surface fishing

[samcfc]

what hooklink is the best for surface fishing

[wilfster]

how big are these carp you targeting.

[samcfc]

around 10lb

[Gaz]

what is the water like? is it big/small very snaggy? all these will have a bearing on what to use. i use 10lb double strength for a lot of my surface fishing.

[samcfc]

the water is 2 acre's in size

not very snaggy at all

[nash_gadgeteer]

I would go with 6lb Drennan Double Strength, that would be fine and lot less visible to the feeding carp.

 

Don't forget put freebies in but hold back with the hookbait until they get confident and go into a feeding frenzy with each other...

[samcfc]

yes thats right

thanks

[Guest Anonymous]

The last time I fished the surface I had to nick my hooklink off Gaz so 'what he uses'

 

& you'll generally find that even though most of the fish are feeding on the surface in say a 30ft radius of the baited area, it's worth over casting & fishing 10ft behind that area as the bigger fish tend to hold back. You might not be able to see them cruising but believe me, they're there

[speersy26]

Double strength is good but but change your hooklink on every fish once you have had a fish on it the next one always snaps the hooklink.

[crayonhussy]

The last time I fished the surface I had to nick my hooklink off Gaz so 'what he uses'

 

& you'll generally find that even though most of the fish are feeding on the surface in say a 30ft radius of the baited area, it's worth over casting & fishing 10ft behind that area as the bigger fish tend to hold back. You might not be able to see them cruising but believe me, they're there

 

The above is also good for not spooking the carp, over cast and slowly reel in to get your bait around the area you want!

[marker]

i use drennan double strength myself, i carry 6,8 and 10lb versions, start high and scale down if you can't get bites

[zander1]

Clarke G-line (used to be Silstar) 7.9lb (0.20) or 10.lb (0.22)

Berkley trilene- 4lb (0.23 but breaks just over 8lb with good knots (self tested) so its stronger than the 8 and 10lb silstar which can halve in bs on certain knots and looses round 30-40% of its bs on average)

 

I find that the Drennan double strength is too thick for its breaking strain with poor knot strength but then again with every aspect of fishing its what you get used to and what you have confidence in

[speersy26]

Clarke G-line (used to be Silstar) 7.9lb (0.20) or 10.lb (0.22)

Berkley trilene- 4lb (0.23 but breaks just over 8lb with good knots (self tested) so its stronger than the 8 and 10lb silstar which can halve in bs on certain knots and looses round 30-40% of its bs on average)

 

I find that the Drennan double strength is too thick for its breaking strain with poor knot strength but then again with every aspect of fishing its what you get used to and what you have confidence in

 

i might try some of the G-line nice diameter

[salokcinnodrog]

what hooklink is the best for surface fishing

 

Whatever you think is best relative to the size of the fish

 

Have a read with this maybe give some additional ideas

 

https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=34583

[zander1]

Clarke G-line (used to be Silstar) 7.9lb (0.20) or 10.lb (0.22)

Berkley trilene- 4lb (0.23 but breaks just over 8lb with good knots (self tested) so its stronger than the 8 and 10lb silstar which can halve in bs on certain knots and looses round 30-40% of its bs on average)

 

I find that the Drennan double strength is too thick for its breaking strain with poor knot strength but then again with every aspect of fishing its what you get used to and what you have confidence in

 

i might try some of the G-line nice diameter

 

Its a vary nice line, very supple has a slight blue/green tint but no where near as coloured as drennan double strength.

 

There is ,however, only one shop that i use (out of 5) that stocks it so you may need to go hunting