In reply to Post #14
Practice, trial and error, technique, light lead.
Practice, trial and error, technique, light lead.
In reply to Post #1
Theres a lot of pish & wind about 'feeling for a drop'.
Barely exists up north in our non gravelly lakes. I go same -if its shallow there's barely time for that lead hitting water for you to respond to feeling for a drop unless it cracks on something harder than clay/silt/muck. Using braid obviously helps as there's more transmitting back on the rod.
One thing there's short range spots that I cast underarm to - it actually gives you a bit more time to get ready for that lead hitting the surface and then feeling for the drop.
Theres a lot of pish & wind about 'feeling for a drop'.
Barely exists up north in our non gravelly lakes. I go same -if its shallow there's barely time for that lead hitting water for you to respond to feeling for a drop unless it cracks on something harder than clay/silt/muck. Using braid obviously helps as there's more transmitting back on the rod.
One thing there's short range spots that I cast underarm to - it actually gives you a bit more time to get ready for that lead hitting the surface and then feeling for the drop.
In reply to Post #17
Dunno mate. Just because the drop is less critical on the waters you fish doesn't make it pish & wind. I'm the same as @wac1977 in that if I don't know 100% that I'm on that spot, I aint confident. Down here in the Nene valley we have loads of gravel pits, most of them weedy as **** and in many cases the spots are tiny.
If I was banging it into thick silt on one of the big meres up your way then sure I'd be less bothered, but there are occasions on which that drop is absolutely critical imo.
Dunno mate. Just because the drop is less critical on the waters you fish doesn't make it pish & wind. I'm the same as @wac1977 in that if I don't know 100% that I'm on that spot, I aint confident. Down here in the Nene valley we have loads of gravel pits, most of them weedy as **** and in many cases the spots are tiny.
If I was banging it into thick silt on one of the big meres up your way then sure I'd be less bothered, but there are occasions on which that drop is absolutely critical imo.
In reply to Post #18
I fished a rather historic Nene Valley water a month or two back and had to spend a good deal of time raking spots from a boat as the weed cover was almost total, and fierce. Casting and getting a drop on the raked spot absolutely essential.
I fished a rather historic Nene Valley water a month or two back and had to spend a good deal of time raking spots from a boat as the weed cover was almost total, and fierce. Casting and getting a drop on the raked spot absolutely essential.
In reply to Post #18
Im up north and I'd still say it's critical simply as no drop at all = snarled up in weed.
Even on the siltiest lake you can steel feel a 'clean' drop.
OP: You can still feel a drop in shallow water, as others have said hit the clip just right and you should be ok, its all very quick mind. I actually like to set the clip a little further so that when I lift the tip I'm not pulling it miles off the spot.
Im up north and I'd still say it's critical simply as no drop at all = snarled up in weed.
Even on the siltiest lake you can steel feel a 'clean' drop.
OP: You can still feel a drop in shallow water, as others have said hit the clip just right and you should be ok, its all very quick mind. I actually like to set the clip a little further so that when I lift the tip I'm not pulling it miles off the spot.