Hi everyone,
I'm aftera bit of advice, yesterday I went to the Bristol avon fora few hours trotting. The river was up about 3ft and pushing through ata good pace, looked perfect with pleasnty of fish topping.
I was usinga 'topper' avon float about 6aa, but had real problems getting the float to present right and get any bites.
I tried having the shot bulked together and also like shirt button style, neither of which made any difference.
Is trotting still a good method in such fast flowing conditions, should I have tried to hold the float back more or is there a different float or shotting pattern that may work better?
How do you feed in such conditions, I tried a biat dropper but I imagine the bait just gets washed away so fast.
Any pointers greatly received, thanks.
Simon
I'm aftera bit of advice, yesterday I went to the Bristol avon fora few hours trotting. The river was up about 3ft and pushing through ata good pace, looked perfect with pleasnty of fish topping.
I was usinga 'topper' avon float about 6aa, but had real problems getting the float to present right and get any bites.
I tried having the shot bulked together and also like shirt button style, neither of which made any difference.
Is trotting still a good method in such fast flowing conditions, should I have tried to hold the float back more or is there a different float or shotting pattern that may work better?
How do you feed in such conditions, I tried a biat dropper but I imagine the bait just gets washed away so fast.
Any pointers greatly received, thanks.
Simon