Advice needed

[dave fish]

i really want to get out on the rivers and have found what looks like a really good spot to fish it contains small chub a few pike daice and bream ,i want to try free lining so can any one tell me the best way to go about fishing this method with regards to bait and how much line to let out type of rod to use ect
cheers

[Banana Steve]

Freelining, thats somthing i haven't done for a long time. I usally use a feeder rod with a 1 to 1 and 1/2 oz tip with 4lb line. I used to use bread or meat size 10 hook and useing the weight of the bait as the casting weight. then i would settle down in a comfortable posistion and with one hand hold the rod and the other hold the line i would wait for the bite. i would feed little and often as in all fishing as well. :-)

[dave fish]

would a quiver tip rod be ok to use ive got a 3oz tip and six pound line is this to heavy and how much line do i let out?

[rob@home]

Dave freelining a big lobworm can work really well as can freelined flake. Flake just get a slice pull out a chunk & wrap it round your line above your hook then wrap it over on itself again then pull the flake down over your hook,dunk in the water & cast. If you do find you need a bit of extra weight I use a link ledger i.e a swivel attached to about 2-3inches of braid or line then add SSG's onto the line till the bait just holds station in the current. Thread the link ledger on your line 1st then use a stop to hold the link ledger in place. Hope that helps?

Rob.

[Banana Steve]

Originally Posted by dave fish

would a quiver tip rod be ok to use ive got a 3oz tip and six pound line is this to heavy and how much line do i let out?

Quiver is fine and 6lb line is fine. just cast to spot you want to fish let the bait settle then basically take a couple of inches of the reel and hold the line if you get a bite you will feel the line pull, then strike.
Hope this helps regards, Steve

[dave fish]

cheers pal sounds pretty straight forward will let you know how i get on

[pompy.bass.man]

good luck mate

[fullcreel]

I have found when free lining, that not using a quiver tip is better, if you have an avon tip then go for it. I think the softness of the quiver absorbs some of the finer aspects of the bite, fine if bites are bold, but some are gentle, esp from roach and sometimes perch.

[dave fish]

cheers will keep that in mind need to go tackle shop and get a new tip for the rod anyway