Ledgering Rigs For Coarse Fishing

The idea that you could form two or three balls of groundbait and catapult them out to you chosen fishing area. The balls were intentionally made hard/sticky to ensure that they broke down gradually. And carp could come along and mouth at the balls which were too big to get in their mouths to release the few loose offerings/particles like pot, sweetcorm, micro boilies or dead maggots. some floating bits could also be added to point to when fish had moved in and started feeding. (sfca.co.uk)

To begin an direct release of the contents and continue till you’re pleased a enough carpet lies on the bottom. Then rig up a new feeder with its meant size holes and hook length to go with. When bites don’t happen or are just spasmodic you must assume they aren’t at home, or that they’re cautious. If the fish are a little on the cautious side, tie up a hair rig and present the bait ‘off the hook’ which typically initiates bites. (tacklebargains.co.uk)

The hook and leader are adaptable to conditions, more of that afterward. The important part for me is where the lead connects to the hooklink. This area is where we have to place most consideration to the fish s welfare as a fish towing a lead is in serious danger. Also, and of great concern to me, was the number of times I lost a fish when the leader wrapped around the lead link. A barbel in full panic flight will make short work of most leader materials if they’re tangled around a lead or link swivel, recovering a short, broken hooklink is typically a sign that this has happened. I tried beads, on occasion two or three in a row between the swivel and link swivel to create a stand off effect and this typically worked but not generally, the same is true of rear rubbers. (blog.fishtec.co.uk)

When you have cast out, keep the line tight till the weight/feeder hits the bottom, keep your rod low to the water and pay out line till the float breaks surface and lies flat, put your rod on the rests, setting them up so the tip of the rod is in the water, then gradually reel in the line till the float cocks and start to go under again the more you tighten up. You’re now set. When it comes to re-casting, hold the weight/feeder, let the line go slack and the float will fall down the line to the weight/feeder, this will make casting easier. (lets-go-fishing.org)

When I 1st went pike fishing I tagged with a couple of mates who both set up float ledger rigs for a session on a small drain. It was the 1st rig that I learned to tie and use. Throughout that day we caught some small pike and I was hooked on pike fishing. Since then I have used the float ledger to catch many pike. My 1st double, a thirteen pounder, came some weeks after that 1st session on a float ledger rig. Another notable catch on this rig was my 1st twenty pound pike which I caught from a one acre pond. (pikeangler.co.uk)

2. On occasion, when using braid, it can cut into some run rings on the ledger stems, and this can because them not to run as freely, to prevent this you may be able to use metal run rings like those mounted on the Prowla Fledger Booms. An alternative is to integrate a short length of mono or fluorocarbon from your major line to the trace for the ledger stem to run on smoothly. I like to use a 6 – 8ft length of 20 – 30lb mono for this, it also acts as a rubbing leader to prevent your braided mainline coming into contact with the fish, which can in rare cases because damage if the fish rolls on it. (greysfishing.com)

My running lead rig is made up of the same 3 parts as my free-lining rig, with only a buffer bead which sits above the swivel and the lead itself also. The lead is allowed to run freely on the major line, that means the fish feels as little resistance as possible when it picks up the bait. I use as light a lead as possible. When margin fishing there’s no have to cast miles, one simply lowers or flicks the rig into the water. A light lead frequently just 35gm can be used primarily to help overcome the force of the wind on the cast helping me get the rig in just the right spot. A lighter lead, especially a ‘flat pear’ form won’t sink as far into a soft bottom. (marginfishing.wordpress.com)

The length of trace was hammered home to me last week throughout a trip to Ireland when I discussed it with England Feeder squad anglers Dean Barlow and Adam Rooney. They had been practicing for next year s World Feeder Championships on Inniscarra Reservoir and one of the important things they were looking at was hook lengths. In that event they’re constrained on how short they can go and throughout their days of practice they picked up quite some pointers. And no, I’m not going to give away any of the bits they learned. (anglersmail.co.uk)

Also the nature of a Running Ledger offers little or no resistance when a Pike lifts the bait, a technique worth trying if bites are shy and dropped runs happen. Baits may be “popped-up” to add motion or rise above weed beds, or simply to aid scent dispersal. Pop the baits up with air injection or balsa-bubble inserts. Keep the rod tip buried below the surface and pointed towards the bait to avoid un-wanted rod-tip motion on blustery days. (angling-ireland.com)

 – on occasion called a ‘maggot feeder’. This can be used on your line to carry groundbait or hookbait offerings into your swim. Maggots are the major kind of bait used. The block end feeder is a plastic tube device with holes drilled into the sides, blocked at one end with a cap at the other that opens to put bait or groundbait. They differ in size from 2 centimetres in length upwards with the average being 50 centimetres. The amount of holes in the feeder control the speed at which the groundbait or hookbait escapes$. (total-fishing-tackle.com)