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The night before my eliminator I had stayed at the lake for the week prior to the BYCAC (British Young Carpers' Angling Championship), which was on my previous blog for some practice. I made some rigs during the week prior to the BYCAC but there weren’t enough so, I decided to make 5 solids just in case I saw a fish fizzing and could zoom my bait onto the spot, I also made a lot of different length zigs dependent on weather and temperatures to make sure I could get them in all different water columns and also my trusty bottom bait rig with sweet corn and a rig ring to attach my wriggly maggots just in case I was lucky enough to get the islands or corners where my tried and tested methods had been working on the previous week. TheQualifier So the day finally come, my qualifier, I had a bit of nerves as everyone else from Hydra Baits and Hobo Armour had managed to qualify either by a catch or by a cast off and this year I didn’t want to be in that, my head had to be in the game and I needed that all important carp to see me through. I signed in and met up with some friends and talked for a bit, the rules were read out and the draw finally came, I came out second to last, but I came out with one of the best pegs, it shows picking a ball out last means you still have a chance of getting a good peg and I had peg 7 which was the long chuck swim to the island, I knew the peg fairly well from trying different pegs on the lake all year to make sure I had the best chance.

A very special autumn capture from a low-stock, ‘forgotten’ pit has made Solar Tackle team member Alain Servaes’ autumn season. In fact, it’s made his year. Alain explains: “I’ve been targeting a ‘forgotten’ big pit for the autumn. It’s a huge water with a very low stock, but the carp that are in there are very special.