Im amazed at the amount of baits etc on the marketplace and some of the rigs as well. I have seen angling start to become pretty complicated. I saw the cocktail pike bait and thought WHY buy this - whats the difference to a good old dead bait, lure of spinner. Do they really (these creations -now frozen packed and sold at extreme prices) give the edge. I actually think not.
Surely understanding water is the best method of catching fish? I fish, always, conventional methods and what I beleive to be the most basic of set ups.
I beleive a good old selection of table baits, worms of maggots and some fresh fishmonger sardines/mackeral or herring is the most effective mathods one needs. Of course -not being a dedictaed carp fisher I wont really get into the boilie story etc but I do think that the market place is flooded with two much of the same that business is overtaking the true craft? Theres so much money in the sport these days