CONTROLLER FISHING FOR CHUB   

To drift floating crust into distant swims without the current bellying the free line into an unstrikable situation the answer is to thread on a small loaded controller like the ten-pin) which adds weight for casting (smaller baits such as casters can then also be used). More importantly it allows the line to be mended occasionally while the bait floats downstream.

Stop the ten-pin 4 to 6 ft above the hook with a nylon stop knot and small bead (fig. 32). Stop the ten-pin 4 to 6 ft above the hook with a nylon stop knot and small bead.

Floater fishing in still waters

Excpt for small overgrown lakes and pits in which freelined crusts can be placed or drifted alongside bushes or sunken trees close to the chub's hideouts the loaded controller offers the most effective way of getting the bait out to chub patrolling the surface. Loose attractor crusts should be catapulted well upwind around the float and the entire batch allowed to drift naturally with the wind or surface pull.

Keep paying out line as though trotting. Every now and then lift any bowing line off the surface with the rod held high and lay or flick it upwind so that it is reasonably straight again. When fishing really large waters you have to decide on a point beyond which striking would be impaired because of the possibility of pricking and losing a chub. So strike the crust off and retrieve for a new cast.

Never wind the crust back across the surface. Only pike fall for such lack of thought while the chub become craftier.

John Wilson

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