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Setting up a marker
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Once
you have the component parts, setting up
your marker float will prove to be both easy,
and invaluable. And as you'll see, it's more
than just something to aim your
bait at!
The
bits that you will need are: Your weight, a
swivel, a soft bead, and a hard bead. And of
course your marker float. |
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Marker
floats come in all shapes and sizes and from
all manufacturers. My own preference is the
Nash. Mainly because they are robust,
reliable, and represent value for money in
the long run |
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Start by
sliding your lead onto the mainline with the
swivel attached.
Next add the hard bead followed by the soft
bead. Then tie on your float using a Palomar
knot |
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This is the bit that takes a bit of
practice. When you cast out, wind down on
the line once it hits bottom. Feed line off
at approx 1 foot at a time, counting as you
go. When the float pops up, that's roughly
how deep it is.
While it's on the bottom, reel in with your
rod sideways to 'feel' the bottom for gravel
bars, clear spots, and weed. It works better
with braid on the reel as you can feel every
knock.
Do
this all over the area in front of you to
build up a picture of otherwise unseen
features.
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If you find that it's very weedy and not
giving you an accurate reading, or if the
float can't get through the weed to rise up
through the water, you'll have to modify the
set up slightly.
Use a ring like the one shown, they usually
come as part of a 'plumbing' or depth finder
kit.
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Your
weight plus swivel are tied onto a separate
piece of line, not your mainline, and the
ring is tied onto the other end. Have the
piece of line set deeper than you
think the weed is. |
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The
mainline is then passed through the eye of
the ring before tying on your marker float.
when presented correctly the lead will sink
to the bottom of the weed but won't take
your marker float with it. Remember to add
the length of line attached to the ring, to
your estimate of the depth. |
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Dave Trev'
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