laguna
Well-known member
I think there's certain advantages using less shot, the main advantage I think is having less resistance, plus you get to break water faster (less time setting up), also the cast becomes more streamlined and less prone to tangles.
I rarely use shirt button shotting patterns and prefer a waggler over a pole float using two BB's and a dropper shot 4" above the hook. This is as simple as it gets - except perhaps if fishing on the drop in the top layers, in which case I sometimes omit the dropper.
From a presentational point of view; I think the least visible shot on the line the better. Does it even matter all that much, if at all? I think so. Its probably just as important as when scaling it all down, fishing with thin diameter and fluorocarbon lines and the smallest hooks possible - for a bit of finesse.
We can't always go 'light' so how to reduce visible shot?
One way is to use a loaded waggler like these (which I'm not too keen on due to their bulk)
Another way is to make your own loaded float adapters - using a bit of silicone tubing with a small swivel stuffed in the bottom!
How simple is that?
I rarely use shirt button shotting patterns and prefer a waggler over a pole float using two BB's and a dropper shot 4" above the hook. This is as simple as it gets - except perhaps if fishing on the drop in the top layers, in which case I sometimes omit the dropper.
From a presentational point of view; I think the least visible shot on the line the better. Does it even matter all that much, if at all? I think so. Its probably just as important as when scaling it all down, fishing with thin diameter and fluorocarbon lines and the smallest hooks possible - for a bit of finesse.
We can't always go 'light' so how to reduce visible shot?
One way is to use a loaded waggler like these (which I'm not too keen on due to their bulk)
Another way is to make your own loaded float adapters - using a bit of silicone tubing with a small swivel stuffed in the bottom!
How simple is that?