anyone use a drift chute or drougue

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I use this as my normal one:

 

http://www.knoydart.co.uk/display_access.p...ogue&id=145

 

Thats the same one I use and it works well.

[Simon Everett]

Coming in late because I saw this on the other side - and answered there. The Wychwood is excellent and what I have always used. Put a couple of corks on the top lines to stop it from sinking. Slows you down to almost a dead stop from wind drift. Those with a hole in don't work very well (I know what Paul has said!) in comparison. Get a big one made up - square is quite OK. Ripstop nylon from the kite shop, some tape for the edges. away you go - you can sew it home on a domestic machine, or find a friendly sailmaker who will do you a favour. It will only take him 5 minutes on an industrial machine.

[spanner]

Simon,

 

I agree with you, one without a hole makes a better brake than one with a hole. I used to use a fishbag but it was too much like an anchor, when I'm drift fishing I don't want a dead stop.....

[SpeciMan]

The little plastimo one from Knoydart is a gem. For it size its enough to reduce the kayak to a reasonable drift and takes up hardly any storage space. Has come in handy when the winds picked up and I'm drifting for plaice and feathering for mackeral (I find I catch more when the kayak is moving).

[paintfly]

Thats the same one I use and it works well.

So, apart from fly, float and lure in shallower water, what other kinds of fishing is possible on the drift? Would you, for example, ledger by finding bottom and then wind in a couple of turns to avoid snagging?

[SpeciMan]

So, apart from fly, float and lure in shallower water, what other kinds of fishing is possible on the drift? Would you, for example, ledger by finding bottom and then wind in a couple of turns to avoid snagging?

 

You could use a Portland Rig on the drift & off the bottom which has a long flowing trace with a redgill or some other item (eg a sandeel if after bass). Tried that on the St Albans trip but got too engrossed in the scenery and stopped fishing!

 

Saw some photos of cracking pollack caught at the Needles last winter, each one was caught when the anchor slipped and they went on a fast drift.

[maidstonemike]

When you consider the problems with an anchor on a yak, no fun with a strong tide, I might go totally over to drift fishing. You cover more ground, the bait is probably more attractive, moving about, and you have to paddle back uptide every so often, so you don't get so stiff just sitting there.

If you drift a mile or two, you can come into contact with mackerel shoals etc, where you would miss them.

You are free to react to an emergency, without having to haul an anchor up first.

Mmmm, worth thinking about.

and.... you don't need a heavy weight to hold bottom in the tide.

Edited June 21, 2007 by maidstonemike

[Martin Hurst]

not really , some species/marks react best to drift fishing , some dont. horses for courses

[jerseytrev]

not really , some species/marks react best to drift fishing , some dont. horses for courses

ordered this one too http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEA-ANCHOR-DROGUE-FO...VQQcmdZViewItem

goes with this one

http://www.knoydart.co.uk/display_access.p...ogue&id=145

so i have a choice now . must agree with martin depends on the spot and sea conditions . so will keep my anchor too

 

Edited June 21, 2007 by jerseytrev