Pellet Waggler Fishing For Carp In Summer

[@ianwest9784]

Living the dream Cant beat catching fish with this method Another great video Kayleigh

[@lemmkilm215]

eminently watchable full of education and definitely maybe, the best looking angler i've ever seen

[@tomwalton6661]

No nonsense advice! Thx👍🏻👍🏻

[@paulsomersetwolf5970]

Great video Kayleigh as usual always a pleasure to watch your happy face🌝🎣🎣

[@neilmilner7074]

Talent personified, England Carp Team member aswell, keep em coming, it's great to see such talent from the female fraternity, cracking channel Kayleigh 👏

[@brinmorris4571]

You clearly do like fishing the pellet wag, that's not a poker face! Keep them coming.

[@thomashiorns5500]

Hi. Kayleigh..another great video from a class angler..

[@johnbloor4376]

Top notch video as always Kayleigh. Thanks for sharing. 👌👍😁

[@ihcfn]

Loving the fishing, loving that smile. Keep up the great content Kayleigh!

[@grahamnash9794]

Great to see you free from the arctic gear, at last. That's a very pretty venue, it would make a lovely painting all sun it with those reflections. Great video Kayleigh. TTFN

[@martinhehir1471]

Thanks again Kayleigh for the video, I have the floats but wasn’t sure how to deploy them. After watching this I’m now ready lol. Keep up the lovely smiling face and the great tips,thanks again 😀

[@mikeoxley6303]

I love pellet waggler fishing just added these floats to my collection there spot on

[@the72inc73]

A really good fun way of fishing, I'm getting more into it this season. 11ft pellet waggler rod, 4lb main, and let the fun begin

[@richardsimpson2599]

Boy this girl can fish!

[@fishingwithrohan7865]

Well done keep up the fishing 🎣 👍

[@pandal307]

Hi Kayleigh, you are my inspiration, I'm on the waggler on Saturday. Thanks for the tips! I hope one day I can make it like you have

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

Hope you bagged up! 👌

[@malcrandall1309]

It's nice to see you do a video where your warm and dry and not frozen and wet through to your skin. I don't know if you have a director but I've never seen face on views like on this video. To see your face smiling while talking is priceless your really enjoying talking to that camera making it like a personal one to one. Right the Kayleigh a question which I've asked on other fishing channels re pellet waggler fishing is why only 8mm pellets even when fishing for F1's so which have tiny mouths. I fish the wag all through the year using hard pellets and people come up to me and ask how come your catching and I can't get a bite. On asking them what hook and bait their using it normally comes back to a size 14 hook with 8 mill pellet as they've seen it on fishing videos, well I use a size 20 Middy km2 hook in size 20. I also feed only 4mm coppins pellets at maximum catapult range. Fishing like this you have to use shot to overcome the drag on your line, and tangle problems which the shot creates when casting. If the pellets fall to slow you don't get many bites. Experiment and change are the key words. I wish someone would do a video on smaller pellet waggler fishing! Please Kayleigh would you help and take the bull by the horns and do a video on small pellet waggler fishing. PS. I also go down to a 3 mm Skrettings pellet in a band when they start acting the goat.

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

Yes no problem, the only reason for 8mm on here is there is no F1s in this lake it’s all carp🙂 if there’s F1s normally use a 6mm or 4mm like you say

[@stevemccrory9130]

Sounds like you're asking about waggler fishing, but with smaller pellets, rather than "pellet waggler" fishing. Pellet waggler fishing is 99% of the time done up in the water / shallow, with no shot down the line. Small pellets (4mm or smaller) on a pellet waggler like Kayleigh is using would be unbalanced, with the splash or plop of the waggler making more noise when it lands than the pellet on the hook does. If your shotting down the line is causing tangles, then feathering the line / stopping the float just before it hits the water, will straighten out the line below the float and reduce tangles.

[@malcrandall1309]

@@stevemccrory9130 Thanks for taking the time to reply. When fishing at maximum range of catapulted 4mm pellets in less than perfect conditions it causes all sorts of problems when you don't enough weight at the hook end to straighten things out. 8mm's and copplns 6's have enough weight to do this, 4mm's are a totally different kettle of fish when you can fish as deep as 6 feet. At this depth line drag becomes a major problem when using such a light bait, hence having to use shot to get a realistic presentation. I have just got back from fishing the pellet wag out at Hayton where the wind changes direction many times a day and things have being relatively calm which didn't cause any issues when winding in. When it's really choppy you tend to get line skip on retrieval and tends to tie it's self in knots, using a larger pellet has enough drag and weight to over come this. Today I ended up with 41 F1's caught at depths of 2 to 6 feet, average weight is around 3lbs but had them beyond 6lbs and they would not look a Skrettins 6 let alone a Coppins 6. I make some of my own floats to try and overcome the noise when landing the float, these range from 2 to 10 grams and slow sinkers upto 7 grams. I also use the line clip to help straighten the line out when casting and get a quieter touch down. Casting today has being every 30 seconds or so and I'm well knackered after using a 12 foot rod and catapulting so many 4mm's at maximum range. Pellet waggler fishing or fishing pellet on a waggler is my passion along with the slow sinker, bites are breath taking from these mad Hayton F1's. Once again Steve, thanks for taking the time to reply. Cheers, Malc.

