peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Yesterday I fished the weekly open match at Albans lakes, London Colney. Carp and bream are the target fish. The match lake is around 12-15ft deep
and quite big. I had the legendary ****ie Carr fishing 2 pegs down and another top local angler next to me.
They were both using the same method which was a version of the infamous slow sinking bomb. Fished the same way as a pellet waggler, these clear plastic jobs look like a controller float ( in fact I’m sure that's what they are intended for) Fished straight through they have a silicone tube inside which can be twisted like a spiral to grip ones line and create a fixed rig. There is also a screw fitting on one end which can be opened to put water inside for casting weight. By adding more water it can be made to sink slowly. Below that a 3’ hook link to a hair rigged banded pellet . As with waggler, 3 or 4 pellets are cattied out then the rig cast to the same spot. The carp rip into it and the sound of their drag rachets is still ringing in my ears...
Well, the 2 of them took it apart landing 99 and 82lb of carp each. Needless to say I’ve ordered some ... Mastering them may be a different matter?
and quite big. I had the legendary ****ie Carr fishing 2 pegs down and another top local angler next to me.
They were both using the same method which was a version of the infamous slow sinking bomb. Fished the same way as a pellet waggler, these clear plastic jobs look like a controller float ( in fact I’m sure that's what they are intended for) Fished straight through they have a silicone tube inside which can be twisted like a spiral to grip ones line and create a fixed rig. There is also a screw fitting on one end which can be opened to put water inside for casting weight. By adding more water it can be made to sink slowly. Below that a 3’ hook link to a hair rigged banded pellet . As with waggler, 3 or 4 pellets are cattied out then the rig cast to the same spot. The carp rip into it and the sound of their drag rachets is still ringing in my ears...
Well, the 2 of them took it apart landing 99 and 82lb of carp each. Needless to say I’ve ordered some ... Mastering them may be a different matter?