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Gary Asks;

Hi ya Danny,  Just thought i’d drop you an email. Me and my 3 mates have booked up for Gigantica at the beginning of March 2010, and was wondering if you minded giving us some advice.

It will be our second trip to France, so we are relatively new to overseas fishing, but we are experienced in the UK.

The main reason for me writing is as I said just to get a few pointers from you. I’ve read the website and the reports etc, and have noted a few recommendations and observations.

It seems to me that Mainline Cell is the way to go right? How much do you think we will need and where do you recommend we get it from? I notice you don’t rate the rolling companies over here, but if we decide to bring it with us, where do you reccommend we get it from? Also what size works best?

Any other advice you can give us with regards to what we should bring would be great thanks mate.

Danny replies;

Dear Gary, you are right my experience is that the bait actually rolled by Mainline works better than the same bait rolled by other bait rolling services, I don’t know why, but I wouldn’t use anything else on there now. continue reading…

Gary & Daniel:

Me and my son are planning on fishing your lake in October next year, like to ask a bit of advice on a few things. What mainline would you recommend using and do you use tubing?  I generally use leadcore but its not allowed on your fishery.

My rigs generally use your bolt rig components with 9/10″ hook links, with a snowman type bait. What set up do you believe works the best out there?

I am not the best long distance caster, happier fishing 70/90 yards range. I plan to do some work on this year to improve this. Are there any swims that I should give a miss as they generally fish better at the 100 + yards range?

I hope to get 2 swims together with my son; he’s a better caster than me. Are there any 2 swims together that you believe offer the best chance of landing a few, I know that you will probably say that all the swims fish well, but just asking your own opinion. continue reading…

Chris wrote ;

“Not sure if the rules dictate you have to use anything in particular – I used 15lb straight through when I went.  Wouldn’t go less than 12lb”  from Shaun Harrison.

Have a great time fishing.

Regards Linda

Lee Brown wrote:

In early June I am going to St Chistophe.  What are the most successfully baits for carp and what tactics work best at that lake? (don’t want to go there blind!)

Hi Lee,

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Check out the Angling Lines videos to get tips for this venue.

Thanks for your query I shall try to reply as fully as possible.

Firstly St Christophe is a deep water by most standards averaging around 20 feet. There are not an awful amount of features to be found,
although on peg 2 Shaun Harrison did find a slightly shallower spot at around 100 yards or so. I would suggest you start by exploring your peg with a marker rod to see if you have any variations in depth in front of you, or any gravel or silty areas. This will give you an idea where to start applying your bait.

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