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Tony Fisher · Oct 23, 2005

Next summer we have two weeks on a holiday camp site with a couple of ponds(yipeeee),the ponds have fish 20 pounds and above in them,what strenth mainline and hooklenth should i use on a pond like this,asuming my 1.5lb hooklenth aint strong enough ;>

Baz · Oct 24, 2005

10 - 12 pound mainline should be okay Tony. And a free running lead.
hooklength around the same. That is all I used and never had any problems.
My hooklengths were mono aswell.

Tony Fisher · Oct 25, 2005

Cheers Baz,in that case i may as well hire a rod there,and save breaking mine in the process.My bro is a great fisherman and was at the said park a few weeks ago in a competition,dont know how well he did but the winner pocketed ?25,000.

NottmDon · Oct 26, 2005

Bennets of Sheffield are selling a carp rod off on a good deal at the moment,well reduced in price and it comes complete with a 36" speci landing net free. Be surprised what you can pick up for next to nowt Tony if he keep your eyes peeled mate. If your bro had won I think he might well have told you about it lol,unless he sends you a postcard from somewhere nice

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