Watched the dvd called "how to catch bigger pike" - by paul gustafson.

has anyone else seen it? and if so, what are these called and where can i get some?

Funny black things

That are used like this

Thanks in advance
Si

Scrap all my ramblings, i have the name, hehe sorry n all that

First third or so is of him sitting at a picnic table telling you about his rigs.

The exclusive footage of pike hitting a bait is pants.

The bit where he's wobbling deads around a weirpool is quite good.

The deadbaiting bit is, err, freelining with no lead and pants bite indication.

In my view obviously.

I thought it was crap as well.

You should be able to get deadbait casting clips from any decent tackle shop.

i`ve always disagreed with freelining,except when fishing baits within a few feet of your rod.and mr gustavson reckons that drop off indicators are unnecessary, BULL****!!!!!!!

Ill watch anything fishy, its better than eastenders, I enjoyed the fred buller interview too

do you think the clips would work with a running weight?

Yes they do, why wouldnt they?

I assumed, not having tried them, hence the post to find opinions on them, that the key to them working was that the fish was the leading object on the cast, therefore keeping the piece of line taught, until the rig hit the water.

But when a bomb is introduced, I wondered if it would unbalance the rig, therefore the line would not be taught on the fish and would come off during the cast.

Simon, I wouldn't bother mate. Unless you have everything just right - which you won't in the winter, when there's a wind blowing, fishign deep water etc - you can end up either tangling or kinking the trace.

Take your baits out frozen, use big enough hooks, hook the bait on right and it'll fly.

For best distance have the lead on a link.

Opinions vary over whether you want the link longer the than the trace - several people on here fish like that - or slightly shorter.

The think which kills distance is having just a bomb sliding on the line, using those stems and anything which allows th lead to lag behind and slip bak the line as you cast. By the time you've tightened down, you've lost 10 or 15 yards.

The link stops this happening, even if you use a run ring.

If you're using really soft baits like sardine, there's a knack to hooking them. Don't just try and slide the hook straight in, rub a scale off first near the tail and close to the fish's lateral line. You should then be able to snick the hook point right into its backbone, which means you can normally get at least one decent cast out of them.

sound advice indeed chris.

Thanks Chris,