[@stevemccrory9130]

@@malcrandall1309 I think I get what you mean by line drag....so, are you sinking your line between the float and your rod tip when fishing a standard waggler? Have you tried fishing overdepth to combat the top layers of water moving WITH the wind, and any undertow going in the opposite direction? Pellet waggler is best fished in calm conditions, or with the wind off your back. It is difficult to fish in a headwind, or with the wind blowing across you. 4mm pellets, by their very nature (Coppens or Skrettings) are light in weight, which is why you're having problems feeding them at any distance. When using them with a standard waggler, with shot down the line, maybe feeding them in grape / walnut-sized balls would help. Use a syrup in the water used to soak them will help to bind them. The shot is taking your hookbait down quicker, so match this with a feeding pattern to suit, and one you will find is "tighter". Seriously....try "feathering" the line instead of using the line clip. It'll give you scope to fish further out / beyond the feed zone. Sometimes the fish back off and sit behind the feed you're putting in. Last bit.....if you wat to sink your line between the float and rod tip, then put the top few rings under water, with a tight line to the float, and then strike upwards sharply until the rod moves to a flat position. The line will sink and the float will disappear, but won't move too far from where it landed. Reeling in to sink the line, with the rod tip under water, moves the float too far. The way I've described is better when fishing to a feature too. Hope this helps you some more.

[@malcrandall1309]

@@stevemccrory9130 Right Steve, I don't know if you do or have done F1 waggler fishing at distance with small baits as it's not comparable to pellet waggler fishing for common or other larger types of carp. Could I ask you to have a look at Hayton Lakes website and find Kingfisher lake which is the main match lake which is predominantly F1's with a few carp. You will see from the drone footage how flat and open it is and you can imagine how the wind effects this place and it goes down to 15 feet in places with clear water. As far as having the wind on your back and fishing in calm conditions that's fine if you can get on a peg like that. While I'm retired and can go most week days you have to contend with other matches and anglers so picking the perfect place is not always a option and I fish this technique through the winter as well. The fish also follow the wind even in winter at Haton. Don't forget the old saying, have the wind on your back in winter and in your face in summer. I'm at the age now where I'm not here to break any records. My best match weight at Hayton was 168 lbs on the wag and the most fish in a session was 117 all F1's. Feeding patterns, heavy to make noise to attract them in to start with then work it out as and when! some times you have to aim off as much as ten feet to get your bait nearish due to the wind. A wider feeding pattern helps in most cases around 3 to 4 feet in diameter, F1's can get very fierce when in a feeding frenzy this can be seen when they take the bait at such high speed your float can end up 10 feet or so away from where it was. No need to strike 99% of the time they hang themselves on against the weight of the float and the drag of the line through the water. You also catch them in the eye and face because they swim at it so fast, grab it before it's gone, similar to jigger fishing. You mention feathering the float, that's fine if you can, if your fingers are long enough to reach the spool to do it while holding a 12 foot rod and casting every 30 seconds or so! don't forget you need to catapult you bait out twice at full distance in this time while coping with the wind. Doing this for 5 hours is hard work. I have shown many people how to fish like I do but they say it's to much like hard work and won't do it! The shot on the line BELOW the float is to combat the floating characteristics of mono fishing line allowing the bait to sink at the rate YOU want it to sink, 6 Feet of line takes some sinking under free fall conditions. line Diameter is .20 &.18 and a .20 hook length in summer. The fish also try taking the shot as well! you get sail away bites and nothing there, take the shot off and the problem mostly goes away. Choosing a float which allows control at distance, and controls line bowing due to wind. The float needs to be able to carry 3 number 8 stotz which can be slid down the line when fishing deep and slid up under the float when fishing shallow. Right Steve, my finger is sore with typing so I'm going to have a drink and orf to bed. PS, Coppins pellets can be twice the weight of Skrettings for the same size.

[@Jan007524]

Well fished Kayleigh

[@fishingnorfolk]

Top notch kayleigh. Looks like you enjoyed that. Do you use pellets straight from bag or oil them or flavour. What's, your go too size 6 or 8mm.

[@cecilbryans4523]

Hi Kayleigh. What pellet wagglers are you using in the video. Great fishing. Keep the videos coming.

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

Precision Pellet Wagglers 👍

[@cecilbryans4523]

@@KayleighDowdFishing Thankyou, should have realised it would be Preston lol. Use a lot of Preston kit myself. Supera Rods are awesome !!

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

They are!

[@newyoupersonaldevelopment3497]

Does playing fish on the dray give you problems with line twist ?

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

No shouldn’t do 👍

[@newyoupersonaldevelopment3497]

@@KayleighDowdFishing thanks for the reply, I asked because I played 5 carp on the drag which went for a tour of the lake and I ended up with pretty twisted line. Great video, I watched it a few days ago then went out today to get some pellet wagglers … I’ve got to have a go … looks fun 👍

[@raysoucy3160]

Hi. I enjoy your Videos, Can you or anyone tell me who in the UK can ship a match reel to the USA ? I bought a Drennan 13' match pro, from Ted Carter. & I would like a suitable reel for fun fishing, lake & pond. Thank you ! I don't see any match type reels in US or Japan. ? Thanks

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

Not too sure sorry. Outlaw Pro or Angling Direct might be worth a try

[@raysoucy3160]

Thank you for your response. Ray

[@lesliefrew8402]

Great video as always kayleigh.......what depth would you start at please ?

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

Normally around 2ft and go from there

[@richardbarrett7544]

Do the fish only take a moving bait, or will they also take it static please Kay?

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

No they will take a static one, you generally get more bites as it’s falling through the water though

[@johnboro64]

Novice here, what pellets are you using? What bait please? Sorry if I’ve missed the answer

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

These are just standard 8mm pellets

[@johnboro64]

@@KayleighDowdFishing Thankyou, so refreshing to hear a crisp Yorkshire accent, really appreciate your films, please do keep up the good work

[@lukethomas1758]

What’s the name of the pre tied hook length??

[@KayleighDowdFishing]

It’s the 15” banded KKM hooklengths Preston do

[@dirkschuermans6057]

👌

[@SkepyourOwn]

Wife of dreams

[@alainpryt9641]

👏👏👍