What's your chosen method

[Derek Gibson]

How important is it to you which method you use to catch your chosen species.

For example, the seven Summers I spent Carp fishing, the most enjoyable method was margin fishing, with float or freelining.

My Pike fishing is done with lures ''almost'' one hundred per cent.

When I fished for Roach, it was float whenever possible, conditions allowing.

When Barbel and Chub fishing on the Yorkshire rivers, straight ledgering, watching the rod tip, or feeling for bites.

Those were my chosen methods, and the ones that gave me the most pleasure.

What's yours?

[shaunfox]

I have thought about this a lot, I actually enjoy any method as long as I am reasonably competent in it. Nothing gives you more satisfaction than fishing a particular method very well. Some days I have not had a large fish or big catch, but have fished excellently and it has given me huge reward.

[Bluenose]

I love livebaiting for perch, using a float or float leger set up, even though I know sometimes I might be in with a better chance using spinners, second to that would be using worm under a float down the edge!

For crucians if I can I will use a lift method not using a BB, AAA or swan shot as the tell tale with a large float, more like no10's, 8's or 6's and a dart type float.

It would be quivertipping for chub if I had to choose just one method for that species.

Fishing the sliding float in deeper stillwaters for tench is fun I but also like feeder fishing with bobbins and indicators also not to mention the classic liftstyle!

When I'm general pleasure fishing and I'm on fish, a standard pole set up is also excellent!

In short, it's all good!

[dangermouse]

Float fishing for me, but that`s what I grew up with. I don`t think you can beat the tension of watching the tip of the float as it twitches and dips before disappearing down into the depths, simply magical.

I tried method feeder fishing for the first time this year and I did enjoy that. Those wrap around bites are great, simply pick up the rod and you`re into a fish.

[chub_on_the_block]

Whenever a technique/method is working well then it is great. If i had to blank, i would rather be trotting a float and blanking than anything else.

[barbelboi]

I would be more than happy fishing any your stated methods Derek. My preferred methods, but will change readily if/when the occasion arises.

Roach/Dace/Crucians/Rudd – float
Chub – free lining, trotting
Barbel – ledgering/touch ledgering
Carp – float/free lining margins
Tench – float/float lift
Pike – deadbait
Perch livebait /lobworm/float.
Jerry

[sam vimes]

Originally Posted by chub_on_the_block

Whenever a technique/method is working well then it is great. If i had to blank, i would rather be trotting a float and blanking than anything else.

Snap, whatever s most effective is my favourite method. If all else was equal, I'd rather be watching a float of some description.

[itsfishingnotcatching]

the waggler, it's the only method I'm almost competent at

[redfin123]

hi derek, being a roach fan there,s nothing I like better than trotting a float for them, and that bend in the rod as you connect with a redfin. but it gives me double the pleasure because I make all my own floats. For barbel I like to fish big avon floats trotted on 6lb line straight though to the the hook. much harder work but very rewarding. Margin fishing for carp and stalking. Pike fishing I like dead baiting but prefer to fish lures if I can.

[terry m]

For me it's not the actual method used, more the satisfaction from reading the water conditions, deducing the method or style that will give you the best results, then adopting that method.

Of course it foes not always come up trumps, but when it does, and everything falls into place, then the sense of satisfaction is immense.