Improve Your Coarse Fishing (UK)
HOW TO: PLUMB UP A WAGGLER
Plumbing up on the waggler is trickier than when using the pole but it is an essential skill. Follow these basic rules, put in plenty of practice and it will soon become second nature. 1 Visit your local shop and ask the staff for a semi-loaded waggler. This means it will stand up in the water without any weight added but won’t cock into the position you would fish with. This waggler is what you will use solely to plumb up with and not fish with. It must sink under the weight of an SSG shot. 2 Once your waggler is clipped on to a quick-change swivel it is time to clamp an SSG on to the hook. This is used instead of a conventional plummet because it casts much easier. 3 Set the depth on your rig to what you think the swim is and cast to where you intend to fish. If the float shows like it did when you tested how buoyant it was without any shot, you are overdepth and the SSG is having no impact. If the float sinks completely you are off the bottom and the SSG is pulling it under. 4 If the float completely sinks deepen up by 6in-12in and shallow up by the same if half the float is showing. If you can see a little less than half, shallow by 2in as this means you are close to finding the deck. Keep casting out and making minor adjustments until only the coloured tip of the float shows. This means you are just touching bottom 5 Mark the depth on your rod with Tipp-Ex. Fold the float and mark by the tip. Now you have found the depth, switch to a float you enjoy fishing. If it is shorter, adjust the depth so it is on line with the Tip-Ex mark.