Carp Catchers Blog

We now have the Desborough & Rothwell Angling Club Tickets for the 2013/14 season in stock. These tickets include both Rushton and Grundy’s Lake.

Tickets prices start at £10 for juniors tickets, £25 for disabled and over 65′s tickets and £40 for senior tickets.

Enquire in the shop for more details.

Regards

Dave

The advantages of this rig is that it provides all the anti eject properties of a normal fluorocarbon rig but the bait has a lot more movement to help with the flipping and hooking process. The soft hair material also allows the weight of the hook to come into play when the fish picks up the bait.

For this demonstration I used Korda IQ Fluorocarbon, a Korda Wide Gape Hook, a Korda Ring Swivel and ESP Hair Braid.

Step 1.

Remove about 4-5 inches of Hair Braid from the spool dispenser and tie a small overhand loop in one end.

Step 2.

Thread the tag end through the back of the eye of the Korda Wide Gape and hold the hair at the required length.

Step 3.

Moving away from the join in the eye whip round the hook shank 5 times and pass the tag end through the back of the eye again.

Step 4.

Now trim the hair braid in front of the eye, then repeat steps 2-3 with the Korda IQ Fluorocarbon but whip up the shank 7 times and twice on the way back down before passing the tag end through the back of the eye and tighten down gently. Then trim the fluorocarbon above the knot leaving just a little fluorocarbon pertruding.

Please note for the purpose of this knot demonstration the Knotless knot with the fluorocarbon was done without the hair braid already on the hook, when tying this rig you will be tying the fluorcarbon over the hair braid Knotless knot.

Step 5.

Using a palomar knot tie the fluorcarbon to the ring on the swivel setting the rig at your desired length making sure to moisten the knot and tighten down gently before trimming the tag end.

Double over the fluorocarbon at the end of the hooklength.

Now tie an over hand knot round the swivel with the doubled over section of fluorocarbon.

Then pass the swivel through the loop created with the fluorocarbon.

Moisten the knot and tighten down gently. Then trim the tag end.

The finished rig should look like this.

All the knots used in this demonstration can be found by using the search bar in the top right hand corner of the blog. The knot used for the hair braid and fluorocarbon at the hook end was a Knotless knot.

If you have been using fluorocarbon rigs but have been getting funny hookholds then this rig could be one solution to the problem.

Give it a go.

Tight Lines

Dave

The Guru Inline Method Feeders are ideal for small commercial carp waters where the actions comes thick and fast. Guru have designed a method mould to go with the inline feeders and make loading them with method mix even easier. Creating a neat presentation that can be cast accurately, which is very important with this type of fishing.

Step 1.

Attach a short hair rig to the size 11 swivel supplied with each feeder and attach the bait of your choice. Guru’s own ready tied method hair rigs are ideal for the job.

Step 2.

Now place the bait on the hook bait platform.

Step 3.

Take the correct size Guru Method Mould and fill it with the desired amount of method mix.

Step 4.

Now carefully bring the loaded method mould and the method feeder together, making sure the hook bait remains in place and apply pressure to both.

Step 5.

Carefully, making sure not to break up the method mix, push the feeder from the mould by applying pressure to the back with both thumbs.

Your method feeder will now look like this and is ready to cast out.

Give it a go

Tight Lines

Dave

During a recent winter session, when the lake was empty and all the other anglers were at home I landed 7 fish to 25lb 2oz. All the fish were landed using snowman hookbaits presented on helicopter rigs incorportating Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks and Korda Wide Gape Hooks. The snowman hookbaits were topped with Mainline Hi-Visual Tutti Frutti 10mm Pop-ups.

Get out there and get catching.

Tight Lines

Dave

The Guru Pellet Feeder is an innovative design that protects the softened pellet loaded into the feeder during the cast and on impact with the water but allows the loose pellet and hookbait to come free of the feeder once on the lakebed. Here is a step by step guide of how to load the feeder.

Step 1.

Take some standard off the shelf pellets, such as, Trout or Halibut pellets and cover them in boiling water for a couple of minutes before draining the water off.

Check the pellet is sufficiently softened, if not repeat the process with boiling water until they are the right consistency.

For the purpose of this demonstration I only prepared enough pellet for one feeder. If you are planning a day session I would suggest you prepare as much as you think you may need.

Step 2.

Attach the feeder to your mainline, followed by a rig and your choosen bait. I would suggest something that matches the pellet in the feeder.

