It's certainly good in a chop, no doubt, but this is a fun way of fishing around the margins in any conditions and it works. I normally use two or three swan shot. Excellent and exciting bites. The most rewarding catch I had was one Sunday afternoon when I had an hour and a half, snuck around the boilie fishers and took seven lovely commons to mid-doubles when no-one else was catching. Maybe it works because nobody in these waters is fishing torn off meat in the margins (so there is no suspicion).Firebird wrote:Presumably. Which would be rather more than you might like. Hard to think of a good reason to fish like that. In a howling gale perhaps.MaggotDrowner wrote: How much shot should you use? I assume the normal shotting weight is irrelevant and you just use enough to get to where you want to be and to hold still?
I don't know.
Here is one on the peacock quill as described and you can see the end tackle. Works for me!