hello! Danny Fairbrass says in his vids that its necessary to use the line clip in the reels to be able to cast to the same spot every time! i'll soon get a x-flite+ rod and a shimano big baitrunner lg but im uncertain if i should try this...wouldn't it be possible to damage the line or the reel itsself? some people do it with a special piece of powergum...can you tell me how this works and where to buy this powergum? ah and i was wandering what the rod clip is for..can you tell me pls? mfg
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Put the powergum under the clip, leave tag ends long enough to sit along the spool and re-spool your line on so it covers the tag ends.Courtesy of Keith Moors I think. Some reels have rounded metal line clips which negate the need for this, the plastic arrow shaped clips are the issue here, what version does your reel have? Clipping the line up prevents you overcasting, so presuming you're lined up correctly you would hit the same spot each time. The powergum acts as a buffer against the shock load snapping the line. A pish attempt at an explanation, I know, give it time, someone more lucid than I will explain further.
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thanks for your response! i cant follow every word you said...but let me try to explain how i understood it i cast out my carprod without the rig to the place where my marker stands...than i bind the powergam to the mainline and clip one end in the line clip of my reel (correct so far?) than i wind in and put on the rig with the pva and than i cast again and the rig should land next to my marker... the line cip of my reel is a rounded metal one...so i wount be able to do this...? but i would also need this for my spod rod (fox warrior spod rod); which reel would you recommend for this rod so that i can adopt this method? ah and is the powergum somithing like this or can you at least use this stuff for this method? http://www.becker-fishing-tackle.de/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2247 hope you can help me!
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A round metal clip will not be harsh on the line, cast to your desired distance,mark the distance on your line with a powergum knot or, in my case a piece of tape trimmed to suit.When recasting you put the marked section of line in the clip and cast to your target. Don't forget to free the line from the clip after casting!
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thanks everyone! why is it important to free the line each time i cast? and where can i buy such a powergum how does it look like?
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 If you're fishing for small silver fish then you don't need to unclip every time - you will not get snapped off .....but if you are fishing for carp and don't unclip when a carp picks the bait up and powers off there is a good chance your line will snap as there is no line to give due to being clipped up.
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Hi Mike I'm not really a carp angler - 20lb being my pb - I'll bow out here and let the true carp men advice on reels
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what do you think of this method?: i cast out next to my marker; than i but some marker bread in front of my rod....after that i wind in and cast again;than when i hear the marker sliding through the eys i stop the line with my hands...this surely cant be as accurate as the line clip method but it would be a good alternative wouldnt it? ah and im in search of a spool for my spod rod...what do you think of the Daiwa Emcast? hope i dont get on your nerves mfg
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If you have a decent line clip why bother with the argy bargy? Either way will work, try both,make a choice. Daiwa do a dedicated spod reel, called ,curiously enough, the Daiwa Emblem spod reel.
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yea the daiwa spod reel may be great but you dont get them where i come from! what do you thing of the daiwa emcast...could this do the job?
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 The simple answer is to use a pellet band, lay the line across the band, pass one half of the loop thru the other half and pull tight, put the loop of the band round your line stop, job done, no damage and easy to unhook if you get a big fish running.
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what exactely is a pallet band?
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.jpg) It's a band that goes around a pellet. There tiny rubber bands, you can get then in lots of size's, you could tie one on the end of a short hair rig to hold the pellet or some have tiny hole's in them so you can hook the pellet straight on.
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 In my experience, very few if any reels actually have a line clip which is designed for clipping up.This is a failing in my view as given the popularity of commercials where the technique is most used, you would think that a clip would be built in which was both big and with sufficient protection against line damage. i have just bought a new Shimano and the clip is terrible.I will use the bait band method which has the added advantage of being able to snap if a large carp ups and runs and you cannot manage to unclip. If you do clip up, do rememebr to mark the line in some way just in front of the reel so you can clip up to the same range if you have to unclip.I use a stop knot. As an added precaution also count the number of turns it takes to wind back in from where you are fishing. If say you are fishing at 50 turns cast beyond your previous spot and the count back the number of turns.Say its 57.Clip up and cast back out again to the clip.Unclip and then wind back in 7 turns.Clip up.You have now found your distance again.
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