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Carp fishing rods the three types you need to be aware of

The choice of rod is very important when you are going after that elusive specimen carp. There are so many different makes of carp fishing rods and carp reels on the market every one for a specific type of fishing.  There are three main types of rod to consider every one of them dependant on where you are going to fish.  

You will often see when looking to select a rod a mention of a rod’s test curve. A test curve is determine by how much weight it takes to bend the rod through 90 degrees. The most common test curve is 2.5 lb which is normal for close to medium range fishing. If you are looking to fish long distances then a 3lb test curve would probably be more suitable.

The three main styles are as follows.

All through action

These bend through the whole length of the rod. You will often feel the rod bending under the handle. This type of rod is for playing fish with the best safety margin rather than a casting tool. These rods usually feel nicer and are a pleasure to use.

Medium action

The bend on these rods starts about two thirds the way down the rod. This offers a pleasant bend on the rod whilst there’s still power left in the butt to control a good fish. These rods certainly give a greater safety margin when playing a fish but at the expense of some casting distance. This kind of action is the one that I recommend and frequently use myself

Fast tip action

These will usually feel extremely stiff as they bend only in the tip section with other joints remaining rigid. These rods are intended for fast pick-up and long casting. The disadvantage is that every movement of a fish tends to get transmitted right down to the hand. There is also no cushion if the fish makes a sudden run as it is being netted. This can result in the line breaking or the hook being pulled out.

Most rods are made from hollow tapering tubes from a mixture of carbon and glass fibres bonded by a resin. The more carbon present in the mixture, the more expensive the rod. It will also make the rod stiffer and allow manufacturers to reduce the diameter of the tube. Most cheaper rods are manufactured from a mix containing a larger proportion of glass fibres. These rods are often referred to as composites. These are cheaper, less stiff, more robust and of larger diameter and by being less stiff and more robustthey make good carp fishing rods for the beginner.

 

 

With all the carp fishing equipment out there it is a good idea to get some knowledge before parting with your money. If you would like to know more then visit  www.carpfishingequipment.org

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Carp Fishing Equipment: What Do You Need?

Are you interested in carp fishing? If so, you are probably interested in carp fishing equipment. Like many other hobbies and sports, fishing is one of those pastimes where the amount of success you have will depend, in no small part, on the equipment you use. Not that you can’t catch a fish of one kind or another with a pole and whatever you can find in your kitchen that can act as bait. But to catch the big fish, like a 10 or 20 pound carp that can be counted on to put up a fight, you need good tools.

If you are going fishing for carp, here is some carp fishing equipment that you will want in your arsenal.

The Right Rod and Line

Carp are big, heavy and strong. And, well, they don’t really want to be caught, so you can almost count on them to put up quite a fight as you try to pull them in. The result? Many people who go after these fish without the right equipment find that, after hours of work, all they have to show for it is a broken line, broken rod, and no fish to speak of. So your first step is to get yourself a quality rod. You also want to use a 15 pound test line.

The Right Flies

Many who fish for carp have great success using flies. But not just any flies. There are many flies on the market now days, all of them promising they will help you catch more fish than you ever imagined possible. Some of these flies look like little works of art. But, when fishing for carp, you want to choose flies that look as much like actual carp food as possible. Otherwise, the fish will just ignore your fly and go on about its business.

Use a Net to Make Things Easier

After fighting with a carp for a while you will, if you’re lucky, scoop it up and officially declare it caught. Because carp are so heavy, you more than likely won’t be able to hold it up by the rod. Instead, you will have to take it directly from the water. Using a net is the easiest way to get this done. However, if you do want to take the carp out of the water by hand, be careful. Holding a carp incorrectly can harm or damage your catch.

Fishing for carp is both fun and challenging. And the best way to guarantee success is by using the right carp fishing equipment.

Written by Glen Buchanan, Keep-Fishing.com, Carp Fishing Equipment.

