Dave Burr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:36 pm
One question. This waggling lark seems to confuse some so, would you please explain "waggler fished deep shallow on the drop". That made my brain hurt.
Fatty knew this would cause confusion amongst those who don't match fish
So to put it simply imagine a swim with a depth of say 6ft......most quite rightly will fish a float to depth or slightly deeper but Fatty being the perverse little so and so will fish the waggler, usually a weighted one, at say 3-4ft deep with only the locking shot on the line. This allows the bait to drop gently and naturally through the water column.
The reason for not fishing to depth is mainly because of weed, so in a 6ft swim and fishing at 3-4ft you are fishing shallow but if you match fish you will know that when they say shallow fishing they mean a drop of one or two foot. Thus to avoid confusing the two techniques anything over this drop length but not at full depth is termed
deep shallow. Because there is no shot down the line the bait drops at a similar speed to the free offerings, enough to fool most of the fish up in the water column, bites are frequent though hard to hit 100%. Therefore the term deep, shallow on the drop describes how Fatty fishes most pits in the Summer.
One other tip that the Pie Meister will pass on is to undershot the float so at least an inch of tip stands proud of the surface. The reason for this is because bites are frequent but often just the fish, mainly roach, pecking at the bait as it passes downwards, seemingly indicating a good take on a properly shotted down float but impossible to hit. Striking at these
pecks will disturb the water a lot, very often putting the fish off eventually, limiting the catch from the swim, leaving the angler frustrated and having the choice of moving swim or building up confidence again in the fish. This is a slow process once the fish are suspicious and if achieved will still result in the same problem of false bites. Fatty has thunk this problem through whilst scoffing on a good pie and slurping tea, so the vacant look clearly demonstrated by him, belies the fact that sometimes there are thoughts going on in his head.....sometimes. Therfore by coming to the conclusion that life is too short to be constantly building up a swim, by leaving the inch of float standing proud easily distinguishing whether you have got a proper bite or just a peck, with the bonus that other anglers seeing the float, in their eyes, undershotted must mean the clod holding the rod is a
Noddy and clearly not worth their time to speak to. Leaving Fatty undisturbed to get on and fish and not have to share any pies whatsoever until too late, the EXPERTS realise the Fat little Git has caught all the fish, barging into the swim to find out what he's doing just as he is packing.....
'Never Judge a book by it's cover' is an apt saying in this case but being anti social suits Fatty to a tee
Hope this clears the confusion in your Vice Presidential Head, Dave.
As ever,.....
Moley