7 Years of Tackling Harder Waters: Here’s How I Succeeded

Good day Matthew, What do you think about a 0.25mm carp mono hooklink?Ive been using this hooklink to tie my rigs because its practically invisible, and ive also been using the 0.40mm bullet mono. Which do you think is better and should I change and stop using the 0.25mm?

Hi Matthew, little off topic but wondered how you weigh up hook sharpness vs point durability. So as an example a Hook that turns over once you hook a carp, surely that could happen early on in the penetration process? So to really drive it home it’ll be working already turned over, if that makes sense. I have some hooks that stay sharp (although not the sharpest hooks by todays standards) even after most fish I bring in, so it’s staying sharp right through the whole process. Any thoughts on this, maybe I made this confusing. Also what do you think about hook flex, Nash hooks have very little and are so tough, I can’t help think this is a good thing? I imagine hooks flexing in and out could bore out and make it easier for a hook pull
Thanks mate awesome content

Nice to see someone speaking sense.

Also love that the fish you catch don't have big guts like the heavier UK fish.

I use very simple rigs myself that I'm sure most UK Carp anglers would laugh at but I often out fish them. So that's all I care about.

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This video is gold. I am a fly fisherman who did his FlyFishing masters in England ans saw that carp fishing in the docks in London. Never tought it had all that knowledge behind. I am going here to a big reservoir close to Bogota, Colombia. Lots of carp there, almost for free. I am pretty sure carp here behaves different that those on northern or southern countries. Everybody on that lake uses just corn or worms. I am learning a lot here. Will cook some boilies and definitely will use your rig. Cheers!! God Bless you.

The problem im having is the hair loop keeps coming undone

I love the videos. Some info is new, and some I am aware of. After 45 years of fishing, I have seen a lot of new "Commercial Junk," especially over the last 3-5 years. A lot of info and tackle out there is purely created for sale; the emphasis on fishing has been lost somewhat. However, these videos that Matt delivers are precisely what fishing is about sharing good information, keeping it simple and basic, and installing great standards. Hopefully, all newcomers to angling will see these videos, "the wood through the trees" and not get lost in the shelves of tackle you see these days. Excellent content, delivered very well.

Keep up the great work Matt.

Trout man Dan

I thought you never use a chod hook for a bottom bair?

H,i I'm really enjoying the videos .can you explain why you want to cast as far as you can?

Were you using leader weights? I couldn't tell from your set up? Going to use this set up for my next carp session.

This helped me dramatically with Turtles (USA). We don’t have Crayfish but we definitely have Red Ear Sliders in CA. They operate the same way and when I was using smaller food items like Korda Fake corn or Small dumbbell Wafters I was getting annihilated. Thank you so much for making this video, much love from across the pond. ❤ 🎣

Try tying your hair rigs with the line coming out on the inside of the hook rather than the outside

Never knew about the salt trick will definetly try this next time

Hi Matthew , At the moment i'm fishing a HUGE Park lake 30-acre (12 ha) lake, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) I've lost two one on a ZIG and one on the bottom ! it's been tough going as i've blanked since spring.. BUT after watching this video i can see my mistakes and i'l change it up SO thanks and i will update soon as i land my first Carp out of that Huge Park lake.

That hook looks savage and leaves a pretty big hole in the Carps mouth .any snap off means the hook could remain in its mouth for sometime despite some uneducated people believing otherwise the hooks do not rust away in a few weeks !
It seems normal practice these days to use forged heavy duty hooks , why I have no idea .I have caught hundreds of carp and from rivers to 28Lb on 5 to 8lb mono and size 10 hooks and a all through action rod.
Having the skill , technique with the clutch set perfectly is all you need .

Great video Matthew, loved all the tips and advise Pal. Could you please tell me how long you would keep your hook baits covered in salt to make them really hard. ?
Tight lines and all the best Peter.

Hi Matt, have watched a few of your vids so far 😊, subscribed 😀 yeah, and I've probably got a lot to catch up on 😮.
Absolutely full of awesome information, leads, hook length material, setting up running leads and so on, some interesting snippets regarding little bips & drop backs, as you say, I think I have been had !! 1 blip on the alarm then nothing ?? Reel in no bait either ?? ( Robin red pellets 15/16 mm.
Think I now know why, wrong rig, lead clip style.
Running rigs coming up I think.
What are the rubbers you use in the inline lead please in place of the tube they come fitted with.
Also noticed that, you do not use bait runner reels ? But instead you just adjust the clutch tension, is this superior and more advantageous than bait runner set up ??
I had a session last week, first time since about 2013/ 2014 few small ones, a 12 1/2 Lb, & the biggest of the afternoon was 17 1/2 Lb.
Reason for such a long gap, briefly, Dad passed away, I was 50, now 71, after he passed my heart just wasn't in it, he was not only my Dad but my life long fishing companion too.
Now getting it back hopefully 🙏.
Should I ditch bait runner style 🤔 and just move forward with in line rigs and clutch only.
O' I started fishing at about 5 / 6 of age, but still love it really.
Having watched some of your excellent videos,you certainly have inspired me to embrace the challenges ,keep at it and strive for better results.
Any advice will be appreciated greatly.
Cheers Les.