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Carp – Best Bait – Potatoes

Stoica A Bogdan asked:

Let me tell you about a homemade bait the tent that my grandfather told me to use (each time he goes fishing he is taking the tent NO?? N meters where he will be using this groundbait). The appearance of modern boilies carp baits have forgotten many traditional tent. Is it good? Are the best boilies? That will remain to you that a judge and a try. Introduction of the old "bait carp fishing, old books recommended bait fishing mainly corn and potatoes for carp fishing. Raw or boiled, potatoes can be in many cases a great bait. There are few wetlands that abound on the banks of the cultivation of potatoes, a fisherman before making a potato, peel it, cut it into cubes and go fishing. A potato cubes stuck on the hook was the bait to catch the beautiful specimens of carp all over Romania 's lakes and rivers Fisheries dominates the recommended time boiling potatoes, it certainly makes them softer, easier to steal (or down) off the hook but the attraction of the tent is higher, and all of us are looking to make the tent attracted by our bait. Well boiled potatoes, tossed with bread and even better garnished with a few grains of corn in the milk were placed in a top secret rubber. How the Danube River you can still see old men fishing with cubes of potatoes and huge carp caught, it makes me believe that potatoes should still blow up, maybe we should give it a try in May.Worth The intent of this old fishing bait carp? YES!

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Carp Fishing Techniques – Are Bait Boats Cheating?

Izaak Walton’s famous book ‘The Complete Angler’ was a celebration of our sport, based on the central theme that angling is an art that transcends the objective of catching fish.

Angling then is the technique of catching fish using a rod and line; it is called “angling” because of the angle formed by the two. It has been suggested that the quintessential step of making fishing into a sport, rather than just a means of catching fish for food, was the invention of the rod. It is considered a sport, then when practised for enjoyment. Anglers sometimes attempt to catch only one type of fish, in our case the Carp, often limiting their equipment to increase the sport – Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome.

Since the beginning then, angling’s rules and traditions have been laid down to provide sport by imposing a certain level of difficulty. I think everyone would agree that there are far easier and swifter ways of extracting fish from a lake or river than by rod and line. Nets, deadlines, multiple hooked lines and explosives would all be far more effective than a simple hook,rod and line. (Admittedly the latter suggestion makes catch and release somewhat difficult!!)

Certain forms of fishing, such as fly fishing require a good level of technique to achieve any measure of success. Carp fishing too requires a considerable amount of skill to cast accurately and sufficiently far to be able to present a bait effectively to our quarry. The better anglers justifiably catch more fish. Setting the element of chance aside, I think most will agree a talented angler does do things differently from the average bod. If he catches more or bigger fish than his peers, he obviously has a greater aptitude for the sport than the average.

So I think then it is fairly easy to establish that we fish the way we do in the name of sport, and the intellectual stimulation and challenge, not just to pull the fish out of its natural habitat. I think we all get a great deal of satisfaction when we do it right and we catch well. You only have to look at an angling newspaper or magazine to see the number of cheesy grins behind leviathan carp to understand that we all get satisfaction in success. Modern rods and reels are better and perform better than at any time in the history of the sport, our understanding of bait, and fish behavior has increased over the last few centuries too. But when all is said and done, we are carrying out the same gestures and actions as our forefathers in the time of Izaak Walton.

Ok so this brings me onto the ‘Bait Boat’.

Here is a gadget, pilfered from Model Making and turned to fishing. It has absolutely nothing to do with “angling”, and takes any amount of skill, technique and talent out of the sport. It in fact takes us right back to before the Art of Angling became just that; an Art! – I have to ask the question; ‘Where is the Art in using a Bait Boat?’

What it effectively does, and I don’t dispute the effectiveness of these ‘items’ of tackle.. is give you loaded dice to play with. It evens up the field, so that if you are next to the mega long caster or the fine technician, who can drop a lead on a sixpence at 80 yards, you can play in the same league. Is this not deemed cheating in any other sport?

