Mike’s Diary
Stacking 'em up!
Posted in Mike’s Diary on 16th December 2012During the months of November and December I've been finding a little bit of time to go fishing. Apart from missing the first two weeks of December I've been managing to fish about 2 days a week, with the odd baiting up mission in between! As far as the results are going I've certainly been having a few, in fact, my last 3 sessions have produced no less than 30 carp! Not bad for the middle of winter and for day's only!
To be fair it's not a difficult venue - far from it! Although spending 16-hours couped up in the back of a van at this time of the year can be an endurance test on its own! The lake holds plenty of carp, but only a handful of 'whackers' - and they don't tend to visit the bank very often! Hopefully however, it's just a case of 'when' as opposed to 'if' and if the bites continue at the same rate, surely something has to give!
In between the fishing we've been busy with the new winter bait 'Arctic freeze', and the results have been exceptionally good, including a 45lb+ mirror for one customer within the first 2-hours of using it!! We have also been busy developing a new range of clothing and will have some exciting new releases in 2013.
In the meantime I would like to thank you all for your loyalty and support throughout 2012. Have a great Christmas and on behalf of everyone here at Essential, we wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
Backlead use
Back leads can be very advantageous in certain circumstances, particularly on venues that receive lots of pressure from anglers and you need to pin your line down to the lake bed. On such venues, any fish that bump into your lines, can often mean the kiss of death. To avoid this, it's best to pin your lines down. Yes, this can be acheived by using slack lines, but the big disadvantage there is that you will also lose vital bite indication. By dropping on a back lead, you can pin your lines down, yet still keep them semi-tight to register bites. They also minimise the chances of you catching your other lines whilst playing fish back to the bank.
The problem with most back leads however is that in the event of hooking a fish, they don't slide down the line very well, but we can assure you there's no chance of that happening with these!
