My pal reeled in and declared a fish had taken his bait and not been hooked and had no indication. He could tell this because a nylon D on the back of his hook was flattened and he said the carp had caused this by sucking in the bait. He couldn't answer my two questions. Firstly, wouldn't this flattening be caused by reeling in? The boilie would surely exert more force on the D while being wound in than a carp sucking at it. Secondly, why was he using a rig that he believed the carp were ejecting so easily? I wonder if you can answer my questions without using the terms 'mechanics' or 're-set'.
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Why would any angler want to believe they'd been done if there no need to? Surely much rather put it down to the reason you've said than being done. You only admit to being done if you genuinely think you have been surely?
Why would any angler want to believe they'd been done if there no need to? Surely much rather put it down to the reason you've said than being done. You only admit to being done if you genuinely think you have been surely?
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Does the water have any crayfish or chinese mitten crabs ?
Does the water have any crayfish or chinese mitten crabs ?
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Why would any angler want to believe they'd been done if there no need to?
To be fair, it is a very carpy thing to say
Why would any angler want to believe they'd been done if there no need to?
To be fair, it is a very carpy thing to say
Sounds very strange to me. Get your mate to watch Mathew Collins lead clip ‘tell tale' video- I use this a lot now and whilst not game changing it allows you to tinker and play with actual evidence when you really get done. It's a great watch from a very thoughtful angler (IMO- which given this forum of late is important to note!)
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I think we all get 'done' far more than we care to admit, although I've not had a D squashed on a D-rig unless I've squashed it by heavy handedness and attached a PVA badly.
Lots of 'no indication' takes happen on semi-fixed lead set-ups, although with a running lead and slack line you usually get a bleep or two.
I think we all get 'done' far more than we care to admit, although I've not had a D squashed on a D-rig unless I've squashed it by heavy handedness and attached a PVA badly.
Lots of 'no indication' takes happen on semi-fixed lead set-ups, although with a running lead and slack line you usually get a bleep or two.
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apparantly there is a recent product released that will counter act this problem!
apparantly there is a recent product released that will counter act this problem!
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You rascal 😀
You rascal 😀
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Beat me to it
Beat me to it
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Or just use a running rig, you know exactly when anything sucks at your bait. Also 99.9% of beeps, you get a beep, line tightens and its a fish. So I think its extremely rare to get done using this method. Granted a running rig won't cover all situations, but unless it's mega mega weedy that's all I use.
Or just use a running rig, you know exactly when anything sucks at your bait. Also 99.9% of beeps, you get a beep, line tightens and its a fish. So I think its extremely rare to get done using this method. Granted a running rig won't cover all situations, but unless it's mega mega weedy that's all I use.