Hi
My girlfriend and I recently fished for carp on a smallish private water with a silty bottom. She was using a feeder rod spooled up with 8lb line using a running rig with a 1/2oz groundbait feeder, with a 6lb hooklength. Whilst this setup was fine for catching her 13lb carp from the K&A canal, she suffered two snapped hooklengths when fishing the same corner of an island. I was wondering, would using materials such as Kryston's snake bite help solve her problem? The mono she was using for hooklinks, I also used on my carp rods with no problems, and her rigs were fresh and the 5-turn grinner I used to tie on the swivel looked fine. The line didn't snap at the knot, or at the hook (attached with the knotless knot), but somewhere in between.
Any ideas?
My girlfriend and I recently fished for carp on a smallish private water with a silty bottom. She was using a feeder rod spooled up with 8lb line using a running rig with a 1/2oz groundbait feeder, with a 6lb hooklength. Whilst this setup was fine for catching her 13lb carp from the K&A canal, she suffered two snapped hooklengths when fishing the same corner of an island. I was wondering, would using materials such as Kryston's snake bite help solve her problem? The mono she was using for hooklinks, I also used on my carp rods with no problems, and her rigs were fresh and the 5-turn grinner I used to tie on the swivel looked fine. The line didn't snap at the knot, or at the hook (attached with the knotless knot), but somewhere in between.
Any ideas?