Step 3.

Partly fill the feeder with the scaulded pellet.

Step 4.

Then place the hookbait in the feeder like so.

Step 5.

Now top up the feeder and compress slightly. Make sure not to compress the pellets too much though, as you want them to loosen and release the hookbait once on the lake bed.

Your feeder is now loaded and ready to cast out.

The feeder will land on the lakebed with the pellet still intact.

But after a minute or so and a gentle pull back of the feeder from the rod it will release the pellet and your hookbait.

This type of presentation is perfect for any waters where weed is present or you are fishing in a greater depth than normal. Although it will work perfectly on all waters.

Give it a go.

Dave

After a year with virtually no carp fishing I had a nice return to my syndicate. The 32lb 2oz mirror carp shown below was my reward. It was caught on 18mm Mainline Activ 8 Boilies. My rig was tied old school D rig style with 30lb GLT No Can See Fluorocarbon to a size 6 Gardner Longshank Incizor hook.

Best Fishes,

John

Customer Andy had a really nice personal best carp recently. Andy’s catch report reads as follows ” A recent 24 hour session at my  syndicate produced this 26lb 7oz common another at 20lb 2oz and two upper doubles, all fish fell to blowback rigs using size 6 Solar Long Shank Hook , Atomic Jel e Wire hooklink , Korda Leadclips and Korda Safezone Leaders. Hookbaits were a snowman presentation using a 18mm Mainline Cell bottom bait and a 14mm solar fluoro pineapple pop up.” Well done Andy really nice common.

Best Fishes,

John

The Nash fishery roadshow is back again this year with six different dates spread around the UK. It’s the perfect opportunity to come along and meet the Nash team, getting hands-on with the latest 2011 products in real life angling situations. The action  packed shows will give you, the angler, the opportunity to fish in a swim with some of the UK’s finest anglers (maybe even catch a fish or two yourself!)

11th June – Linear Fisheries, Oxfordshire

16th & 17th July – Cudmore Fisheries

23rd July - Hawkhurst Fishery, Kent

30th July – White Springs Fishery, Wales

5th, 6th & 7th August – Rookley Country Park, Isle of Wight

3rd September – Great Linford Lakes, Buckinghamshire

10th September – A1 Pits, Nottinghamshire

For more details of each individual event, directions to venue, anglers in attendance and any other specific info please check out www.nashtackle.co.uk – www.nashtv.co.uk

We now have the full Korda Stow Indicator Range in stock now. The Korda Stow Indicator System allows unparalleled sensitivity when using slack or tight lines. Korda acquired the rights to the design from Carl Pashley, the originator of the Elstow bobbins, because they thought that the concept truly represented a step forward in indicator design. That’s not to say that the development team, headed up by Damian Clarke, just copied Carl’s originals. In fact, the resulting bobbins have benefitted from a long period of refining, tweaking and remodelling. The specially configured line clip helps transmit ANY line movement into positive indications that help you to understand what’s happening at the rig end and Stows are especially good at picking up line bites. The Korda Stow Indicator Heads allow you to have more than one colour set of heads or to use with other systems. To protect the Indicator Systems there is the Korda Stow Away Case in either a 3 or 2 rod set. The Korda Stow Lites  are high powered isotopes in colours to match the indicator heads providing maximum visibility at night. Should you prefer the fashionable black chains these are available The Stow Black Chains come in both sizes. If snags feature regularly in your fishing the Stow Bars should come in useful they come in black or silver. For long range fishing there are the Stow Over Weights in two sizes. Finally The Korda Stow Magnetic Hockey Stix and Magnetic Adaptor allow you to have the Stow magnetic quick release system with other indicator systems. For information or to purchase please click on the above links.

                                  Korda Stow Indicator System

                              Korda Stow Indicator Heads

                                          Korda Stow Lites

                                       Korda Stow Away Case

                                         Korda Stow Bars Black

                                          Korda Stow Bars Silver

Best Fishes,

John

Zig rigs or Zigs as they are more commonly called can be a very effective method of angling when the carp are up in the water and not interested in feeding on the bottom. Here is a Zig caught 25lb14oz mirror from last week that was caught 2ft under the surface in 12ft of water on a hot day when the carp could be seen sitting under the surface soaking up a bit of sunshine. The fish was caught using Drennan Super Specialist Barbel Hooks and a small artificial bait.

Tight Lines

Dave