tortoise100
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I have got myself a 2.5lb carp rod for pike fishing though most of my fishing recently has been for carp and it just seems to take 80% of the enjoyment out of catching to use this sort of rod .
I admit the water i am fishing is 5 minutes walk from the house has a fare amount of carp (aparently)up to 14lb but a big one is 6:8 and the average is 3:8 I have caught one much bigger one but did not have the proper scales at the time.
I don't like to pigeon hole myself as any one sort of angler but have to say that it is so much more fun using 4lb line on my ledger rod that it is no comparrison I caught a 4:4 yesteday on the 2.5 lb rod and it was not much fun it seems to take a 6lb fish to put a decent bend in it .
I have been using a 1.75lb rod on the same water but for some unknown reason that rod has been jinxed since I bought it last october even though it has been used around 15 times it never landed a fish till last sunday though it did break the jinx in style with three carp two lost runs and two bites in three hours.It was always the other rod no mater what I did and no mater what the other rod was on every other occasion.
That rod is better but I am now thinking about using my 13ft (power wagler call it what you want) as that would be amazing with a 4lb fish .
It seems like every other angler on my local free water is using carp rods , not that I have seen or heard of anyone doing much catching for a while but it does strike me as a bit pointless using these broom sticks when it is supposed to be about fun .
Been watching lots of the old total fishing with matt hayes on quest and he is always going on about having nice soft rods for any type of fishing ,untill a few years latter when he has sold out and just wants to sell his own brand of tackle now he recomends the latest 3lb test rods as necessary.
He was even quoted in AT a few weeks ago saying he had had enough of course fishing in this country as it was not good enough for him any more or some other rubish ,it's ok for some hey matt.
Though he is still my favorite fishing presenter(with his friends) out of a choice of three :robson greenknobhead,river monsters man or matt/mates.
Sorry in the mood for a rant but the carp rod will now be packed away till my next predator trip on the 3rd of aprill .
I admit the water i am fishing is 5 minutes walk from the house has a fare amount of carp (aparently)up to 14lb but a big one is 6:8 and the average is 3:8 I have caught one much bigger one but did not have the proper scales at the time.
I don't like to pigeon hole myself as any one sort of angler but have to say that it is so much more fun using 4lb line on my ledger rod that it is no comparrison I caught a 4:4 yesteday on the 2.5 lb rod and it was not much fun it seems to take a 6lb fish to put a decent bend in it .
I have been using a 1.75lb rod on the same water but for some unknown reason that rod has been jinxed since I bought it last october even though it has been used around 15 times it never landed a fish till last sunday though it did break the jinx in style with three carp two lost runs and two bites in three hours.It was always the other rod no mater what I did and no mater what the other rod was on every other occasion.
That rod is better but I am now thinking about using my 13ft (power wagler call it what you want) as that would be amazing with a 4lb fish .
It seems like every other angler on my local free water is using carp rods , not that I have seen or heard of anyone doing much catching for a while but it does strike me as a bit pointless using these broom sticks when it is supposed to be about fun .
Been watching lots of the old total fishing with matt hayes on quest and he is always going on about having nice soft rods for any type of fishing ,untill a few years latter when he has sold out and just wants to sell his own brand of tackle now he recomends the latest 3lb test rods as necessary.
He was even quoted in AT a few weeks ago saying he had had enough of course fishing in this country as it was not good enough for him any more or some other rubish ,it's ok for some hey matt.
Though he is still my favorite fishing presenter(with his friends) out of a choice of three :robson greenknobhead,river monsters man or matt/mates.
Sorry in the mood for a rant but the carp rod will now be packed away till my next predator trip on the 3rd of aprill .