[carp method]

thanks smalltincup youve helped allot ill use the rig you gave me and try it out ill tell you how it does

[new to fly fishing]

Ive ordered an abu inticer rod and mullarkeys line (not mill end). Take a look on mullarkeys web site some good savings, okuma graphite fly reel, 11.20 fully salt water proof. Also on bosfish you can get a shakespeare pro reel 8 quid.

 

ok so its not as expensive as i thought it was

[carp method]

Hi

 

I think the reason that you blanked is not your presentation ie rig set up, but the bait you used. I used to have the same problem where i would use a different hook bait compared to my groundbait.

 

What I found worked well was to match my hookbait to my ground bait, ie if you are fishing boilies on the hook use them as your freebies and vice versa if you use pellets. That way the carp are not wary about taking your hook bait as its the same as the freebies you have provided.

 

STC

 

so should i cut up the boilies or just use hole boilies

also which size boilies and which flavour should i use

[carp method]

i used a simple rig just a ledger with a hair rig with spicy shrimp boilies and 4 mll pellets for ground bait..... still cant believe i blanked

[new to fly fishing]

all this information is great

i may have to wait a while before i can start because of a tight budget.

but if any one could tell the average price of the recommended rod and reels it would be great

[carp method]

hiya all

this is the report

i (carphead07 freinD) had 2 tench were as he blanked but he lost 1 right at the very start and he mised 1

my first tench came in very easy and it was 2 lb but my second tench came on carpheads tackle because the fish pulled his rod in the water and he couldnt get it soo i stripped off to my boxer shorts and t shirt to get in the lake which is surprisingly warm and i had to walk through 1 foot deep silt 2 get the rod he wouldnt come in the water to play the fish and by the time i had got the fish to the bank it was knackered so h netted it but good thing was it was my pb tench 5lb 4oz it beat my previous record by 2 oz and i got a photo of me holding the fish in the lake so not a bad day all in all

tight lines

jay

 

fish theif

[new to fly fishing]

hello there fishermen

 

i never usually use this forum as i like to do carp and sea fishing but i was watching Matt Hayes fly fish for trout on the T.V earlier this week and it inspired me to want to start it.

now first thing is that i do not no any thing about fly fishing and thats why Ive started this topic.

now all i want is to no what gear i need just to start

secondly i would like to no how to catch a trout on a fly

also while watching the T.V it looked quite hard to keep all the line in order with out it getting tangled so i would like to no how to avoid that

 

all help is appreciated

 

mike Finlay

[keep nets ?]

Because they can. Simple as that. You see here that there are differences of opinion on whether they do any harm or not. If the owner of the fishery thinks they are (or just might be) harmful, he is within his rights to ban them. Over the years, there have been plenty of bans of this or the other on very flimsy evidence, from hemp to bloodworm.

 

OK so its a matter of opinion IE. if the owner feels that keep nets harm the fish than they'll ban them

[carp method]

good luck to you

 

STC

 

ill give you a report as I'm fishing in this new lake tomorrow

[keep nets ?]

OK

 

just another quick question ....

 

if keep nets do not harm the fish than why do some lakes ban them ???

[fishing license]

i think that if there gonna bring out that stupid law than they should make one all round fishing license for every type of fishing otherwise were going to have 2 different license's

[Lidl Fishing Tackle is back!]

yer i brought some new bite alarms there and a new net

 

a right bargain

[keep nets ?]

when i next go fishing I'm just going to remember how much each fish weighs and wright it all down and at the end of the session ill add up my total

 

easy really

saves me going out and buying a keep net

[keep nets ?]

hiya

 

i was watching Matt Hayes the other day on discovery real time and he was using a keep net and i wanted to find out a bit about keep nets and how to use them.

the only thing i no about keep nets are that they keep fish in them to weigh in at the end.

i was jest wondering if any one has any other information on keep nets

 

thanks

 

mike Finlay

[carp method]

yer i often fish in a small lake with a record fish of 26lb its kind of a beginners lake and in the summer i can catch carp up 15lb in there using floating bread but im looking for a new rig to try out at a new lake ill use your advise smalltincup to help me

 

thanks

 

mike

[Will Rising Sea Level Flood You?]

ill should be safe

i live behind portsdown hill in portsmouth i dont think the sea levels will rise that much

[carp method]

so what you are saying is the most simple rigs can be the most effective ?

and that different rigs and baits work better in different venues ?

thanks smalltincup

[carp method]

OK ill take that back tell me a rig that catches allot of carp

the lake i want to catch carp at has silt bottom

 

thanks all

 

mike Finlay

[carp method]

OK ill take that back tell me a rig that catches allot of carp

the lake i want to catch carp at has silt bottom

 

thanks all

 

mike Finlay

[carp method]

hello all

 

i am struggling to find a good carp rig i was wondering if any one has any carp rigs to help me catch bigger carp

 

tight lines all

 

mike finlay

[Mackeral here now?]

i catch mackerel to either eat for as Barry said as bait

 

but i think mackerel will start to come in Early because of global warming

mike

[fishing license]

hello there fishermen

 

i heard a rumor about needing a fishing license for the sea

i was confused on how any one could get caught with out one.

so i was wondering if any one could tell me more

thanks all

 

mike Finlay

[Tidal Lynher]

hi nick

 

i usualy use a running ledger for bass with a 2/0 hook always worked a treat

[Global climate change]

hello smalltincarp

 

the only difference that i have noticed is that carp have been much more livley throughout the winter, and never realy thought carp were winter fish

[Guess The Weight Of The Pike]

Looks like the famous Endrick Pike head which was rumoured to be circa 70lb!

C.

yer looks like a pike head not a full sized pike