Hello all, my syndicate is extremely weedy and has limited overhead casting room, now obviously the thing to do would be to test it in the margins but given our current situation I cant, do you still get the same presentation if you drop a helicopter setup from a bait boat rather than casting ?

Cheers

In reply to Post #1
If you balance the hook bait and feel for a drop the. I can't see why it wouldn't

In reply to Post #1
I think so. I have done it both ways i.e. letting it drop on a slack line/letting it take line, so it drops near vertically, good for holes in weed etc or letting it drop on a tight line with the rod tip up to feel the lead down like when you cast, both have worked for me

In reply to Post #1
When I read the topic I thought u wanted 2 use a helicopter 2 drop a bait, iwas just about 2 do 1 then got it

helis are not the right rig to drop (or underarm cast for that matter)
and you can't hit a clip with them either!

They are for open water fishing, and only like a gentle, normal overhead cast or they will tangle

If dropping from a boat you want an inline backed by tubinng with any type of hooklink, or a leadclip with a short stiff hooklink and anti tangle sleeve

In reply to Post #5
helis are not the right rig to drop (or underarm cast for that matter)
and you can't hit a clip with them either!

you serious?

In reply to Post #6
Talking to yourself Rob ?

In reply to Post #7
Oh ah, I seem to be, nothing new there

In reply to Post #5
What a load of nonsense. I've used them for years, under armed, fishing to clips, dropped from a real boat, in basically every situation imaginable.... caught hundreds, never suffered with tangles.

You said in another thread you use them for 99% of your fishing... naked with long braid links (there's a recipe for a tangle). Or do you only ever fish in open water where you can caress a cast and not clip up?

In reply to Post #9
A few people talking to themselves today....

He's banned Tom...

In reply to Post #10
6 weeks in a tiny flat does that to you mate .

Didn't think he'd last long.

In reply to Post #5
I use heli pretty much for everything. Close medium and long. All perfect
And 2 or 3 times a year in France with a bait boat. Never tangles perfect presentation .
And also tight to snags with a Gardener C Clip to lose lead if needed.

And how can you not hit the clip, if you are casting within the range that up your are capable of?

Matey was right, heli rigs are only suitable for overhead casting

In reply to Post #13
Why? Please explain.

If you underarm cast a heli rig or do anything other than normal overhead cast it, they tangle
It sounds silly but its true, it doesn't need explaining mate