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19 th August 2024
Keep Your Hookbaits Perfectly Presented On Hair Rigs!
This fishing hack is for when I’m using boilie rigs like a snowman rig. So I’ve got a boilie and a pop up on the hair and all I’m doing is using a float stop just underneath the boilie. This float stop keeps then nice, neat and together instead
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18 th August 2024
Extend Your Hair Rig With Ease!
Now this fishing hack is for carp anglers who have rigs already made to accommodate a specific size of hookbaits, but as your session unfolds, you know you need to change to a different hookbait such as a snowman, but you are reluctant to do so as
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17 th August 2024
Make Re-Elasticating Top Kits Quick & Easy!
Every angler has probably experienced some frustration of trying to feed new pole elastics through a wet and dirty top kit. However a quick way to ensure that you never have this frustration again is to simply pull out a few inch of elastic from the
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16 th August 2024
Fish Accurately On Deep Venues!
One of the key aspects to catching more fish regardless of the method is to ensure that your hookbait is amongst your free offerings, especially when fishing deep water as accuracy is so important. So, when I’m fishing to a line clip and I
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15 th August 2024
Use PVA Bag Stems!
Although, PVA Bag Stems are widely used by a lot of anglers in the carp fishing world, to me these are an absolute essential in my solid PVA bag fishing. As they allow me to pre -tie loads of PVA Bags ready before a session, basically as many stems,
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14 th August 2024
Prevent Splitting Boilies When Using A Throwing Stick!
This fishing hack is for anglers who love to use throwing sticks for baiting up with boilies. Using throwing sticks can be a real edge when carp fishing as they allow you to scatter your bait at a distance, allowing fish to feed confidently on single
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13 th August 2024
Never Have A Tangle Again When Paste Fishing!
Paste fishing is a devastating method on commercial fisheries for carp especially at this time of year, but one of the main frustrations for anglers with this method is that when shipping your rig out, your paste can fall out of your pot, pulling
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12 th August 2024
Swap Clumsy Bulk Shot For An Inline Olivette
This fishing hack is for those who enjoy a bit of float fishing, but detest having to use big bulky shot on the line when you need to get your hook down to the bottom of the river or the lake. So instead of a string of clumsy split shot, use an
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11 th August 2024
Fool Big Wise Carp When Surface Fishing!
This fishing hack is for those carp fishing on the surface that want to fool them big wise carp that have seen it all! So instead of using a hair stop, use a little split shot and then add little by little small chunks of tungsten putty until
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10 th August 2024
Straighten Your Coated Hooklink!
Now this fishing hack is for everyone who uses coated hooklinks whether it be for carp fishing or specialist fishing. As you find that coated hooklinks can get quite untidy, very kinked and to get them straight you need to steam them with a kettle.
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