All you need is Daiwa j-braid x8 0.16mm and 0.20mm for pop-ups and wafters or fluorocarbon ~0.35 (I use p-line shinsei fluorocarbon). Last weekend i've cought about 243kg of carp.

I always make it a point to go carp fishing on a large lake (or any other size) with a clean bottom. 👍

I fish a low stock water not been fished for decades. Now it’s a club water . I know it’s been stocked with Gardner strain carp 70 of them plus whatever original carp are in there . How do I find these carp ? They don’t show as the cormorants are in abundance there. I’ve been getting a lot of tench so I know Iam on some sort of clean spot .and it’s very silty the worse I’ve seen ever lol the lead plugs in whenever you go so hellie rig is being used ?

I just want to say your content is great and you've really helped me simplify my angling and focus more on the little things that make a huge difference. As a relatively new carp angler I was constantly getting runs but lifting into the rod there was nothing on the end which at the time I was using heavy leads with lead clips. Then I came across your video on Lead systems. I changed over to a running lead system with lighter leads and focused on having the sharpest hook possible and well its helped me massively and I'm no longer striking into nothing! Love your content you're a book of knowledge and you've helped me massively. Keep up the good work matt👍

Without a doubt the sharpest hooks out of the box are korda kamakura

Great video as always Matt.

Please can you share a video on how you target weedy waters? In particular, PVA bags in silk weed etc. Would be interested to hear your take on it.

why can you only use it for 1 fish ?

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Thank you for the Turkish translation. I'm glad to have you.

I applied your rig form, however bent little new rose potatoes of 1.5cm*2.0cm on the hair (10 min boiled) which worked immediately. No bites on boilies here. Little jacket potatoes do a best job here.

Great videos I'm going to a reservoir I haven't fished before at the weekend and I'm going to give this a go. Because of your vids I'm now almost exclusively using running rigs and if I do use a bolt rig I now know how to use it correctly cheers.

Tried the salting boilies trick today as they fell off regularly but now lasting much longer casting a feeder out every 15 mins

Used this rig on yateley, perfect, caught 3 using it ,will use this rig everytime .easy , and so basic thankyou saved my blank this year😅

How long do cure your hook baits for

Hi Matt This rig must be loaded in the middle because it often happens that the hook is point up and the line is up. I have tested this situation at home many times. Of course, it is not known whether this prevents carp from taking the bait 🙂

Mr Collins stop giving the top tip away😁🎣👍

Shod hook 😂 its chod ffs

Hi there do you only use a chodhook with this rig or would other work in same way thanks Martin

What reels do you use?

Hi matt gareth hear i sooke to you on the phone when we were going to come to your fishery in france for a trip before wcc 2017 the new zealand team ,i didnt happen ,i never got chance to thank you for your offer so thanks matt cheers gareth

so do you not use baitrunners?

In our pond of 0.4 hectars we've got good carp, but hoplessly soaked with rudd. Carp's biting best on corn or potatoes. No chance with boilies. What else could I try? If you cook little 24 mm potatoes, how hard to keep them? Why would you like your boilies hard?

Little tip for badly infested cray waters. Forget wrapping baits and using plastic, I just flavour some good old wooden balls and drill a 1mm hole through and you will be fishing with bait exactly how you cast out. (just make sure you over weight the balls, because they get lighter in weight over night).

A great informative video. As a relative beginner, I have been using the mono rig you recommended in a previous video, and have caught plenty of fish with it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!

Nice video Matt, basically everything you need to learn to be a successful big carp angler! Thanks.

Hi! Yet another great video on a very basic carp catching rig!! Congrats!!! I've tested this mono rig and caught lots of fish with it, I generally use either wide gape or chod hooks for it to create the aggressive angle without using the ronnie stopper on the hook. To be honest I prefer the D-rig over this single mono rig. I've tested the mono rig by simply throwing it multiple times in a bucket filled with water. In some cases, I was surprised that the hook can actually landed upwards (with the back of the hook facing the bottom) even though the rig was executed correctly. This happened on the flat bottom of the bucket, where the boilie could have rolled the hook on either sides, but it didn't. I kept thinking that the lake bed is not perfectly flat, so the boilie might land between some debris and not roll properly. The D-rig on the other hand, no matter how many times you throw it and how you throw it, it always ensures that you are fishing :) Tight lines!

How dare you simplify carp rigs !!!
Only joking, great video, a bit Fast Show ('Brilliant') in the presentation.

At a weedy venue what rig would you use and would finding a clear spot be your top priority

Brilliant informative video. Thank You

So i have .4 diameter on my new reels ive loads of mono left after spooling them, i can use that for rigs? Game changed.

All rigs should be a one fish rig if your hooks are sharp