By Elie Godsi

Here is a scenario I see time and time again wherever I fish. Carp anglers find a spot they like the feel of with their marker floats, like a gravel patch or a gap in weed. Then they check out the actual condition of the bottom of the lake around their marker float by casting their actual fishing rods, rigs and all, to the spot they have identified. Then they pull back – with the rigs they are about to bait up with, all along the bottom. Why would anyone do that?

It seems blindingly obvious to me that this is asking for trouble as your hook is going to get blunted in the process. Avoiding this could not be simpler. Most of us use quick change clip systems that allow hooklinks to be changed quickly. When I have a rig that has become blunt, say after landing a fish, I keep it in a sleeve marked ‘blunt rigs’. I always put this on my fishing rods and use this rig to check out the fishing spot. Once I am happy I can fish to this spot, my line is marked so I can recast to the same place every time. Only then do I change the blunt hook and link for my actual baited fishing rig.

Simple but effective!

Elie G

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