Evening All,

I've joined a new lake and running rigs are banned on there (this is all I've used for many years) so it's now a case of changing things up. The lake can get quite weedy in the summer so I assume this is the reason. But there are no snags at all. I think the rules also say leads should eject on the take (something I've always been against unless absolutely necessary).

So... back to the drawing board... any suggestions appreciated as I'm a bit out of touch with this sort of thing!

Thanks in advance

Hi All,

I fish a few different club lakes all of which have a barbless rule. I've not suffered any hook pulls at all in the last 3 or 4 years using barbless and never had any issues.

This weekend I fished a new lake (around 28 acres with approx 150-180 fish) it's not an easy water and for prospective only 1 fish has been out since Thursday and there were about 10 anglers+ on this weekend. One of them was me for 48 hours and I had two takes and lost them both to hook pulls, one I had on about a minute or so and then it just fell off(it felt a good fish)... and the next night I had a screaming run and then bent into a fish only for it to come off straight away. Another guy told me he lost one to a hook pull the previous night too.

I'm using quite small hooks (size 7) Nash chod hooks and I'm now wondering if I should up the hook size as it's really played on my mind.

The other guy did suggest the carp may have soft mouths... But I'm not so sure!

Any help appreciated, thanks

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Thanks Andy!

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Hi All,

I've been offered a ticket for this lake for this season. But I haven't even seen it! Been on the list for a fair few years but assumed you'd get invited for a walk around.

Can anyone past / present members or anyone else who knows about the lake provide any info. Do you need a boat on there and is it still very weedy? PM if need be


Thanks All

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Just Bumping this...

I wonder If I could just have one set of 10ft rods for all my carp fishing... I'm wondering if there are any decent sets (high end blanks) or if they are all cheap Chinese ones

I don't need to be a massive caster.... 100 yards max would do.

The ESP Quickdraw Mk2 rods looked decent from the mass produced stuff.

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Opps!! I did search but that thread didn't come up... guess I could have put a typo in!

Have you decided what to go for yet?


My only concern with spending quite a lot on these type of rods is the wear on the lower retractable section over time which I've seen on some.

Hi All,

I've decided to switch over to 10ft retractable rods for all my fishing now. I just prefer fishing mobile with as little gear as possible now and the lakes I fish aren't very big (3-5 acres). Max cast is probably 80-100 yards ( 100 yards to the far margin on two of lakes).

I'm looking for a really nice rod, I've had Scope 9ft 3lb many years ago and they were quite nice to use but I'd like 10ft.

Any Recommendations please?

Ryan

Fen Drayton - Ferry Lagoon


Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone has fished here recently as I was just wondering what it's like these days?

Thank you

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a lightweight brolly for day sessions?

I'll be fishing quite a bit when it's raining due to my work!

Thanks!

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A few club waters and a larger water which I've not fished it yet... 28-30 acres