Many thanks Neil,
I had been told about it by the keeper (whose laughing in the background was edited out) but it still had me in stitches.
It is not the rod, I also use a Hardy (Specialist Float) its was his Norflolk slow river method.
Ive watched so many anglers fail to hook fish when using small hooks and maggots Im surprised not more anglers have realised what the problem is
Grayling eat very hard food items, Caddis grubs are their absolute favourite and they eat everything including the case which is made of bits of wood and gravel bound together and added to by the grub as it grows.
The Caddis case can be up to 1.5"long x 1/4"diameter so a decent Grayling has a pretty big mouth and everything is very robust indeed.
Using a dainty little hook, half masking it with a couple of maggots, regularly bouncing it along a gravelly run and then trying to tap the hook gently and its a sure fire recipe for lots of missed fish.
Because the 'missed' fish are not being pricked by the hook, the flicked bend in the rod tip is the baited hook coming out of the fishes mouth without touching the sides!!!
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