Fishing Lakes

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Advice for Fishing Lakes

from Angling UK

Much of the advice for fishing lakes will be similar to our suggestions for river fishing so we suggest that you read that first. We can then identify any differences between the two styles.

Rods - again we would advise a 12ft match rod. You are looking for a 'through' action whereas float fishing rods for river use are ideally 'tip' actioned. A through action rod has a gradual bend from the tip right down the section to the butt whereas the tip action has stiffer middle and butt joints leaving only the tip to bend.

The tip actioned rod is ideal when fishing for roach and dace in the rivers where you need to be able to pick up lots of loose line that is laying on the surface between the rod and the float. When we're fishing lakes we tend to use 'waggler' type float with the line fixed only at the bottom of the float giving us a sunken line and a more direct contact to a biting fish. We would recommend something like the Shakespeare Odessa 12ft (£34.95 at Swifty's).

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