All systems go for France 2008

[mithrandir]

Well after much umming and ahhring a trip to France fishing for carp has been organised for next year.

We managed to get 8 people together so we decided on a different venue.

We have decided to go to bluewaterlakes in September 2008 which has now been booked and will be confirmed as soon as I get the deposit to them which I will do in the next week or so.

The list of conspirators is:-

Mithrandir
Twiddler
Banana Steve
Fishypaul
Pingu
Greenheart
Rob M
Devondave

here is a countdown for all those who want to know how long we are going to rabbit on about this

count down

well with 423 days to go I am sure we can bore some of you to death by then.

I have spoken to Mark and Belinda who run this lake and I am confident that this year we can have a good social fish in and the odd glass of french beer whilst hopefully catching a few large fish.

Any questions feel free to ask here or PM me and I will act as a point of contact to try and answer them

I am already looking forward to this one, just wish it was this year instead.

Mike

[devondave]

woohooo great 400 odd days and already im excited



and here comes a question or 2

firstly do they sell smirnoff ice in france?... girly i know but its the only alcohol i like

secondly

i see in the rules no tethered rigs... err whats a tethered rig?

other than that roll on september 2008

[fishypaul]

nice one mike,i agree,if only it was this year.

[mithrandir]

we can pick some smirnoff ice up at the port when we arrive, but I will ask if they stock it on site, I know the beer is only 50p a bottle!

A tethered rig is anything with a fixed lead , like a bolt rig, I will sort out some pictures of suitable rigs as the thread goes on so we can show you what we mean, but basically if the line breaks anywhere then the lead will not be dragged around by the carp, semi bolt rigs and safetyclips usually solve the rig problem.

[devondave]

right ok i understood all of that!

i dont use fixed leads anyway for that reason!

[Banana Steve]

What type of Rods and reels are required at the Lake?

[devondave]

hm thats a good question why didnt i ask that one?


my rods are 2 and 3/4 test i hope that will be enough!!

slightly off topic but locally sea fishing they have been braking world records for catching big fish on light lines anyone know the light line record for a carp?

i would love to talk the owners into letting me bash a 40lb'er on my 4lb line and match rod and centerpin reel!

[Banana Steve]

I have just spoken to Mark at the Lake and he said that 2 1/2lb upwards is fine.

[mithrandir]

Steve, what did you reckon to Mark, he seems quite down to earth to me, no airs and graces type.

did he mention hook types , sizes etc

[devondave]

ok cool just means i need to get a 3rd rod and a spod rod hmmmmm seen some good combo's going on those rods .. window shopping time