Hi all newbie from Kent

silvers Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:05 am

Decided to join and pick all your brains, as I havent been piking for a good few years now and I am sure there are lots of new rigs and stuff I should know about.
Brief intro about me, I have been fishing for a for over 50 years now started as a maggot drowner with my Dad and Brothers, wasn't very good at that so took up Piking with reasonable success, finished sixth one year in the Pike Championships with what to date is still my largest Pike 21lb 12oz, which qualified me to fish in the innaugaral Ireland v England Pike match, organised by PACES (Pike Anglers Club East Sussex).
After a few more years struggling to find any decent fish on my local waters I drifted to the Dark Side and took up Carping, well this year has been abysmal for me so I thought time to break out the Pike gear again and see what the winter holds for me.