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Jason Lennon
Guest
I have recently taken up pole fishing, and I have a couple of things I need some advice on.
First of all, when a bite occurs, should I strike by lifting the pole upwards, or should I strike to the side?
Also, I have a problem with the eye on the float, catching my hooklength, a very annoying problem, which I have remedied a little by keeping the hooklength in the water at all times (striking sideways & keeping hooklength in water when shipping in/out). only problem is I seem to miss a lot of bites because I am striking sideways.
The problem is, if I forget to keep the pole tip low, the hook swings around in an arc, trapping the line below the float on top of the eye. and if youre not careful you end up with an almighty tangle!
Is there any way of stopping this? its a carbon stem float with a 3/4 inch tip. Please dont say buy another float, cos I can't afford one, and besides, the bloke in my local tackle shop reccommended that float for the pond I fish
First of all, when a bite occurs, should I strike by lifting the pole upwards, or should I strike to the side?
Also, I have a problem with the eye on the float, catching my hooklength, a very annoying problem, which I have remedied a little by keeping the hooklength in the water at all times (striking sideways & keeping hooklength in water when shipping in/out). only problem is I seem to miss a lot of bites because I am striking sideways.
The problem is, if I forget to keep the pole tip low, the hook swings around in an arc, trapping the line below the float on top of the eye. and if youre not careful you end up with an almighty tangle!
Is there any way of stopping this? its a carbon stem float with a 3/4 inch tip. Please dont say buy another float, cos I can't afford one, and besides, the bloke in my local tackle shop reccommended that float for the pond I fish