stalking rod and floater

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What makes a good stalking rod and whom.

Just feed up of sitting behind a pair of rods waiting, fancy having a go at the stalking.


Been watching YouTube vid's and its inspired to fish for carp differently and stalk and float fish for them, so looking a suitable rod
 
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Don't know, but now you question is clearer then maybe some else can help.

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This question of special rods for special jobs is quite funny, why not just use one of the rods which usually sit on the rests?
 
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I'd suggest that it depends entirely on what exactly stalking means to you. The type of venue and size of the fish will also have an influence. It's quite possible to stalk with full on carping kit, big leads, boilies, the lot. On the right venue, you can get away with a standard waggler rod and light lines, even for pretty substantial carp.
 
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What's wrong with your current rods?
There is very few places where 'normal' carp gear wont work.
And generally, I've found that the places where a 12ft rod wont work, are a nightmare to land fish without dragging them over reeds, roots etc and therefore risking the fishes health.
 
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If I was going to use a short rod for stalking, I would get a decent fixed spool type spinning rod.

A medium to heavy actioned one should easily be able to stop a decent carp.
 
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Good man for wanting to get out of the bed chair. Stalking can be genuinely thrilling as you see the carp circling your bait and you hear the water pour into their mouth and BOOM!!!

I am NOT an expert but I think stalking rods seem to be shorter so you it's easier to carry about, nothing worse than sticking your tip in to a tree/ground etc.
 
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I like stalking with floating bread, it's miles better than just waiting about sor a carp to jump on your hook , I use a smaller 4000 size shimano reel and a carbo strike 8ft stalker rod, I prefer to use mono to fish on the reel as some times you only fishing a few yards out and USEING braid can cause missed bites.
 
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I do quite a fair amount of stalking for Carp using floating baits; and the type of rod that I've always found the most useful for this type of fishing has been either a nice forgiving relatively through actioned light Carp rod of around 2lb test curve or a 1.5lb to 2lb test curve specialist rod with a relatively forgiving through action to absorb the powerful lunges at close range without fear of losing the hook hold.

The rods that I usually use are 12 footers but I would be quite happy using a shorter rod (10ft/11ft) when I'm fishing much tighter swims.

I usually use an old favourite 12ft Diawa 2lb TC Powermesh Carp rod or my 12ft Greys Prodigy SX twin tip rod with either the 1.5lb tip or the 2lb tip depending on the swim I'm fishing; these both have the sort of action I like especially when I'm surface fishing.

It would be interesting to hear what rods others use for surface fishing/stalking at close to mid distances and why they choose to use them.
 
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Keith M said:
I do quite a fair amount of stalking for Carp using floating baits; and the type of rod that I've always found the most useful for this type of fishing has been either a nice forgiving relatively through actioned light Carp rod of around 2lb test curve or a 1.5lb to 2lb test curve specialist rod with a relatively forgiving through action to absorb the powerful lunges at close range without fear of losing the hook hold.

The rods that I usually use are 12 footers but I would be quite happy using a shorter rod (10ft/11ft) when I'm fishing much tighter swims.

I usually use an old favourite 12ft Diawa 2lb TC Powermesh Carp rod or my 12ft Greys Prodigy SX twin tip rod with either the 1.5lb tip or the 2lb tip depending on the swim I'm fishing; these both have the sort of action I like especially when I'm surface fishing.

It would be interesting to hear what rods others use for surface fishing/stalking at close to mid distances and why they choose to use them.
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Being an unashamed lover of Harrison specialist rods Keith I’d use, depending on the density of the bankside foliage and/or water vegetation, from a 1.5 Avon Specialist to a 2.75 Ballista slim and a 10’ Torrix 2.75 when ‘in the jungle’.........
 
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Keith M said:
I do quite a fair amount of stalking for Carp using floating baits; and the type of rod that I've always found the most useful for this type of fishing has been either a nice forgiving relatively through actioned light Carp rod of around 2lb test curve or a 1.5lb to 2lb test curve specialist rod with a relatively forgiving through action to absorb the powerful lunges at close range without fear of losing the hook hold.

The rods that I usually use are 12 footers but I would be quite happy using a shorter rod (10ft/11ft) when I'm fishing much tighter swims.

I usually use an old favourite 12ft Diawa 2lb TC Powermesh Carp rod or my 12ft Greys Prodigy SX twin tip rod with either the 1.5lb tip or the 2lb tip depending on the swim I'm fishing; these both have the sort of action I like especially when I'm surface fishing.

It would be interesting to hear what rods others use for surface fishing/stalking at close to mid distances and why they choose to use them.
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I don't just fish margins when stalking carp. If I see a fish feeding 20 to 30 metres away then I'll have a go at it. My preferred tool is a 12 foot, through actioned 2.25lb test curve rod and centrepin reel.

I used to use a 2.75lb John Wilson Deadbait rod and that would stop any carp up to 20lb dead in its tracks whilst still being soft enough not to cause problems close in.
 
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