Steve Ringer shows you his twin float attack for commercial carp lakes
Steve reveals how to search the layers for carp with his twin float attack
WITH the sun now finally shining and the water slowly warming up it has been noticeable that the carp have begun to move up in the water.
After a cold winter these carp are seeking out that little bit of extra warmth, as a result of which the pellet waggler is already starting to come into its own.
I have to admit it’s not like it is in the middle of summer – after all, the carp aren’t going to come that high in the water to compete for the loosefeed – so you need to box a bit clever in how you fish.
TWO FLOAT APPROACH
This week I want to let you into the secret of the tactics I use for searching the layers, as the carp are there waiting to be caught – it’s just a matter of finding them!
At this time of year I always like to set up two rods, both 11ft Daiwa Tournament models, for fishing the waggler.
The first rod is for fishing a small, conventional pellet float – a 6g Guru Pellet Waggler. This might seem light but it creates a lot less disturbance on the cast than a heavier pattern, something that can spook fish while the water is still relatively clear.
The second rod set-up is a little bit different, in that rather than using a normal pellet waggler I have attached a slow-sinking bomb.
These ‘bombs’ actually float when you first buy them, and it’s then a case of fine-tuning them so that they sink nice and slowly through the water.
There are two ways to do this. First, you can remove the stopper and add water, but I prefer to add small shot to the float until the required sink rate is achieved.
The idea behind the slow-sinking bomb is that it allows me to cover a lot more water, and on deep venues like Meadowlands it’s an approach that can be deadly.
SIMPLE RIGS
Although I have very different floats on each rod, the set-ups themselves are actually very similar.
Both reels are loaded with 6lb Pulse mainline and the floats are fished on 3ins twisted loops with two line stops keeping them in place. On the waggler I will always start off with a 5ft hooklength, but I will be prepared to come shallower if I get suggestions that I need to do so.
“The idea behind the slow-sinking bomb is that it allows me to cover a lot more water”