Back leads

[Tigger]

 

 

 

Which did you order Mike?

[gozzer]

John, you only need one, which you clip on your line at the rod tip and let it drop right under your rod tip.

If you take your time when tightening up you should be fine and your rig should stay put, even at range.

 

That makes sense Ian, and it obviously works for you, but I'm still not fully sold on the idea. I'm like you, I float fish 90% of the time, so I'm unlikely to ever try it. Thanks for explaining it though.

 

John.

[Tigger]

 

That makes sense Ian, and it obviously works for you, but I'm still not fully sold on the idea. I'm like you, I float fish 90% of the time, so I'm unlikely to ever try it. Thanks for explaining it though.

 

John.

 

I think the my favourite time to use them is when fishing more than one rod, they are a big help in stopping fish from snarling up the other lines as you bring it in.

They do work though John, beleive me .

[Mikench]

The Gardner ones plus the cheapo clip on back leads just to try and experiment with.

[Tigger]

The cheaper clip on ones are worth giving a go, you never know those ones may be less prone to coming off than the ones i've had !!

Surprisingly I could only see the gardner, fox and those clip on ones I think you got when I searched ebay.

Edited October 7, 2019 by Tigger

[Cameraman]

John, you only need one, which you clip on your line at the rod tip and let it drop right under your rod tip.

If you take your time when tightening up you should be fine and your rig should stay put, even at range.

Absolutely

[Martin56]

That makes sense Ian, and it obviously works for you, but I'm still not fully sold on the idea. I'm like you, I float fish 90% of the time, so I'm unlikely to ever try it. Thanks for explaining it though.

 

John.

I've just started using a "Back shot" say a a No 6 a couple of inch above the float. It keeps the float more stable - especially when fishing down the edge, keeping it where you put it. (I'm talking still water)

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated re back shotting & how much the distance to shot above the float affects stability??

[gozzer]

I've just started using a "Back shot" say a a No 6 a couple of inch above the float. It keeps the float more stable - especially when fishing down the edge, keeping it where you put it. (I'm talking still water)

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated re back shotting & how much the distance to shot above the float affects stability??

 

Back shotting is a whole different ball game, and one I've used often over the years. I first heard of it back in the 60s in my early teens. It was in an article by Benny Ashurst on stick float fishing the River Calder, which was a fairly prolific roach water back then. The idea was to put a small shot above the float, (small being relative to the conditions, float and tackle you were using), usually a No8 or 6. By trial and error, you found how far above the float you needed to put it to achieve your aim, anything from a few inches, to a couple of feet. The aim was to either beat an awkward wind, or to help slow your bait down. Having the line sunk above the float, helped stop the wind pulling the float off-line, and you could keep the bait in the 'killing zone' much longer. To help slow your float down, you held back until the shot was just skipping the surface of the water, and then tried to hold it like that all way down the swim. You could adjust how hard you had to hold back, by moving the shot closer to, or further away from the float. Fishing like this helped me get my first 20lb net of roach, and that was from the Calder.

Fishing a waggler with a back shot, is usually to beat the effects of the wind, and stabilise the float, in both still, and moving water.

 

I assume you use it when on the pole Martin, I haven't fished a pole very often, but I assume that the results will be the same, although I think you could often get away with using a smaller shot.

 

John.

 

John.

[Martin56]

No John not as yet, I've been giving the pole a bit of a rest lately in favour of the centrepin. I get one or two funny looks on our commie matches & the carp take longer to get in but much more fun.

 

(I do draw the line of a maggot bag round my neck these days though - unless of course I got the chance of a river session)