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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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09 th August 2024
Ditch The PVA Nuggets!
This fishing hack is all about replacing PVA Nuggets to prevent them coming off on the cast, like I have had several times! A simple solution, is to make a dry groundbait bag out of mesh PVA with a few pellets and this will do the exact same job!
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08 th August 2024
Use PVA Tape On Your Adjustable Zigs!
Do your adjustable zips keep tangling? Fishing with adjustable zig floats can be devastating for carp, but equally they can be a nightmare to cast at times. In the past, to prevent it from tangling. I’ve used a PVA nugget that I’d lick
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07 th August 2024
Tie An Extra Loop Onto Your Spod/Spomb
This one is really simple but makes life on the bank so much easier. All it it that when you tie your overhand loop not for your spod/spomb is to just tie another one at the end. All this does is give you a little tag where you can take your spod/
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06 th August 2024
Test Your Pop Up Rigs Buoyancy!
This hack is an absolute essential for carp anglers fishing pop ups and that is to test the buoyancy of your pop up rigs. To ensure your fishing rig is doing exactly what it should, I will always test the buoyance of my rigs in the margins. So
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