Thanks. It wasn’t a resounding success - I caught bugger all. Was a nice morning out though.
I’m convinced I’m doing something wrong. I tried a hair rig with a weight up the line, a pop-up and a bit of fake corn on the hair. Then I switched to good old float and about 4BB’s to take the hook length down. Had a few knocks and nibbles, but nothing much else!
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Not sure how or where your fishing but it sounds like a carp water and feeder fishing.......
Try to locate where the fish are ....... a general rule of thumb in the summer is they swim in the upper layers....... so if it’s six foot deep they’re likely to be in three foot or shallower and in the margins swimming around islands hanging around features.
When you’ve worked this out your rigs need to comply........
I’d take a method feeder rod and a float rod and or pole.....
I’ll assume you don’t have a pole ........
So a Waggler set in the upper layers and a method feeder for targeting the margins and features.
Normally carp waters respond well to pellets so get a bag of micros for the method feeder ..... don’t bother with ground bait and 4mm pellets for your waggler line.
On the hook use a hard banded pellet for both 6mm tend to be favourites so buy a mixed pot of Bandums or similar.
Make sure when float fishing you keep pinging 3 or 4 pellets at the float every 30seconds to a minute..... also cast in let the float settle if nothing happens fire a few pellets at it then wind in just a couple of turns on the reel let it settle do this a couple of times then recast....... keep the float moving and going in and out......
Don’t try to fish too far out keep it close about 15 meters out is plenty.
Practice getting or casting the method as close to features as possible and wait a few minutes before recasting......
Don’t be afraid to plop the method in your margins but hold onto your rod.
Hope this helps
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