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ROUND-UP IAIN MACMILLAN’SIAIN MACMILLAN’S
Coach’s
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FAKING IT
We are coming bang into the
time when the plastic fantastic
comes into its own. Just
imagine how many carp get
caught on a totally un avoured
bit of rubber... ridiculous, isn’t
it? I can’t go anywhere without
having some to hand, and at
times it will be my only line of
attack when everything else has
failed. I’ve even had instances
both in the UK and France when
a balanced plastic corn rig, with
not even a bag of pellets for
attraction, has got me bites.
Obviously the main thing it
has going for it is its colour. I’m
sure there are people out there
that believe there’s something
within the rubber/plastic
compound that attracts the
carp, but I personally think
that’s drivel; without doubt it’s
the colour.
What I know is that as a
single whacked out at showing
sh, in a solid bag, or especially
over the top of a spod mix of,
say, hemp and corn, it’s
absolutely devastating, and
certainly in early spring when
the sh are hunting round for
grubbage after their winter
lay-up.
As for rigs and
presentations, look no further
than a KD rig, or even a simple
knotless knot rig. If you check
out the picture accompanying
this tip, it’s a simple KD knot,
but with a large beaked point
hook, which I believe stays in
better during the ght. Also,
don’t be scared to use a big
hook. e one in the picture is a
size 6 and, again from personal
experience, the carp nd a
bigger hook a lot harder to eject
than a dinky size 10.
Give it a try this spring; the
carp really can be suckers for
the old plastic fantastic at this
time of year.FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A FANCY A
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@[email protected][email protected].COMPETITION WINNERS
Avid Carp Transit RC Chairs (issue 1061): Chanttel
Holdman from Margate, Kent; Steve Wills from Giuldford,
Surrey; K Reeson from Islington, London; Paul Mulcare
from Stevenage, Hertfordshire; and omas Sansom from
Hayes, Middlesex.NEWS
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A 48-hour session on Ashmire Lake saw Tom Flack
from Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, follow up his 40lb
2oz Lake record caught a couple of weeks ago (see issue
1062) with this 38½lb common (above), another of his
targets at its best ever weight.
e 22-year-old sca older was testing a new baitCarping4Causes will host a
fundraising evening for
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
next month, featuring well-known
carper Frank Warwick presenting a
talk about his angling. e event
will take place at Barston Lakes in
Solihull, West Midlands, on
ursday 9th April, with doors
opening at 6.30pm. As well as
Frank’s talk, there will be a mega
ra e, a tombola, a used-tackle stall
and trade stands from various
tackle and bait companies. e
Predation Action Group will also be
in attendance.
Tickets cost £10 and can be
purchased via PayPal, using the
email address jeanette_72@msn.
com. Each ticket purchased will go
into a draw to win a shing holiday
with Gran Canaria Carp Tours.
Further details are available
from James Sansoni on
[email protected].An evening with
Frank Warwick
and also banked a 26¼-pounder. Tom presented pop-ups
on size 4 Choddy hooks, 25lb Mouthtrap/N-Trap
Semi-sti hinged sti inks and 3½oz Korda Distance
leads, and shed at 84 yards range to a silty gully where
he introduced four or ve handfuls of crumbed, chopped
and whole free o erings every six hours.TOM ON
A ROLL
38 ½
POUNDER
is 38lb 2oz mirror (above)
known as Nige’s Fish was the
biggest of six carp landed by Nick
Chase from Ash, Surrey, during a
48-hour session on Yateley
Sandhurst Lake. Nick, 34, told
Carp-Talk: “I was shing after the
Lake had been booked for exclusive
use, and with only a few sh coming
out all year, I decided to sh singles
over what I imagined was a lot of
bait that was already out there. I
saw a sh show after only a few
minutes and pitched up. After a
quick lead and marker about, I
found a nice silty area, and within
four hours I’d landed the big mirror
named after Nigel Sharp. eSANDHURST SUCCESS
session then got even more eventful
with ve more carp landed.”
Urban Baits Nutcracker cork
ball pop-ups did the job for Nick,
whose catch included four twenties
to 26¾lb. He mounted his
hookbaits on size 6 Choddy hooks,
Mouthtrap/N-Trap Semi-sti
hinged sti inks and 3oz leads on
Korda Clips, and shed at 80 yards
range.38 LB
2 OZ
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