Reach For A Waggler For A Bite Every Cast!

If the fish are further out, my float approach will catch all day long.

AT THIS time of the year, when the water is cold and clear, the fish tend to back away from the bank.

Because of this, there is no better way of picking them off than by using a waggler!

The beauty of the waggler is that you can fish further out than those using 13m-16m of pole. While they’re doing that, you can fish at 20-25m on the waggler. This obviously gives you a real edge, as you are fishing a line that you have all to yourself.

Additionally, you have the benefit of no pole waving about over the heads of the fish.

Despite all these advantages, I see hardly anybody fishing with rod and line in the cold. however, here’s how I do it…

BAIT

On commercials there is no better bait than pellets. All species eat them, from carp and skimmers right through to roach. Today I’m on Warren Pool at Meadowlands, near Coventry, where you are allowed to feed pellets only to a maximum size of 4mm. As it happens I wanted to feed 4mm pellets anyway, so this suits me.

I wet my pellets before fishing. The reason behind this is that they become heavier, which allows me to loose feed them further than would normally be possible.

The second benefit to wetting my feed pellets is that soaking them starts the breakdown process within the pellet, which means they release a lot more attraction into the water.