It seems visions of huge carp have haunted me since I was a wee kid, with the passion for fishing for them growing over the years - and to this very day still has a huge bearing on my daily thoughts. An obsession some may say --- and of course they may be correct - but what know they of the stirrings deep within the psyche, on seeing the bubble trail moving towards ones float in the pre-dawn 'half' light, or the tightness in the belly as that pair of huge orange lips gently suck the floating crust from the surface?

Chod rigs have a reputation as being for lazy or inexperience carp anglers. Guys that cast out without due thought and attention to where they are fishing. This is an unfair judgement of the rig in my book. After all, you can’t catch what’s not there. Location of the fish and watercraft remains top priority. Just because the chod rig allows you to fish effectively in areas that would be difficult to fish with other rigs and allows you to cast out with confidence without having to use a lead and marker to find a clear spot, doesn’t make it a method for “noddies”. In fact, it makes it deadly in the right situation.