Get on The Acid Man This Is Where I find My Happiness People Tell Me I Make It Look Effortless I cast like I’m on a training session. What Is Cognitive Dissonance? The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. Sneaking about in the margins I can fish to open water. I have an old school long cast and a set of 13ft Jim Gibbinson 3LB T/C Eclipse’s, built on original British Harrison Brown Blanks, which will cast to the horizon. Which Amino? Ok. So, you are considering making your own baits and do not know where to start. Yes, it’s a minefield which is why it is so much easier to walk into your local tackle shop or click a mouse and buy it online. But I reckon you’re missing a trick. The G (Green) Spot Put it on the spot mate. Not just on the spot, but at the back of the spot, in a cross wind, at 120 yards, at night, in the rain! 3 rods that is ! Yawn. Honey as a natural preservative of milk OK. An ex-student of mine just asked me how he can stop his Pure Milk Protean Baits going off.It’s simple, fill them with Honey as the sweetener, Jacko my mate!! Water Craft & General Insanity I don’t like to bang on. Whinge, wine criticise people for the sake of it. Trash someone’s spirit or session because they are catching and I’m not.Everyone’s Carp fishing journey is personal, it’s got jack shit to do with me or anyone else. Until it starts effecting my journey that is and even then, I tend not to say anything, it’s a waste of time. Exploiting Margins The margins of any water are the biggest natural feature on the water, some waters have islands and huge sand / gravel bars which change the percentages, but in general the margin is the longest / biggest feature. Making Sense of the Noise In relation to sound, noise is not necessarily random. Sounds, particularly loud ones that disturb people or make it difficult to hear wanted sounds, are noise. For example, conversations of other people may be called ‘noise’ by those not involved; any unwanted sound is always, noise. Taking on Big European Canals Between 1982 and 1995 I was stationed in Germany. Lippstadt was my Artillery Regiments home. We fished every weekend and usually on huge German / Dutch Rivers & Canals. The Marketing of Pretty Boiled Bait A sense of humour is required.

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else’s” The Tao Te Ching !! Don’t Bore Me With Talk About Big Carp Waters The Möhnesee Dam Germany. She is 10 kilometres Square. The 617 Dambuster Squadron made her famous. A Lincolnshire World War 2 Squadron by the way. Carp to 60 Lb +. An absolute bruiser of a water. Becoming Old School Guys no amount of modern tackle will help you catch more carp unless you switch on. In the 1980s & early ’90s, we had some shocking tackle by today’s standards. Spring Bait Keep the noise down to 0. Carp cannot detect amino in oil Glugging your bait in neat un-emulsified raw OIL, thinking that it helps? You are not doing yourself any favours. Northern Specials! Flat Caps. Whippets. Hob-nail Boots. etc…. ‘Weedy Green’ Now any-one who knows me, knows that I will use industry made bait in bulk, and my own bait on the hair. Or if I’m fishing a margin, then just my own bait. It’s called, ‘Weedy Green’ cos its Green and contains Weed. It’s not rocket science. Understanding colour loss underwater Colours are dependent on light, the primary source of which is sunlight. It is difficult to know what light really is, but we can observe its effects. Late Autumn & Early Spring Carping It’s that time of year, the water is crystal clear on my Syndicate water, and I have spotted several Match anglers scraping late Joker on a few ponds in the local area. A Top-Secret Carp Bait - Gozzers The soft and succulent, protean packed- pearly white, home-bred Gozzers are a superb summer bait for choosy, shy-biting Carp that often turn their noses up at even the freshest shop bought maggots. Did Somebody Say - Just Eat! If carp do not eat, they will float, i.e. they will pass away. And in order to eat they must detect their food in a variety of ways. One way is sight, but it’s the lesser of their many senses.