2016/7/19 8:54:40
IT’S time for our must-read Sunday blog. Every Sunday we welcome coarse fishing all-rounder Colin Mitchell.
For many years Colin was a senior Angler’s Mail magazine staff man and he has enjoyed a long, interesting journalism career.
He understands match fishing, pleasure fishing, carp fishing – the lot.
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SHOTTING patterns are something that many inexperienced anglers get confused about.
Others with more experience even believe that there is a holy grail of shotting patterns, one that catches more than any other. But let’s get this straight…there are just two basic patterns – strung out or bulk down with a dropper.
Start with those two and adapt them to suit the conditions and species and you won’t go far wrong. Strung out shot is when the fish are willing to take bait on the drop, and is probably linked to warmer water fishing more than anything else. Bulk shotting is to get the bait down fast to the deck where the fish are feeding – or to get through smaller fish that might be higher up in the water.
But in both cases you should never wear blinkers. The size of the shot on the line can be varied, where you place them on the line should be changed – even during a session is you are not getting bites or the fish appear to have gone off the feed.
Good anglers learn to experiment and not stick to one pattern or even one depth of water. Also remember that the shot are not there just to cock your float. They are there to help register bites and aid bait presentation.
The flow of the water – even in lakes – the depth, wind and where the fish are feeding must all be taken into account when you shot up.
Here are a few other good tips to follow, which can be especially useful at this time of the year when fish are a bit more finicky and when bait presentation and bite registration become even more important:
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