Lukeboy

2 power tops ready for elasticating.
What elastic...soft or strong....hollow,solid or latex ?
Explain Reason ?

Caster

Venue and size of fish might help...

Lukeboy

Big carp in margins on commercials

curtains

you wanna talk to Leigh66 he spends most of his fishing life dinking around in the margins on the pole and he manages to land most of what he hooks mostly

shaunPearce

solid elastic upto a 22. the reason for it being solid is theres less stretch than latex and hollow elastics so the fish cant find any snags. basically i hook my fish pull the pole 90 decrees from where i hooked it and sink the pole and slowly ship back. to be honest i would probly have both elastics at the same strength ie 22. obviously theres no point having your elastic at 22 if your only likely to catch 8lb fish but in the lakes i fish im catching fish from 9lb to 17lb plus.all these fish are caught from within 6 inches of a sunken tree or the next pallet. its best to have you gear set stronger than lighter as you dont want a fish tethered up with with a rig and maybe your elastic rapped round a tree.

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andy taylor

i use a garbolino orange in one and a prestons 15s in the other and had no problems up to now they are both hollow elastics landed carp up to 12lb with very few hook pulls

MattMatchMan

Middy bunge core 18-22

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caster master

black hydro for me, as where i fish there aint no snags on the inside. even had a 26lb carp on this.

stevelockett

Depends on how snaggy it is.
If there are no snags in the edge, it will be better to use a soft elastic so the fish can dive out of the swim straight away. I carry 8 solid to 16 hollow, which covers 99% of my carping.

Also have a carp kit with 12" of 20 elastic for real hit and hold situations. I've found it better to have a very short piece of elastic so it bottoms out instantly, but you must have faith in your pole to do this!
And make sure your rig is made up on 8lb maxima, I've yet to find any other line that can take rubbing on reed stems, branches etc.
If you think you like the look of a line, try rubbing a short bit of it over the edge of the counter in the shop. That'll tell you how abrasion resistant it is.

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you cant get to the counter in my local tackle shop for people drinking tea telling tales of how big it was.

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