link ledgering

[nhs service]

I'm even stranger,pins are for float fishing and float fishing only in my head, I could not imagine using one for legering, though there is absolutely no reason not to.
On the subject of link legering, my rod was a Sigma wand, with those very fine quivertips (one wraparound and that was them gone)
Still, they were specialist gear and made link legering very much a viable tactic, I dont get nowadays the standard orange,red,and green tips you see on feeder/leger rods, perhaps thats part of the problem,does anybody still make those kind of fine tips anymore?
All the best.

 

[guest61]

Feeder fishing with a centrepin just doesn't seem 'right' to me, yet I'm quite happy to bolt rig with them for chub. Strange person that I am! :wh

You can face problems in casting a feeder with a CP if using a light quiver, but otherwise a CP has a lot of positives.

 

[barbelboi]

When pin trotting along the near bank I rarely go above 3lb mainline and lighter hook links, and have taken many chub to over 5lb and a few 6's on small hooks and single caster/maggot. I also often ledger with a pin but don't bother back winding with a f/s reel (rarely use them for trotting anyway) as the drag is so good these days.
Jerry

 

[reeds]

I see your point.

Big baits behave naturally with relatively thick line - in fact far thicker than you would ever need for chub...

My point being, that if you fish a big bait (bread/luncheon meat) might as well stick with 6lb, or whatever you are using rather than fining down. I try not to tighten up to the bait, in-fact if possible I want to introduce a bit of slack. Rivers are flowing and sinuous. Why make anything you put in the water appear out of place by tightening up to a link ledger so the tip is the first thing to move?


My interpretation was that for a small bait like a single maggot on a size 20 hook it behaved in a more natural way on the finer line.... as they had already been rattled the previous day, they never really got on the feed, they were just taking the odd maggot here and there. Double maggot on a size 18 didn't even get a sniff.

It was a very interesting fish to catch as I could actually see them and how they reacted.

Ah yes, I see what you mean now, sorry!

I'm with you on the slack line.

Light line is OK if you have a clear spot to play the fish, the reason I tend to use stouter gear (for chub especially but also perch) is for the abrasion resistance. 2lb line is plenty to land even a big fish if you can take your time but if it dives into the reeds under your feet at the last second, there's a good chance the hooklength won't survive. Damn dirty fighters, chub

 

[chav professor]

The reason i would find it better not to use a clutch, I give line well below the breaking strain of the line.... In effect, I let the chub mooch around. when it goes upstream and takes line, I can keep in contact and slightly increase the pressure if I so wish. When it swims towards me, I only just keep in contact.

It surprised me that by varying pressure, you can exert a fair bit of control over where the fish goes - I could not do that with a clutch. I have had them come in and have wondered if they had any idea what was going on.

Now carp..... they are a different animal altogether. This one about 40 minutes to get in. It was hooked about 20 meters down stream on trotted bread. I had to follow it down stream and had far less control. It was landed about 150 meters down stream - 4lb line, centre reel and 20ft trotting reel

just a little over 18lb.

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Ah yes, I see what you mean now, sorry!

I'm with you on the slack line.

Light line is OK if you have a clear spot to play the fish, the reason I tend to use stouter gear (for chub especially but also perch) is for the abrasion resistance. 2lb line is plenty to land even a big fish if you can take your time but if it dives into the reeds under your feet at the last second, there's a good chance the hooklength won't survive. Damn dirty fighters, chub

Agreed there bud!!! Its brought the hole sorry incident back to me...... i was monetarily in grief again....... mg: BUT - it was my fault - my nerves turned to s**t....