Float Fishing
Float fishing is one of my favoured methods for catching carp. I have probably caught more carp
float fishing than any other method. Most of the venues I fish are small shallow ponds where using
lots of lead is just not necessarily. I much prefer to use light gear to catch reasonable sized
carp. Catching a 10 pound carp on a very light float rod is a lot more exciting than catching one on
a very heavy duty carp rod. The 12LB carp in the photograph to the left was caught using float
tackle on a CTB match rod and 3lb line. If you are disabled and strength is an issue, then there are
plenty of extremely light rods on the market that you will not even know you are holding once they
are strapped to your arm. The other advantage with float fishing is you don't actually have to cast.
A lot of carp will feed virtually under your feet so all you have to do is plonk the float three or
4 feet from the bank, even less, I have caught fish 6 inches from the bank.
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