stampy’s fishing journal

  The D-rig is my favourite rig and my go to rig on all my sessions. Perfect with bottom baits or wafters, also great with different coloured kickers as it gives your bait that extra visual attraction. It is a simple rig to make once you get the hang of it, don't get discourage on your first try, it took me a few minutes to make my first D-rig after lots of attempts.  To make this awesome rig you'll need a few items; Curve shank hook Stiff link chod and boom filament Micro bait swivel or bait screw A kicker in a colour of your choice (if you want to use a kicker) Scissor And a lighter to help blob the chod and boom filament Once you have your items cut 10 inches of the stiff link chod and boom filament, after that create a small loop at one end of the filament then place the loop on the shank of the hook with the small tag end facing the eye of the hook. With the loop trap the small tag end along the shank of the hook by wrapping it, do this 4-6 times. Next pull both ends ti...

So it was Bank Holiday Monday and I fancied heading to the bank for a few hours, just to unwind after a very stressful two weeks at work. With being a member at the Headcorn and District Angling Society I have lots of waters at my disposal it was hard to choose but I wanted to go to a place where I have been before, where I caught but feel like I haven't truly unlocked its secrets. Went to a lovely place called Ringles. Ringles used to be a trout water before H.D.A.S took control from what I heard. Then when they acquired it the Trout's were removed and replaced with carps and silvers, no one knows what the biggest carp at the moment, people say 20+ but they haven't been seen for a while, the past few months a Ringles were tense for the club as there was a virus in the water that was killing some of the carp, luckily the Environmental agency helped the club resolving the issue and the water is safe to fish. when I arrived to the lake there was 32 swims to choose from and I ...