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.

I have an old dream: fishing with really slim long poles. At that time, when the allowed maximal length of the poles was reduced from 14.5 metres to 13 metres I thought that the producers will introduce a lot of slim poles on the market. It was not happened, and what is more, just the opposite case came to pass. The new long poles get thicker and thicker and reached even the 50 mm in diameter at the butt section, while the usual diameter is 48 mm approximatelly. The main reason was simply an economic one: a more conical pole can be built from a carbon material of poor quality keeping the rapidity of the pole. And by so doing the price could be reduced.

One can think, that it is not worth mentioning, but let we take a closer look at the problem of accuracy in rood-and-reel fishing. In feeder, match or even in the boilie fishing it is usually primordial to cast the rig and the hook with some bait right in the middle of the feeded area. The case can get even worst when there is some obstackle in the nearer. It is good to know the precise casting distance not only during fishing for silvers, but in predator fishing, too. The line marker helps to sign the distance on the fishing line.