from the car park. I have seen carp in there this summer, I'd hazard a guess that they were about 5lb at most. There was a handful of them. I'd love to hear from anyone whose ever caught one from any of the lakes. I have a feeling you may only be allowed to fish one rod, I could be wrong, just to make things that bit harder