bennygesserit
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I have just been reading an old thread ( one of Ron Clay's ) about carbelling and in amongst the usual stuff was an idea that you often see on forums but one I would question:
namely as the year progresses fish become more wary and therefore one should take measures to present the bait differently in order to cope with that - use critically balanced baits or longer hairs all to present the fish with something it hasn't seen before.
There are a few things about this
Do all the fish forget then over the winter ?
For a fish to be wary of bait does it have to have a near miss i.e. a hook pull ? ( surely there are so many fish in rivers that the majority don't suffer a near miss )
Are the fish reacting from experience or just reacting to a suspicious bait ?
I fish a carp water with about 200 fish in , over a season some of them must be getting caught many times they seem just as finicky at the start of the season as the end i.e. if you present your bait poorly you don't catch much if at all.
So , what do you think ( to quote Ron ) do fish become progressively more wary over a season and how do you cope ?
namely as the year progresses fish become more wary and therefore one should take measures to present the bait differently in order to cope with that - use critically balanced baits or longer hairs all to present the fish with something it hasn't seen before.
There are a few things about this
Do all the fish forget then over the winter ?
For a fish to be wary of bait does it have to have a near miss i.e. a hook pull ? ( surely there are so many fish in rivers that the majority don't suffer a near miss )
Are the fish reacting from experience or just reacting to a suspicious bait ?
I fish a carp water with about 200 fish in , over a season some of them must be getting caught many times they seem just as finicky at the start of the season as the end i.e. if you present your bait poorly you don't catch much if at all.
So , what do you think ( to quote Ron ) do fish become progressively more wary over a season and how do you cope ?
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