Very good informative video. I’ve experimented with my own shotting patterns over the year’s and my own is not dissimilar to the one you’ve shown. Very delicate and good in various depths except really shallow trotting.
Very interesting stepping down sizes of olivettes, should move easily and do no damage to the fine lines. Wonder if the rubber top n bottom, or threaded ones, with soft number 8. Are the ones to use. 🧐
The person I observed using this method of stepped-down olivettes was using the rubber top and bottom ones, no shot at all. My preference is still for either shot only or an olivette and shot.
Interesting that you talk about dragging a foot of line on the bottom. It appears the Nirvana of running a stick float or otherwise on a running water is to hold it back literally feeding the bait into the waiting fish. I seriously question our perception of what is going on down below at the business end, and I have my own thoughts around this. A waggler is a different matter altogether.
Many years ago you could watch someone trotting a bait to a shoal of dace and roach in a pool above a bridge on the Piddle in fairly shallow water. You could see the bait and the fish and it was amazing how bold the bite had to be to register on the float, with roach often drifting back with the bait in their mouth yet not tregistering on the float. There's a lot to be said for varying presentation either through how the float is controlled or with different set-ups even for the same swim. As a match angler it was usual to have more than one rod set up to have for example a stick float and an Avon, or even a waggler and stick for the same line. Often the shoal of fish would wise-up to one presentation so switching rigs would keep the bites coming.
Very good informative video. I’ve experimented with my own shotting patterns over the year’s and my own is not dissimilar to the one you’ve shown. Very delicate and good in various depths except really shallow trotting.
Very interesting stepping down sizes of olivettes, should move easily and do no damage to the fine lines. Wonder if the rubber top n bottom, or threaded ones, with soft number 8. Are the ones to use. 🧐
The person I observed using this method of stepped-down olivettes was using the rubber top and bottom ones, no shot at all. My preference is still for either shot only or an olivette and shot.
Interesting that you talk about dragging a foot of line on the bottom. It appears the Nirvana of running a stick float or otherwise on a running water is to hold it back literally feeding the bait into the waiting fish. I seriously question our perception of what is going on down below at the business end, and I have my own thoughts around this. A waggler is a different matter altogether.
Many years ago you could watch someone trotting a bait to a shoal of dace and roach in a pool above a bridge on the Piddle in fairly shallow water. You could see the bait and the fish and it was amazing how bold the bite had to be to register on the float, with roach often drifting back with the bait in their mouth yet not tregistering on the float. There's a lot to be said for varying presentation either through how the float is controlled or with different set-ups even for the same swim. As a match angler it was usual to have more than one rod set up to have for example a stick float and an Avon, or even a waggler and stick for the same line. Often the shoal of fish would wise-up to one presentation so switching rigs would keep the bites coming.