35. 15
Just a quick bit of news… after a month of baiting with the Chilli Chocolate on the first day of our season I bagged the second biggest common in the lake at 35lb 15 oz result!!
cheers
Spencer H
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Whilst we are waiting for the accompanying pellet for the newly launched Chilli Chocolate boilies, it ocurred to me that I need something to give a little ‘boost’ to my hook bait and I generally like to have something mirroring my free offerings as closely as possible. With the aid of a Korda Krusha, about 30 15mm Chilli Chocolate shelf life baits and approx 20ml of the Chilli Chocolate glug, you can easily make a lovely little mix thats ideal for a small PVA parcel.
Chilli Chocolate Meltie
Back behind the rods at last!
Finally after a break of nearly three months, Ive managed to get back out angling, my first chance since becoming a Quest baits consultant. Only a day session, but a session nonetheless! continue reading…
Glorious!
In every carp angling magazine you will see and read material from some very successful Carp anglers, many of them now famous in the angling world due to their continued success, and rightly so. However, what about the likes of you and I? How do we achieve consistent success as well as holding down stressful jobs, bringing up young families and all of the other things that get in the way of our favourite past time? Well that is what I’m aiming for with this article, to help the everyday angler like you and I to maximise results and catch some Big Carp along the way.
For my sins, I am an Estate agent by trade. No doubt you’ve all heard the rumours about Estate agents, but truth be told we work very hard! I work at least five days a week from 8am until 7pm and on many occasions later than this. I get one day off in the week and one at the weekend, hours hardly conducive to successful Carp angling, I’m sure you ll agree.
Family, always first
As well as my Job I also have a five year old daughter and seventeen year old son, a demanding wife (aren’t they all?) as well as two mortgages. No pressure there then! I guess many of you reading this will be in the same position and need the release that angling gives from the everyday stresses. Whilst sometimes just being there is enough, personally I want to maximise my angling time and target certain Carp along the way. Perhaps we should have a look at how we can do this.
We spoke previously about the ever faithful Chod rig, however it is far from the answer to all our rig problems. Different fish feed differently and in particular Commons seem to be much more cagey around pop-ups and choddy’s than those greedy Mirrors. In my current syndicate water is a carp that is very very rarely caught however when it is nailed it seems to be on pop-ups quite some way off of the bottom!
I’d just like to add a couple of pics of the other two rigs I use. With these and the Chod in my armoury, I never need anything else.
The Merekat Rig
The Merekat rig.
The title gives it away a bit!
An x-line hooklink (Maxima in summer/cloudy water) tied with a no knot, but with the hair trapped by just two turns of the knot, with a further 5 turns up the shank. A stiff rigger hook is the perfect hook for the rig, changed to a Korda Choddy when fishing over gravel, as they have a beaked point. A figure of eight loop fixes the hooklink to the swivel. I particularly like this rig with a bottom bait with a small plug of a matching pop up, nicely balancing the bait. The Merekat rig… Simples!
My multi-rig
My multi-rig
Invented by Micky Kavnanagh, made famous by Johnny Mac and made personal by me! The Multi rig.
I use this rig for pop ups, bottom baits and my favourite with twin barrel shaped bottom baits.
The benefits of this rig are numerous, however being able to change your hook in seconds is a massive bonus. Yes you spend more on hooks, but you definitely get more pick ups by doing so! continue reading…
I don’t know about you guys, but it seems an eternity since I’ve been angling. It’s well overdue but finally the time is here to get back at ‘em! continue reading…
