Line drifting… help please! :)

[TF_BillyMcbantParticipant]

Hi everyone!

I’m quite new to fishing and know all the basics needed, but i came across a problem yesterday which was that when i cast out, i would sink my line and my float would stay stationary, but after a minute or 2 my line had drifted out a lot!

So instead of my line being straight out in front it would be like the the letter C if that makes sense.

Nothing i done would change it and so when i would get a bite there would be a lot of slack line out that meant when i would strike i’d miss it. Even when i reeled in most of the slack line, it would again drift the line out wide and i would be too close in to where i wanted to be.

There wasn’t any real strong wind and i would always sink my line so i don’t know what it could of been and i couldn’t do anything to correct it.

Any ideas and how i can correct this if it happens again??

Thanks! 😀

[TF_fennmd]

hi
you will never get rid of all of it but you can slow it down try sinking your line with the tip under water after casting or try using a few no8 as backshot as long as you can cast with the shot getting caught in your rod rings practice,practice practice.
good luck

[Anonymous]

Several ways to solve this problem. First is use a heavier float and as suggested, use some bac shot above the float. That will help to slow down the amount of movement from the drift/under-tow.

As your already sinking your line. Its under-tow thats the issue. If your fishing on the bottom and not up in the water. Adding a little extra depth to the rig will allow your hook bait to drag along the bottom. This will help to slow your rig down. Adding some small dropper shot to the rig will also help to slow the rig down. You can go even further with reducing the movement of the float by adding extra depth to the rig. So, you have upto 3ft of line on the deck plus several small shot (number 10s) which drag on the bottom. Its about finding the correct amount of line and shot dragging on the bottom which gives the best results.

If your fishing up in the water. Cast more regularly and feed less but more often to speed up the number of bits before your rig gets effected by the under-tow.

There are days when its impossible to slow down the float enough to get regular hitable bites. Switching to the link method or quiver tip rod sorts the probems out.

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