Posts Tagged ‘Carp Catchers Blog’
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Tags: Alternative Shot On The Hair Rig, Carp Blogs, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Fishing Blogs, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Hair Rigs, Carp Rigs, Fishing Blogs, Hair Rig, Hook Heavy Rigs, hookbaits, How To Carp Fish, How To Fish, How To Fish For Carp, pop ups, The Shot On The Hair Rig
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Tags: Carp Blogs, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Catch Photos, Catch Reports, Hooklinks, Korda Choddy Hooks, Korda IQ, Korda IQ Fluorocarbon, mirror carp, Rigs
Posted in Carp, Carp Angling, Carp Catchers Blog, Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Catch Photo, Catch Report, Customers catch, Photographs, Rigs, Winter Fishing, fishing, mirror carp | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
In the previous Carp Catchers Blog we talked about dips and glugs but we didn’t make clear what the difference between them is. This Blog will correct that.
Boilie Dips
Boilie dips are normally quite viscose and clear. They have a powerful flavour dissolved in a neutral carrier. Your hookbaits can be left to soak in them indefinitely and this will have an added effect/benefit of hardening them. Boilie Dips can be used with bottom baits, but they are ideally suited to pop ups. A couple of good examples are the Richworth Impact Boilie Dips and Mainline Hookbait Enhancement System.
Glugs
Glugs are normally quite thick and based on a liquid food source. Very often they will have the same liquid attractors and nutrients as the boilies they represent. Hookbaits can be left in them indefinitely and though both bottom and pop ups can be glugged longer soaking is more suited to bottom baits. The reason for this that glugs or food dips as they are sometimes known are quite heavy and soak right into the hookbaits and this can affect the buoyancy of pop ups. Glugging into a food dip before casting is the more usual way to get an extra boost is the more usual way to use glugs with pop ups. A couple of good examples would be Nash Baits Top Rod Food Dips and Fresh Fish Mussel And Oyster Liquid .

Best Fishes,
John
Tags: Boilie Dips, Boilies, Bottom Baits, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Dips, Food Dips, Fresh Fish Mussel And Oyster Liquid, Glugging, Glugs, hookbaits, Liquid Attractors, Mainline Hookbait Enhancement System, Nash Top Rod Food Dips, pop ups, Richworth Impact Boilie Dips
Posted in Boilie Dips, Boilies, Carp Bait, Carp Catchers Blog, Carp Fishing, Dips, Food Dips, Glugs, Liquid Attractors, Nash Baits, Winter Baits, Winter Fishing, pop ups | No Comments »
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
After deciding to change waters for the coming winter and due to busy banks I’ve had a little bit of a confidence boost. On my first weekend session from late friday evening to early monday morning I had a bit of a result in the shape of 6 mirror and common carp to 21lb15oz. After turning up in the dark at 8.30 friday evening I opted for the north bank as I had been told it was free of any other anglers. After watching the water for nearly 2 hours I decided to fish up the dam end in the the deeper water or what was left of it anyway as this is where I’d seen the carp showing the most . The reservoir serves the purpose of topping up the Grand Union canal so the water levels can get quite low at times.
During my session I banked 6 carp to 21lb 15oz from 3 different spots using Baitcraft T1 boilies over a spread of bait which included a spod mix of hemp, Solar Pure Bait BYT and crushed T1s over one of my rods. Most of the bites came during the hours of darkness which meant I had to have all my spots marked up to get them back on the spots in the darkness.
The rigs I used consisted of 15lb Korda IQ2 tied to 2 inches of stripped Sufix Stiff Silt with a size 6 Korda Wide Gape Hook, a small piece of shrink tubing over the eye and tied blowback style.
Tight Lines
Dave

