Great news, glad the young'un was chuffed.
Went this evening for my last hour at the local pool. met a nice gent who
has been fishing for around 50 years, poor chap was suffering a blanking day
since 2.30 this afternoon, so i made his day by using the same bait in the
next peg (5 feet away) to land a 7lb carp on my pole in the first 15
minutes. I feel so guilty, but what can you do? hehe.
Good luck with the carping, but the 'never fails' swims can be changeable,
take meat and paste (preferable trout type) as backup, trust me, the old
'trout paste' is a killer for carping. i find the light brown standard fishy
paste mixed with an egg then pinched on a 14 hook works for me every time
when the meat goes slow. (or if you feel inclined the normal fishy 'ready
mixed' paste in a pot .)

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Two more tail walking bream yesterday, talked to a couple of locals and it
seems it is quiet common. Had about 15 fish, all over 1lb and the best was
close to 5lbs so a nice days pleasure fishing. Best of all was I managed
to catch one for my 4 y.o. grandson to play and land. He was well chuffed.

I did use a longer flying hook length and it did seem better on the day. I
did get smashed up twice and I think it was most probably carp.

Next target species will be tench or crucian carp as I am told of a "never
fails" swim and we all know how good they are usually.

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Gandalf


"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear about the illness, hope things get better with time. But
fishing is like riding a bike, you dont forget, you just get more wobbly
:{)