keeno86

for me it would have to be the standard knotless knot hair rig for bottom presentation. id use a wide gape hook pattern for this and n trap soft hooklink material, i like to use a kicker or small piece of heat shrink on this hook as it turns much more aggressively. for my second rig it would have to be Darrel pecks pop up rig, its the most simple pop up rig you can tie (easily found on a google search). for this rig i would use a choddy hook and n trap stiff hooklink material. for me the 2 hooklinks above cover just about any presentation i need to, and tie my other favorite rigs. as for the hooks, the wide gape pattern has landed me more fish than anything else, although i have to say that i have played with the krank hook and im a big fan of that also. as for the choddy hook for pop ups, ive found nothing that sits better. a note on the wide gape, i used korda kaptors first, they very the sharpest hooks ive had straight out of the packet but i did have more than a few bend on me, i now use the wide gape x from korda, ive never had any issues with that hook.

beat me to it spr, interesting.

Thanks cm. im not after the fish finder part of it, i want to see the features as you say and depth. i know this is all achievable with a marker float but i find myself getting more and more into the finer details these days, want to know exactly whats down there. on my current lake my favorite swim in a tiny bit of water, now im using my distance sticks and clipping up religiously ive found that even though i know the average depth and i know this lake is just clay and silt with next to know weed ive found 2 spots, literally a dustbin lid in size that have produced the best session of my life, best out of anyone who i have fished with on this lake, and they have been fishing it for years. but literally a foot outside these 2 tiny spots and nothing. its doing my head in, there is no difference in depth or lake bottom. now im thinking about it i think id be better off with that fish spy camera jobby.

hey guys, i was reading some articles on marker floats last night, i stumbled across one in which an angler mentioned a "humminbird smartcast", after having a look at them and seeing exactly what it was, its a depth finder/fish finder. im not interested in the whole fish finder part, but really like the whole depth finder part. i nearly purchased the deeper one a few months back, but at over £150 it was just to much. ive found these humminbird smartcast ones for nearly half that. anyone used one or have any info?

hey guys, i was having a chat with a mate last night. we have both been looking at a change in lake which would mean we need our first spod and marker set ups. after doing loads of reading, a fair bit of it on older threads on here ive come to the conclusion that we dont need a shock leader, just go for a higher breaking strain braid. from what ive read more than few people use 30lb braid on its own. this got me thinking, why not use a 50lb or 80lb, surely it would be stronger and make loosing spombs/spods less likely. but my mate said that if that was the case then why doesnt everyone use 50lb or 80lb. its widely availible, very cheap stuff. this got me thinking, could it be thats its just overkill, maybe it will effect distance. its one of them questions that got us both coming up with different answers so i thought it best to ask on here before committing to a certiain breaking strain. so my questions are: am i right in presuming that most people dont use shockleaders? what is the most commonly used breaking strain? (we are both looking at large spombs) if people are using only braid then why are people not using the heaviest breaking strain they can get away with? thanks, keeno!

ive got a corn snake, as there is no swearing on here i cant tell you her name, she is an evil little thing. ill try get a pic up in a bit, but she`ll probably eat the camers lol.

hope you are enjoying your holiday mate! love the praying mantis and if i see that spider in the first pic running around the room id be hiding under the blankets while the missus deals with it. at the moment she is a sub adult, still bigger than most normal tarantulas, she currently destroys large locusts and dubai roaches, she will eat 5 in one sitting is i let her. as for when she gets bigger ill be feeding much the same tbh, ill give her pinky (frozen mice) once a month as a treat but that sort of thing if fed to regular will cause more issues than its worth in some of the larger tarantulas. im currently looking to get the goliath birtd eater, its the largest in the world, mine is the second largest in the world. there are a few bird eating species out there that will all reach over 20cm.

thought id share my creepy crawlys. the best bit im actually petrified of anything with 8 legs lol firstly my burgandy goliath bird-eating tarantula, still a baby at the moment but can grow to 25cm, her name is freya. and secondly my much smaller Chilean rose tarantula who my daughter named barbie lol.

im a fluro guy so cant comment on braid or mono. what i will say is i like to use the heaviest possible line i can get away with, this will depend on your lake choice, my current lake has cats to over 100lb, ive never caught one but if i did i like to think my line is up to the job. if i lost a fish due to having line that wasnt up to the job id be kicking my self for years to come because you never know if thet fish will be the biggest to grace you landing net.

ive got them, yes they are expensive but they do look good. they have 2 types of attachment, you can set them running or semi fixed. very nice bit of kit.

Didn't even know that bed exsisted, I just paid the same amount for the carpzone lake lounger plus and its smaller. The wideguy may have to go on my Xmas list.