hutch

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

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

Like I said I can't tell you weather your right or wrong , I can only tell what I found from using stiff D rigs last year which was the rig performed better with bait close to the hook, with the hook laid on the bottom with a stiff section you need some to put the hook in that prime position point down, IMO the hook will get pulled in flat as is as the stiff material does not turn unless something flips it, you need to tie 1 up and attach a bait then just try picking the bait up from various angles and watch what the hook does when you move the bait, remember that the suck and blow feeding part happens very quick so the hook need to react in a way that suits this.

Rig master I am not but will offer my thoughts on this one. First off looking at the crank i can maybe see where beanz problems came from with them, I would hazard a guess that the hook lacks movement in the mouth and gets its hold via a very nasty grab and twist movement so i would go with a different hook pattern like you suggest. I presume like Nick suggested you are going to whip a soft hair material on for the hair For me a stiff section and long hair are very inefficient as IMO it restricts the movement of the hook in the mouth, for me stiff sections work better with the bait closer to the hook either D rigged or via a hook ring swivel on the shaft held by a bead (not sure well this would work with a snowman untested but works fine with a wafter or pop up). This is what i am currently playing around with In this example the hook bead is set to high (only realised after taken the pic ) and is set for a pop up, but you can use it with a wafter by sliding the bead closer to the eye, on the bottom it sit with eye slightly cocked by the buoyant bait leaving the hook point heavy so no matter which direction the bait is picked up from the hook will point down into the hooking position and the little bit of exposed braid should give it enough to grab hold (in theory ). The hook is attach to the eye with a grinner with the coating still on so it kind of extends the shank, also the coating is left on for the section under the shrink tube to help it hold its shape. The above was designed to give you a couple of things to think about rather than this is the way you should go. Now for your rig you were going to attach a separate supple hair would it not make sense to tie the hook on with a conventional knot rather no knotting it to the shank and then whipping over the top again, I have found this makes the section round the eye very bulky.

Not carpy unless it is pooping the bait all over the mat

Whilst we have a thread open about Baitworks its nice to see Mark Bryant (he owns Baitworks) back on his feet after his near death accident

Have a read of the link i posted The 2 baits are different MR is designed for year round use as where Atlantic Heat is designed for use in the warmer months.