Carpbell_ll

I got my camera from cash converters, £30 for a Fuji S2960, they usually have a good selection with prices starting at £20 going up to a few hundred quid, you can find a real good camera and they do a deposit and weekly payment on all their goods. The shop in Nuneaton has some real nice rods in the shop too.

I loves me a bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Seen this style of rig on a YT video, you need to use two crimps on the swivel end, one closed fully the another after it half closed, or the bait will trap between the fluro near the swivel.

Pine pool can really throw up just about anything, I have had some real nice Tench and Bream on previous visits, I once had two big bream out in the space of about ten minutes, wouldn't mind seeing them again as they were monsters, I didn't have a camera on me the last time I caught the bream. Soz for the double post, the site wont let me edit my previous post to add the above?

I really do like to get up to Kingsbury, there was a few other anglers on the water yesterday, I seen one carp come out and another guy had a few Tench and a Pike. The Pike do seem to like the boilies up there. The carp were on the top yesterday afternoon, a few guys tried floater fishing but could not get them to feed.

Had this out at about 7.30PM. had been there all day with no takes from Carp. I was just bringing my rod in to pack away and the pike grabed my boilie, thee hook was just lipped no idea how it stayed on. I have heard that the pike strike at carp anglers bait.

I think the fluro my of done me wrong on Tuesday, I was surprised I didn't catch. I done so well on a fluro braid combi rig last summer I stuck with it all day. Had a similar first day out last year fishing a coated combi rig for most of the day, only last year I tied up a basic super nova rig for the last few hours and had a nice mirror out, think I’m going to tie a few up with the supper nova for next time.

I used a fluorocarbon and braid combi rig for all my fishing last year, will do the same this year too, Fox armapoint ssc size 6 hook. I was using a snake bite hook length, but I prefer the fluorocarbon as it stays tidy and the braid makes for a better hair loop. I use it as I think it is one of the more difficult rigs for the carp to blow out.

City had a win yesterday, first home win since October, should they stick with the caretaker manager or bring in a new guy?

Elvis has left the building Coventry have sacked their manager after slipping into the relegation places, Bad call if to ask me can't see them queuing up for that job, no money and fans that boo their own team, plus the whole SISU out campaign has really split the fans. I haven’t heard of a replacement as yet and it has been a few days now since Pressley left, I can see that club winding up and being no more, there will be riots in this town on that day, locals with pitch forks and burning torches storming the Ricoh.

Seems to me some lakes are bringing in bans just to keep carp anglers off the waters, looked a few venues and can see no reason why they have such rules, one water I'm looking at has a hook size rule, nothing bigger than a size 8. An 18mm boilie would dwarf a size 8 hook, could add up to a lot of blown takes.