One comes across novelties of the year 2011 more and more often in reference articles. This is no wonder since the scope of products designed and manufactured on the basis of previous test results has narrowed down. It is only the products having done very well in the tests and thus included in next year’s product list that are presented. One of these is the pellets designed for use in feeding baskets. These pellets have already been mentioned in several articles, but now I am going to present a little more details also on how to prepare them.

Coming Out!
As a result of great efforts and long discussions, the new CARSTEN waggler floats are coming out in a joint development with EXNER. Numerous samples, quotations, that is, a great deal of work lying in this apparently simple product. However, if I tell you that the tungsten lamellae on these floats are manufactured in the Chinese plant of a Canadian company, it tells a lot.
I have already presented these floats in several of my previous articles. Now, the whole series has been completed; I will try to give a detailed presentation of the floats.

I think there are enough new members like Noknot, any questions. I usually reserve this post for later in the winter when those of us North of the Mason Dixon are house bound. We have a lot of new members right now so I moved it up

My “White Paper” on baits, some science, some opinion, some experience, and some malarkey. I shall not differentiate for I consider myself an authority on carp. It was published first in 1993. It actually is a response to the question, “what is the best carp bait”. I got carried away. I have intentionally not change it. There are typos and certainly parts that I would expand for clarification. I made far to many assumptions that carp anglers sophisticated as CAG members would know the basics of behavioUr and physiology. Equally, I had no idea the level of Anthropomorphism anglers apply to a stupid carp. You know throughout the years there is really not much I would chang.