They are
there for a
Damian
reason, use
them!
Clarke’s
guide to
Clipping
Up:
comfortable for you to cast too. It
depends on how close that you wish to get
to the float, but lets say right on it. Cast the
‘fishing’ rod as close as you can to the float, but
aim to land to the side of it. The last thing you
want to be doing is getting tangled up in the line
attached to the float.
exerted by the bag when it hits the surface of the
water the lead is sent in the opposite direction,
If you cast past the float then drag the lead
effectively up the line towards the tail rubber. In
back by whatever distance you think that you’ve
this instance the lead will push the tail rubber off
gone over. Holding the rod at 90° to the water
the clip and eject the lead, not really what you
(straight up!) and keeping the line tight, clip the
want to be doing. But by clipping up, the lead is
line behind the plastic spool clip on the reel.
forced forward and seated in the correct position,
Very important now. Still standing in the
with no chance of the lead ejecting on the cast.
same spot as the previous cast, reel the lead in
and now cast back out to your float. What you are
Convinced?
aiming to do is to just cast past the float so that
So now are you convinced that clipping up is the
once the lead hits the clip it’s not bouncing back.
way forward, but how do we do it?
What you need to do is as the lead is in flight
The easiest way of practicing is to cast a marker
move the rod back in to the 90° position. With the
float out and pop up the float at a range that is
lead nearing the spot, the line runs out and is now
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