Chris Hammond
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Hi Everybody,
I'm off to France in a few weeks time courtesy of F.M and I'm in need of some general advice. We haven't decided on a water yet but thanks to some kindly offered advice from Ken Townley I've got a short list to consider. We're going to be based in the Brittany region.
I haven't done any serious carping for a while and I'm looking for some rig/bait advice.
Will I be okay with the following:
Snakeskin/Merlin or Silkorm hooklength 4-8 inches, size four Drennan super specialist fixed with knotless knot, inline lead and about 18inches of Anchor rig tube. I usually rig the boilie to sit tight against the hook shank on the hair.
I've always done reasonably well on 'Quench' as a base mix, will it be a blown bait in France? Ken mentioned 'rock hard fish meals'. How do I achieve these rock hard baits and are there specific base mixes for this purpose?
Also, is it completely pointless to fish with traditional methods like floatfishing with such baits as bread, luncheon meat, sweetcorn e.t.c? Any other thoughts would be warmly welcomed, I really would like to do justice to the wonderful prize F.M has given me, I don't expect to 'take France by storm' but I'd like to bank a carp or two so I'm relying on you chaps to give me an edge.
Regards Chris
I'm off to France in a few weeks time courtesy of F.M and I'm in need of some general advice. We haven't decided on a water yet but thanks to some kindly offered advice from Ken Townley I've got a short list to consider. We're going to be based in the Brittany region.
I haven't done any serious carping for a while and I'm looking for some rig/bait advice.
Will I be okay with the following:
Snakeskin/Merlin or Silkorm hooklength 4-8 inches, size four Drennan super specialist fixed with knotless knot, inline lead and about 18inches of Anchor rig tube. I usually rig the boilie to sit tight against the hook shank on the hair.
I've always done reasonably well on 'Quench' as a base mix, will it be a blown bait in France? Ken mentioned 'rock hard fish meals'. How do I achieve these rock hard baits and are there specific base mixes for this purpose?
Also, is it completely pointless to fish with traditional methods like floatfishing with such baits as bread, luncheon meat, sweetcorn e.t.c? Any other thoughts would be warmly welcomed, I really would like to do justice to the wonderful prize F.M has given me, I don't expect to 'take France by storm' but I'd like to bank a carp or two so I'm relying on you chaps to give me an edge.
Regards Chris