In article , fishin' kid
.com wrote:

I don't have any expensive things. not for carp fishing any-way because
i don't think that fishing should be so expensive.

It isn't - unless you want it that way.

The most expensive bait i buy is a tub of maggots and i have good fun
catching all sorts of fish on that.
I did make some of my own boilies though, they turned out to be better
than what the tackle shop owner said they would (he didn't think i
could do it) I just haven't got round to trying them yet.

I resisted using boilies for a long time then someone more or less forced a
packet of bright orange things on me and challenged me to use them. OK, I
did. There were about half a dozen other anglers on the bank all using
boilies or particles and none were catching (bright and sunny but after a
cold night). I tried the boilies as per instructions for a couple of hours
but I see no point in doing the same as everyone else when none of them are
catching so I rang the changes. When Louis came back I'd had four smallish
carp and four rudd. The Carp were all taken on bread in the shallow margins
under rhodedendron bushes and the rudd on shaved slivers of boilie
floatfished on a #16 hook. None of the others had any carp 'though one had a
couple of nice bream which he didn't seem very happy with.

By all means use your boilies and good luck with them. Keep your eyes open
though and be prepared to change tactics if the opportunity arises. Keep
quiet and pay attention at all times and you'll catch more - I promise.

Cheerio,

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