Budget Carping

Here's a few tips on carping on a budget in no particular order,the internet is a great source for cheap equipment,ebay etc,but you can save money on other things too,making your own boilies for example,just get the basemix right and experiment with your own flavours,microwaving can turn a bottom bait into a pop up for example,soya flour and semolina can form the most basic basemix.Vitalin can be a great carpy groundbait/spod bait along with boiled hemp you can pick up 10kg sacks of this for around 10-15 pounds and take my word for it carp love it.Add some cheap long life milk/any milk to create extra cloudiness,plumrose luncheon meat has landed me a few carp when nothing else works get it from the supermarket not the tackle shop.Onto tackle now,in my opinion daiwa sensor line is a great budget line,you can't argue with a line that has landed so many specimen/record fish.Hook links,snake bite,korda IQ/hybrid/supersoft/stiff ,Kryston super nova and supersilk,infact anything! by Kryston,all great hooklink materials,Fox illusion also worth a mention.A good budget bait runner would be the Daiwa Regal 4500/5000 Bri for those of us who can't afford the Basia,rods is a little tougher but go for something with a fast taper and light tip similar to the daiwa infinity/longbow rods you need a rod that will cast distance/bully and play the carp,the new slimpower looks nice too! but take my word for it you can get similar.Bivvies well whats wrong with a cheap green dome tent,some tents are better made than fishing bivvies anyhow,but you need something that doesn't take a month of sundays to erect,you can't beat the trakker bivvies in that respect.More items soon feel free to add comments on your own tips.