There are other non negligible aspects of these devices, such as the effect their presentation has on the fishing on waters that their see heavy use .It makes it very hard afterwards to tempt a carp by more conventional means. The fish get used to and wary of the fact that every pile of food they come across on the lake bed has a hook in it. For the carp anglers it becomes a case having to join the “pugwash club” if you want to be in with a chance. Furthermore, and this is what has lead to their being banned on many venues, is the abuse of certain users, poaching others swims or placing baits in areas and at distances where they have very little or no chance of landing the fish.

You will gather then I am not a fan, and I shall continue to hone my own angling skills to tempt the queen of our rivers; a stately, a good and very subtle fish… and hard to be caught.” Izaak Walton – ‘The Complete Angler’ 1653.

By: Gareth Watkins

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Karpervissen Bait

Ankhesenamun T asked:

Vissen is zowel grote bedrijven en een sport genoten door miljoenen mensen. Vissen begon meer dan 40.000 jaar geleden, maar op dat moment was het voor voedsel in plaats van sport. De Egyptenaren waren een van de eerste tot de visserij instrumenten te gebruiken om vis te vangen. De rivier de Nijl was een duidelijke bron van vis voor hen. Vis werd gevangen in allerlei verschillende manieren met onze handen of wapens zoals speren tot meer geavanceerde manieren van vissen werden berecht. Deze omvatten netten en vallen.
Sportvissen is razend populair en wordt meestal gedaan met behulp van een hengel en aas diverse haken of volgende reeks mededingingsregels die bepalen hoe de vis moet worden gevangen, enz. Meestal is de winnaar van deze een wedstrijd is de visser die vangt de meeste gewicht van de vis in plaats van de hoeveelheid vis. Een zeer populaire karper viswedstrijd is de Britse karpervisserij kampioenschappen of BCAS voor te sorteren. Het trekt hengelaars uit de hele wereld en op de top van het prestige van steeds de beste visser is er ook een prijs van £ 10.000 aan de winnaar.
Karpervissen wordt steeds populairder en er zijn veel wedstrijden opduiken over de hele wereld met grote hoeveelheden geld op het spel. Voor het vissen op karper zou je vissen karper aas of boilies als ze kunnen worden opgeroepen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk gebruiken. Het woord boilies komt uit het feit dat de karper aas ingrediënten worden gekookt in water. Karpervissen is ook erg populair in andere landen, zoals Frankrijk en Spanje en er zijn veel vissers die op visvakantie te gaan naar deze landen. Soorten van de karper zijn karper, graskarper en zilver karper.
Karpervissen in Frankrijk is erg populair bij vissers uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk als gevolg van hoe dicht Frankrijk is voor ons natuurlijk. Populaire bestemmingen zijn de visserij Parijs, Calais, Limoges en Domaine de la Vallee. Er zijn veel bedrijven die georganiseerd vissen vakanties naar Frankrijk. Populaire vissersdorp bestemmingen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk omvatten de Cotswold, Devon en Yorkshire. Als u tevreden bent om verder te reizen voor uw vissen zijn er enkele fantastische plekken om te gaan waaronder Thailand, Madeira en Australië.
Visaas is iets dat wordt gebruikt om de vis om de apparatuur aan te trekken wordt gebruikt om te vangen Het wil zeggen een staaf. Vissen aas kan variëren van kleine insecten zoals wormen of maden om je aas met de hand gemaakt, zoals boilies.
Hengelsport is de naam gegeven aan vrijwel elke bit van kleding of apparatuur die wordt gebruikt in de visserij. Dit kan variëren van visnetten en staven te rollen en kleding, zoals steltlopers en laarzen worden. Populaire merknamen zoals Fox, Nash, Daiwa voor karper hengels en meer, Greys voor alles wat te maken heeft met vissen en Dynamite Baits voor gebruik als visaas. Toonaangevende merken van de karper aas onder Cotswold aas en Richworth aas.
Commerciële visserij is enorm business en wordt gedaan over de hele wereld, maar China is verantwoordelijk voor de meest gevangen vis op commerciële basis. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk zijn wij bekend om onze liefde voor fish and chips!

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