Thanks Will,

No real need for heavy leads as the lake I will be mainly fishing is not
that large, 40 to 50 yards should hit any spot on the lake from one point or
another. It was just a matter of playing the fish.

I looked at rod pods but it is a bit more ironwork than I need to have to
carry. The rules of the lake is one rod only anyway.

I will do some looking for the Ron Thompson rods, I have seen them but only
really just started looking closely at the idea. Mainly due to a couple a
good sized carp nudging my tench float out of the way last time.

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Gandalf


I'd go for a heavy feeder rod or 1.5lb test Avon for light carping, not
really suitable for pike though as it won't cope with casting heavy
deads well. If you want a rod for both then I'd recommend a 2.5lb test
carp rod, Ron Thompson do some good cheap ones. Carping doesn't have to
be complicated, many of the specialist rigs are for unusual situations
or very wary fish on heavily fished waters, a simple running or
semi-fixed ledger rig will catch plenty of fish.

HTH

Will
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