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Some belting fish there fella

The best bit of advice I can give you is pop down your best local tackle dealer and go and pick a few up and get a feel for the rod, we have had several budget rod threads and all usually throw up a multitude of different answers and people have found one recommendation better than the other because it feels better for them Personally I can recommend both the Fox Warriors and Sonik Blacks as good budget rods, others have found the Shimano Tribals excellent value. With regards to test curve I will leave it for the lads that fish the method feeder on a more regular basis, but im guessing that it will depend heavily on the sixe of feeders you intend to use

The old bunch of worms under a bubble float

This is the reason I shy away from busy waters, it comes at the expense that i don't get to fish fro the bigger fish in the area but nothing winds me up more than knowing where the fish are, paying good money and being able to get nowhere near them. Sounds like a pretty good back up plan to me

I think from what you have been describing and how busy the lake is you need to move on any opportunities you get, just think of it as learning rather than a blank as I am sure if that happens again you will be packed up and round to the vacated swim if it gives you an advantage

So its clear from what you have posted they seem to like a fresh SW wind, im guessing those swims around the point are the most popular

So from looking at your map the shallows are the north end of the lake ? Looking at where people of caught from the fish have been using that point to negotiate there way into the shallow bay ?

Danny boy open your wallet and let me help myself Although I have to admit being interested in the new bank wear though depending there isn't to much carp tax on them.

He's planning a full series of them I believe all based on course species not just carp. He's not a half bad angler either.

For those of us that have younger children or grand children and you want to read them a carp bedtime story look this one up, its not released till the end of May, but I am friends with the author so have had a sneaky peek. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Colin-Carp-Alan-Harrison/dp/1785549626

After Nick's sterling review, Ive been using Pro in Dark and Light Blend ever since, excellent line for the money.

Go Neal Go Neal

You need to make the decision of weather you are a suited to fishing under a brolly or not, I love fishing under a brolly (i use a supa brolly compact) but I know a lot of people that don't, from a bivvy prospective the Trakker SLXv2 and most of the chub bivvies fall into this bracket. As for a bedchair I have heard good reports about the Fox R2 Bedchair and my boy has a Trakker Flat 6 Compact which is very comfy, the only complaint I have about the flat 6 is the leg extensions are short so if you are fishing on lakes that have not so flat terrain then you might hit issues getting it level.

Its one of most efficient rigs I have used John, both version proper nail em

Probably more down to personal preference, I have them set with eye just lifted slightly off the bottom (using a D Rig, or Hook Ring Swivel and Bead set near the eye), as the bait causes the eye to be lighter therefore the hook point is heavier, which in turn makes the hook sit in the optimum hook position when the bait is sucked in. Thats how it goes in my head anyway , Im sure others will have there own favoured method for presenting this type of bait but this mine.

Worms under a bubble float are awesome for that a nice healthy bunch

Have to agree with you mufty I really enjoyed Euro Banx 2 also on the Nash DVD is his session on Redmire which i also enjoyed

Go get em Neal You will have to periscope any captures ... lol (signal and data allowing of course )

Sort of right, a carp is constantly passing water through its nostrils, certain attractors dissolving into the water causes them to react and try and locate the source (IMO the best way to utilise amino's), I am guessing here but it would make sense that these baits have a highly attractive, highly soluble crust on them which achieves the above. Anyway back to talk about Bayeswater

First time I have seen anyone mention these they look interesting. But like yonny says these wont catch fish alone, the theory behind these sort of things is when the fish move over the bait the hookbait grabs there attention and ends up being one of the first taken rather than the last. I agree with most of this, there is a debate in the final bit but that really would be splitting hairs and I don't think its worth it, I think bait gives you so many options with regards to the feeding situations you can create, but you can't do that until you have a picture of what is going on

If this is the case I would switch as the weather starts warming up if its not doing it at the minute then I would stay as you are for now. With regards to switching to a pop up I would keep it as low as possible but thats a personal opinion. If your not fishing to far out a little tip for your boilies, try hydrating your baits before you use them to the point they will not take anymore liquid on board it stops them taking on the stink silt smell

To me it doesn't make sense to switch mate at the minute, if your bottom baits start coming back tinted the colour of the silt or smelling rank then i would look at switching, but until the keep reaping the rewards and just keep the helicopter idea for if the above starts happening.

I have to agree with CM, If your catching why change A multi rig would work fine with a helicopter setup, have your current catches been on pop ups Another thing to remember the helicopter rig generally doesn't leave the rig lying how most people think the rig generally lies parallel to the lead. But like CM said if your catching then you must be presenting bait already

Neal did you find the one that I linked in this thread http://www.carp.com/topic/21804-baitworks-boilies/

Well seeing as you seem to know a great deal about this sort of thing, that can only be a good news, providing like you said they don't mess up the production process Funnily enough I saw the vid for these yesterday and was going to ask you about them. luckily you beat me to it