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I've distributed copies to our local fisheries personnel as well as a couple of carp oriented tackle stores in CT & Brooklynn, NY. Very positive feedback already
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Mario, Would you mind bringing a couple sacks of that hemp across the border with you when you come up to fish
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If they went bulk mail rate then it could take a while. As for USPS I have nothing but praise for their service. My local office and delivery folk have been excellent.
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Thats a good analogy, all the f-1 drivers and open wheel guys want to be nascar drivers, but when they get there, they always lose.
LMAO - You mean Montoya or Piquet??? Neither lasted in F1 and ended up in NASCAR for the show. I don't think any F1 driver seriously WANTS to race a piece of agricultural machinery around a circle for 3 hours...
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In response to Worm who said "And just like us those carp can become Fat lazy Americans...."
That will only be true when we give the carp a couch, a TV and a remote
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"There are times when a single boilie or even a piece of plastic imitation bait can be fished very successfully on its own. And when I say on its own I mean exactly that - no other boilies, method, pack, groundbait etc involved."
Zig rig would be a nice example.
Actually I intentionally left out zigs... but that's another story or debate
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Sooo your saying that your bolie is not bait?? Never heard a bolie described as a pickup. BAit bait bait...over and over. Herin lies the difference. Packbait, when used properly never uses another bait with it but a pickup that triggers the strike. But you knew that...lol...
Well sorry to contradict you Tom but a boilie can be bait or pick up...
There are times when a single boilie or even a piece of plastic imitation bait can be fished very successfully on its own. And when I say on its own I mean exactly that - no other boilies, method, pack, groundbait etc involved.
Carp are curious by nature and will often 'pick up' items to test them and see if they might be food items and that is all that is needed to catch them!
There is much to be learned from both sides of the pond but only if someone is prepared to have an open mind.
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Sooo your saying that your bolie is not bait?? Never heard a bolie described as a pickup. BAit bait bait...over and over. Herin lies the difference. Packbait, when used properly never uses another bait with it but a pickup that triggers the strike. But you knew that...lol...
Well sorry to contradict you Tom but a boilie can be bait or pick up...
There are times when a single boilie or even a piece of plastic imitation bait can be fished very successfully on its own. And when I say on its own I mean exactly that - no other boilies, method, pack, groundbait etc involved.
Carp are curious by nature and will often 'pick up' items to test them and see if they might be food items and that is all that is needed to catch them!
There is much to be learned from both sides of the pond but only if someone is prepared to have an open mind.
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Some great suggestions already posted but one I think stands the test of time is the Carp Strikes Back by Rod Hutchinson.
It may be a bit 'old' school but the fundamentals still apply. Rod's approach especially to searching out fish in new waters and the use of particle baits is very relevant to fishing over here.
It is now available on Kindle for a mere $9.99 which is an absolute bargain.
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I just wanted to thank all the CAG members and followers for their loyalty and business this past year.
May you & your Saxon rods never tire of landing fish, your Spombs keep them feeding and your Delkims never fall silent in 2014!
All the best to you and your familys.
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Fire away Andrew. Not sure if I have all or any of the answers you are looking for but I'm sure it will make for an interesting discussion. May be we should start it under a new topic heading?
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Fire away Andrew. Not sure if I have all or any of the answers you are looking for but I'm sure it will make for an interesting discussion. May be we should start it under a new topic heading?
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loved that!
especially liked the bit hinting at undertow.
thanks for taking the time to share.
andrew
Undertow and water flow around lake beds is a fascinating topic. I'm sure if we pay more attention to this area and use some 'liquid' food attractants we'll see some good results.
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If anyone has had difficulty accessing theFrank Warwick link please give it a try now as it is certainly running better now
http://bigcarpnews.com/web/the-bcn-interview-with-frank-warwick/
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Here's an interview I just did with carp legend Frank Warwick... some thoughtful stuff here for fishing big, wild waters like we have in North America
http://bigcarpnews.com/web/the-bcn-interview-with-frank-warwick/
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Too stiff a rod and the method ball will disintegrate... you need something with a softer rather than a fast taper.
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On my Solar pod its very easy to loosen off the knurled knob that holds in the D-Lok foot screw and just rotate the MK2 tag 180 degrees into position when needed and then re-tighten. Might be the same on some other buzz bars?
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Sadly not... you'll need a MK2 Swinger tag which allows the on/off +/- switch to be accessed.
I have mine positioned below the D-Lok foot and turn it out of the way when not in use for my river set-up.
I'm sure someone talented could engineer an adaptor...
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Scroll down through the article link for a summary of my thoughts on the 360 rig.
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Its interesting that every year different companies bring out new model alarms in an effort to challenge Delkim - after 20 years they still remain the #1 alarm.
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No problem soaking plastics in Betalin either. It's water based so no way it can dissolve plastic.
Sure you didn't have a flavor mixed in as we as some of those have a solvent base?
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As always leave it to the fish to decide...
Here's Gareth Smith with just one of 15 fish to 21lb taken on a recent session in California using plastics soaked in Betalin.
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It would be worth trying to figure out why you are getting line twist in the first place.
Assuming you have a swivel in the rig somewhere then reasons could include:
Not loading the reel correctly.
A sticky or jammed bail arm roller
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Really hate to burst your bubble here...but this is a product that will make marginal difference in your fishing but people feel confident when they put stuff like this in baits....
First and formost this is a mixture of Betaine and Thaumatin. Betaine (Trimethyl Glycine) is a sweet tasting amino acid and Thaumatin is a Natural Mixture of 2 peptides that are 3000X sweeter than sugar. So it is a bait sweetner! Betaine has never really shown me much in the way of attactant and I have tried both the Dot HCl and the Freebase...both duds...the sweetner has merit and is the likely cause of the product having any activity whatsoever.
I spent 9 months in Europe for Work and Scoured every Carp Shop in the Netherlands...No One Buys this type of stuff there it sits on the shelf and collects dust.
The key benefit with Thaumatin is that unlike 'artificial' sweetners it has no bitter after taste and cannot be 'over loaded'. But you only need a capfull in a bucket of method or particles to be effective.
Recommitment as 2014 CAG State Chair sign up thread
in State Chairs Section
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CT will be getting full support again from myself. Look forward to working with Ed Wagner and other NE regional states to promote CAG and carp fishing.