mooserx

personally i use a MAP matchtek number 2 waggler, this may seem a little light but if you couple it with a 2500 reel loadid with 6lbs b/s then its soft action is more than capable of taming zoo creature type carp up to 15lbs, it takes a bit of careful time to play and land them but the fun is tremendous they cost in the region of £120 about 2 1/2 years ago so i wouldn't know what they are going for now. mooserx

yes i would definately use it as a line prop. if you are fishing commercials try getting your lad to use a power waggler rod about 10 feet long, these are more than capable of handlig carp up to 15lbs, as for a reel couple the rod with a fixed spool 3000 type reel. load it with 8lbs b/s line and off you go..

thanks for the advice tried the suggessted method yesterday and won my club match with nearly 130lb of carp and even a couple of tench, took em a while to get fizzing but once they started i couldn't miss, thanks again.

hi all, in one of my local club lakes there are a lot of carp around 4-12lbs i have caught them on pole, floaters and natural baits i.e worms amd maggies. i recentley tried the pellet waggler but all i got is liners and foul hookers resulting in lost fish. i tried altering depths from dead depth (around 5 feet) to fishing in the top 18 inches and everything in between but again plenty of liners but no "proper bites" . i was using hard pellets on a band. i know this is a winning method but could do some advice to fine tune it. any replies greatfully read. mooserx

kas, my understanding is as follows, it all depends on how balanced your tackle is, personally i have landed a 12lb carp on a 4lb mainline whilst pole fishing and a 9 pounder whilst waggler fishing and that was with 4lb main line and a 2 1/2lb hooklength using a soft action match rod. i suppose it also has to do with personal reference of the type of line.