fishplate42
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My brother has just moved into a new flat and has the Medway at the bottom of the garden, to which he has private fishing rights to. We have had a dabble down there, but this Saturday we are going to have a good session (and listen to the footie - Can't watch it - the penalty shoot out nearly done for me!)
Neither of us have done any serious river fishing. As you can see from the photograph, the rive is a good size and has a steady flow, but not what I would call fast-water.
We will talk to the very nice bloke who owns the local fishing tackle shop but before that, any advice on tackle and technique would be helpful. I was contemplating stick-float fishing (?) but I don't really know what I am doing. The videos I have watched show how to rig the float but not how to determine the depth to fish at or what weight of line to use etc. Some basics to get us started would be much appreciated. Clicking on the photograph will take you to my blog post about the venue and show some of the other features. The first thing we need to do is trim the willow!
Alternatively I was thinking of just chucking out a block end feeder and seeing what happened, but again some basics of doing this on the river would be helpful.
Nothing is too basic here, we are complete beginners at this.
Thanks!
Ralph
Neither of us have done any serious river fishing. As you can see from the photograph, the rive is a good size and has a steady flow, but not what I would call fast-water.
We will talk to the very nice bloke who owns the local fishing tackle shop but before that, any advice on tackle and technique would be helpful. I was contemplating stick-float fishing (?) but I don't really know what I am doing. The videos I have watched show how to rig the float but not how to determine the depth to fish at or what weight of line to use etc. Some basics to get us started would be much appreciated. Clicking on the photograph will take you to my blog post about the venue and show some of the other features. The first thing we need to do is trim the willow!
Alternatively I was thinking of just chucking out a block end feeder and seeing what happened, but again some basics of doing this on the river would be helpful.
Nothing is too basic here, we are complete beginners at this.
Thanks!
Ralph
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