Carp-Talk - 25 March 2015

Log on to http://www.carptalk-online.co.uk Shop at http://www.gifts4anglers.co.uk Weekly news FREE to your desktop http://www.carptalkxtra.co.uk Carp-Talk 45

JACK BROWN

whole and chopped Hybrid boilies.

 is was all laced with the matching

Stick Mix Liquid to give lots of

textures and plenty of  avour

leakage dispersing through the

water to attract and then ideally

hold a few  sh for multiple bites.

 at was the plan anyway, as I

clipped up both my rods to  sh

tightly together on the same spot

followed by about a dozen Spombs

of bait to start with.

First action

Despite not yet seeing any  sh,

things weren’t looking too bad. I

was happy to have got the rods out

and baited by the middle of the

afternoon, leaving an hour or two

for my swim to settle before dark.

As darkness fell the  rst signs of

 sh activity began with a few line

bites. Eventually one of my bobbins

held tight and, rather than slowly

dropping back, developed into a full

blown run! A chunky mirror hit the

net soon afterwards and I was o

the mark for the session. “Here we

go!” I thought, but surprisingly the

rest of the night was quiet.

Another run and another

landed  sh at  rst light was again

followed by a lull in the action.  e

conditions were fairly mild and

favourable, so I was a little

bewildered by the stop-start action.

I’d still been getting liners, though,

so felt there were  sh in the area.

Maybe I just needed to make some

kind of tweak...

 inking about that silkweed

and its ability to mask a rig, I

decided to pop my hookbaits up a

little higher to three or four inches

o the deck.  is alteration, plus a

change in the weather to warm,

bright sunshine really did the trick,

with the bites becoming consistent

and proli c. I even had one in each

of my two nets at one point! By the

end of my 48-hour session I’d really

enjoyed the action, landing 14  sh

• although I’m told you can double
  or even sometimes treble that catch
  rate when they’re really having it!
  Yep, I’m really impressed by
   orpe Lea and I’ll have to get back
  there some time. For now, though,
  I’m just happy to have got my
  season up and running.

VENUE FACT FILE

Name:  orpe Lea Fishery

Size: 18 acres

Stock: 2500 carp

Address:  orpe Lea Road,

 orpe, Egham, Surrey, TW20

8RH.

Phone number: 01784

492182

Website: http://www.

thorpelea shery.co.uk

You can catch plenty

of these at  orpe Lea

Small and bright, the

Mini Micro pop-ups

were perfect for my

 orpe Lea approach

A small

mouthful of

pellets nicked

on to the hook

to increase

attraction

Clipping-up and accuracy are

important parts of my approach

 e action got a bit hectic with a

 sh in each of my two nets

Just into dark and

my  rst bite!

Keeping with a Hybrid theme

• whole and chopped boilies
  went into my spod mix

Brown_CT1064.indd 45 20/03/2015 08:46:57