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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

WHAT no steaming kettle I am disappointed Pair for belting fish though mate

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

I haven't been but the gents at the carp cast have a friend that runs this place don't know if it will suit your needs but it is plugged at families http://www.stamandleisure.com/thehouse.html Oh and welcome to the forum

Like the others have said I wouldn't right it off, angling pressure in other areas bit of sunlight in the right area, I would have a creep along your far margin if that's where the sunlight hits also try exploring the edges of the shallows where it starts to meet the deeper water if you have access to that piece of water. Oh and tight lines fella

I think the reasons for the kranks opening could be to do with the way hook seems to act on most common rigs when hooking the fish therefore exerting more pressure on the bend due to its aggressive pattern. Double post sorry please remove 1 mods

I think the reasons for the kranks opening could be to do with the way hook seems to act on most common rigs when hooking the fish therefore exerting more pressure on the bend due to its aggressive pattern.

Do you use a kicker on the pin

That explains why I am still stuck on the theory and mix results in the practicals

I wouldn't say it has to be in that position before it goes in but it needs at least the ability to flip into that position quickly, so with a D Rig as the bait is mounted on the ring as soon as you pick the bait up the hook will hang down, in the case of a rig that uses a kicker as soon as the bait is picked up the job of the kicker is to flip the hook. As with most things in this game 2 steps back 3 steps forward