Neil Maidment
Moderator
Over the years there have been quite few solutions to fishing problems that have "bugged" me. The answers may seem obvious now, but at the time!
One such example was:
Floating crust at range for carp. Way back in the early 1980's a particular lake held some nice carp that loved to cruise the surface but some way out.
I could fish freelined crust quite well but couldn't usually reach these carp except with a following wind. That same wind quickly blew the crust out of the key area.
I eventually fished the lake with a good friend who showed me how to fish "anchored crust". A bomb on a free running link with the swivel of the link only stopped by the eyed hook.
Cast out, pay out the line until the crust surfaced and wait. We caught carp a plenty!
He also taught me a little dodge with crust - pinch some flake around the line just above the hook (as well as the crust)and when the knowledgable carp knock off the crust they pick up the sinking remnants including your bit of flake. Wait for the line to tighten and hey presto!
Simple solutions and probably well known to most but well beyond my thought processes at the time!
One such example was:
Floating crust at range for carp. Way back in the early 1980's a particular lake held some nice carp that loved to cruise the surface but some way out.
I could fish freelined crust quite well but couldn't usually reach these carp except with a following wind. That same wind quickly blew the crust out of the key area.
I eventually fished the lake with a good friend who showed me how to fish "anchored crust". A bomb on a free running link with the swivel of the link only stopped by the eyed hook.
Cast out, pay out the line until the crust surfaced and wait. We caught carp a plenty!
He also taught me a little dodge with crust - pinch some flake around the line just above the hook (as well as the crust)and when the knowledgable carp knock off the crust they pick up the sinking remnants including your bit of flake. Wait for the line to tighten and hey presto!
Simple solutions and probably well known to most but well beyond my thought processes at the time!