(I should have turned my head torch off for the night time shots, but had forgotten while sorting the self takes. Luckily they didn’t turn out too bad.)
Tags: Baitcraft T1 Boilies, Boilies, Carp, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Rigs, Catch Reports, Common Carp, freezer boilies, Grand Union Canal, Hemp, hookbaits, Hooklinks, Korda IQ2, korda wide gape hooks, mirror carp, Solar BYT Boilies, Spod Mixes, Sufix Stiff Silt
Posted in Autumn Carp Fishing, Boilies, Carp, Carp Angling, Carp Bait, Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Catch Photo, Catch Report, Combi-Link Rigs, Common Carp, Hempseed, Rigs, Session Report, freezer boilies | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Tags: Baitcraft Snowball Attractor Pellets, Baitcraft Snowball Boilies, Baitcraft Snowball Pop Ups, Baitcraft Super Tutti Attractor Pellets, Baitcraft Super Tutti Boilies, Baitcraft Super Tutti Pop Ups, Carp Bait Reviews, Carp Catchers, Carp Catchers Blog, Product Reviews, Winter Baits, Winter Carp Fishing Baits
Posted in Bait Reviews, Boilies, Carp Angling, Carp Bait, Carp Fishing, New Products, Winter Baits, Winter Carp Fishing, Winter Fishing, fishing, freezer boilies, pop ups | No Comments »
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Tags: Carp Catchers, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Fishing Tackle, Carp Rigs, Korda Sinkers, Pining Mainline Down, Rig Advice, Rigs
Posted in Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Mainline, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Fishing Tackle, Carp Rigs, Hints And Tips, Rigs, Terminal Tackle, fishing | No Comments »
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Tags: Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Fishing Tackle, Drennan Grippa Stops, Drennan Line Stops, Grippa Stops, Line Stops, Terminal Tackle
Posted in Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Tackle, Hints And Tips, New Products, Product Reviews, Tackle Reviews, Terminal Tackle, fishing | No Comments »
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Tags: Boilies, Carp, Carp Catchers Blog, dynamite baits, Dynamite Baits The Source Boilies, Gardner Incizor Hooks, Gardner Scorpion Stik, Ghost Carp, Golden Carp, The Source Boilies, Welham Lake
Posted in Boilies, Carp, Carp Bait, Carp Catchers Blog, Carp Fishing, Carp Hooks, Ghost Carp, Session Report, Shelf Life Boilies, Summer Carp Fishing, Welham Lake, fishing | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Tying a zig rig is simple, all you need is a good hooklink material like the Ultima Power Zig, a strong hook and a small section of silicone tubing.
The rig components used in this demonstration were Ultima Power Zig hooklink, ESP Big T Carp Hook and ESP Silicone Tube .

Step 1.
Cut the Ultima Power Zig to your desired length.

Step 2.
Now tie a small overhand loop in one end for your hair stop and thread on your desired choice of pop-up or foam followed by a bait stop.


Step 3.
Then cut a small section (2-3mm) of silicone tubing and thread it onto your zig hooklink.


Step 4.
Now thread the point of the hook through the silicone tubing heading towards the bait and set the hair length at about 2-3mm with the tubing sitting at the top of the shank.


Step 5.
Now tie a knotless knot and don’t forget to whip the hooklink back round the knot once on the way towards the eye to prevent it from slipping.

Step 6.
To finish the zig rig off tie a figure of eight knot at the other end.
The zig rig is now finished and ready to use.

If you are not sure about any of the knots use the Carp Catchers Blog search bar to navigate to the relevant knot
Tight lines
Dave
Tags: Carp Catchers Blog, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, ESP Big T Hooklink, ESP Silicone Tube, Figure Of Eight Knot, Fishing Knots, hooklink materials, Hooklinks For Zig Rigs, How To Tie A Zig Rig, knotless knot, Overhand Loop Knot, pop ups, Ultima Power Zig, Zig Rigging, Zig Rigs
Posted in Carp Angling, Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Fishing Knots, Hints And Tips, Hooklinks, How To, Information, Rigs, Zig Rigs, knots | No Comments »
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Tags: Bluebell Lakes, Carp Baits, Carp Blogs, Carp Catchers Blog, carp fishing, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Common Carp, ESP Stiff Rigger Hooks, Hooklinks, Korda Supernatural Sinking Braid, Mainline Hi Viz Pop Ups, Swan Lake
Posted in Bluebell Lakes, Carp, Carp Bait, Carp Catchers Blog, Carp Fishing, Carp Fishing Rigs, Carp Hooks, Carp Rigs, Catch Photo, Catch Report, Common Carp, Customers catch, Fishing In Weed, Pop Up Rigs, Rigs, Summer Carp Fishing, snowman rig | No Comments »