fishing methods not fished for a while

[riverman]

well on friday i'm fishing floating bread and drilled dog biscuits on a fishery in north yorkshire.not used this method for a couple of years or so but with the weather at 20 C the resident carp should be ripe for the picking with a bit of luck.just have to avoid any ducks knocking about.

 

[mikench]

I struggle with current methods let alone long abandoned ones like the swing tip. I will be floater fishing in the summer though with bread.

 

[The Sogster]

I really can't remember the last time I fished a swing tip, none of the rods I have purchased in the last 35 years have a threaded tip ring.
But for me I would say that the most underused method is the slider, I just don't fish anywhere deep enough for the method anymore.

 

[nottskev]

I use a swing tip now and then - no threaded tip rings, which are a bit clunky tbh, but I push the rubber over the bare end of cut down quiver tips or on a home-made short section. Sliders, I'm addicted to. I positively look for deep waters. I use light sliders on the deep pegs at the back of the Forest ground. where no-one in their right mind fishes like that. I've got a bunch of Drennan and Guru method feeders here, but I haven't fished this method for at least three years. Of course it works, and at first it was exciting when your rod takes off etc, but I want to want to time the strike and hook them myself, thanks.
Good luck with your op tomorrow, if tomorrow it still is.

 

[@Clive]

I use a screw in swingbtip on my 'glass Hardy Avon. And regularly use sliders on lakes and rivers. The Charente is 12 foot deep at the rod end so my 'to go' method is a 4g to 8g slider with olivettes to get the bait through the bleak zone and a few trimming shot. If the river is pulling I'll sometimes slip on a Catherine lead and float ledger. On the lake I'll typically be fishing 8 to 12 foot deep so a slider is preferred there too.

The method I haven't fished for ages is surface fishing.

 

[Badgerale]

I think I used the stick float once last season. I must make an effort to use it more this year as it is a really enjoyable method.

 

[Kevin Perkins]

I must try actually catching a fish, something I haven't done for a while whilst fishing...

 

[Alan Whitty]

Take the 50mm boilie off Kevin...

 

[Kevin Perkins]

Alan, I have been concentrating on fishing for pike for some time using mackerel as bait, but I have begun to realise that pike aren't clever enough to work out how to open the tins.....