View from your swim part 2

[terryd 8,950]

The circles work well I use them as top hook not bottom though as they need room to move

 

[Daniel cain 48,834]

13 hours ago, Bangersanmash said:

Think these are a good brand Animal by kamasan Danny 

They are ok for chubI always use a decent carp hook,size 10/12 for pellet/bollies,size 6/4 for big lobworms/meat....

I've been experimenting this and last season on the river wye....and been using a size 4 hook on a Ronnie rig,tied on a combi hooklink( 2/3ft of korda Iq fluorocarbon in 12lb with 3" of snakebite soft braid attached next to the hook...big 26/32mm baits,small mesh bags of my pellet mix....everyone else scales down their gear and bait this time of yr...catching tiddlers..the few fish I've caught ,so far this season,have all been good lumps upto  13 lb ..a good fish as the official record is 14lb 10 oz.....had a fish end of last season that was a couple of ozs short....come this  winter I'm hoping they hit over the 15 lb mark again....I've had them just over 15 lb from the Wye...but that was back in 2007...and I know that that fish and a few others were moved,and dropped in the river taff- barbel there run to 20lb plus...you can catch hundreds of barbel on the Wye a season...there's folks fished it for 30 yrs and still not had a double ...I probably use 75/100 kg  of pellet per season...I can go up there just cutting the grass and I throw a few kilos in,even if I don't fish mate,after a session I will prebait a few swims...barbel are no different to carp,you get a bed of bait down and they are smashing it,no bream on my section,only carp,barbel and chub....when folks are feeding half a kilo here and there,the fish move in,clear it out and f**k off, looking for their next meal...they get the odd fish.....the big girls are always a few metres off where your fishing...from my experience

[Bangersanmash 5,279]

4 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

They are ok for chubI always use a decent carp hook,size 10/12 for pellet/bollies,size 6/4 for big lobworms/meat....

I've been experimenting this and last season on the river wye....and been using a size 4 hook on a Ronnie rig,tied on a combi hooklink( 2/3ft of korda Iq fluorocarbon in 12lb with 3" of snakebite soft braid attached next to the hook...big 26/32mm baits,small mesh bags of my pellet mix....everyone else scales down their gear and bait this time of yr...catching tiddlers..the few fish I've caught ,so far this season,have all been good lumps upto  13 lb ..a good fish as the official record is 14lb 10 oz.....had a fish end of last season that was a couple of ozs short....come this  winter I'm hoping they hit over the 15 lb mark again....I've had them just over 15 lb from the Wye...but that was back in 2007...and I know that that fish and a few others were moved,and dropped in the river taff- barbel there run to 20lb plus...you can catch hundreds of barbel on the Wye a season...there's folks fished it for 30 yrs and still not had a double ...I probably use 75/100 kg  of pellet per season...I can go up there just cutting the grass and I throw a few kilos in,even if I don't fish mate,after a session I will prebait a few swims...barbel are no different to carp,you get a bed of bait down and they are smashing it,no bream on my section,only carp,barbel and chub....when folks are feeding half a kilo here and there,the fish move in,clear it out and f**k off, looking for their next meal...they get the odd fish.....the big girls are always a few metres off where your fishing...from my experience

 

4 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

They are ok for chubI always use a decent carp hook,size 10/12 for pellet/bollies,size 6/4 for big lobworms/meat....

I've been experimenting this and last season on the river wye....and been using a size 4 hook on a Ronnie rig,tied on a combi hooklink( 2/3ft of korda Iq fluorocarbon in 12lb with 3" of snakebite soft braid attached next to the hook...big 26/32mm baits,small mesh bags of my pellet mix....everyone else scales down their gear and bait this time of yr...catching tiddlers..the few fish I've caught ,so far this season,have all been good lumps upto  13 lb ..a good fish as the official record is 14lb 10 oz.....had a fish end of last season that was a couple of ozs short....come this  winter I'm hoping they hit over the 15 lb mark again....I've had them just over 15 lb from the Wye...but that was back in 2007...and I know that that fish and a few others were moved,and dropped in the river taff- barbel there run to 20lb plus...you can catch hundreds of barbel on the Wye a season...there's folks fished it for 30 yrs and still not had a double ...I probably use 75/100 kg  of pellet per season...I can go up there just cutting the grass and I throw a few kilos in,even if I don't fish mate,after a session I will prebait a few swims...barbel are no different to carp,you get a bed of bait down and they are smashing it,no bream on my section,only carp,barbel and chub....when folks are feeding half a kilo here and there,the fish move in,clear it out and f**k off, looking for their next meal...they get the odd fish.....the big girls are always a few metres off where your fishing...from my experience

A do alright on this set up just standard no fancy stuff. A never get ghosted. Only when my youngest son turns up. Putting dampeners on it. .Soon as he went a was in lol. 4 hours I had to deal with him eating all my grub suppin all my juice then fucks off or and 5 bags of crisps. Lol

[Franks dad 2,068]

Took the missus maggot drowning down the river,for a couple of hours  , she had 20 bleak , five small roach , eight minnows ,one gudgeon and a perch on the whip . She’s proper chuffed with it . 

Edited yesterday at 17:03 by Franks dad

[Bangersanmash 5,279]

3 hours ago, Franks dad said:

Took the missus maggot drowning down the river,for a couple of hours  , she had 20 bleak , five small roach , eight minnows ,one gudgeon and a perch on the whip . She’s proper chuffed with it . 

My miss came with me yesterday. She came back from a walk with a few cans of pop , 7 bags of crisps , two pork pies , and a Costa coffee. . She hated it. Said am never coming again. Brilliant lol