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. S M E L B O R P G N I S U A C P U D E K C I P D N I THE W ONE TWO THREE FOUR Ship your rig out to where it needs to be, being careful not to catch the near bank. Over your swim, lift your rig up so that it’s all above the water. Wait for the rig to straighten – if it’s windy move your pole so your hook bait is still over the swim. Now slowly lower your rig down so that it enters the water straight and on target for your swim. LAY IT RIGHT With 12 feet of line under your pole tip, if you lay your rig into the water the standard way you’ll be fishing a mile from your swim. To help, Craig has a four-step approach to make sure your hook bait is where it needs to be. to the landing sh fi e th t ge to h ac enough re to e feet away re th t sa then, you will have te is et iv th ol of is se h is au th ec B of . et se n Becau you oppers spread out ur sections to give dr fo is p h to h r it u w yo k, h it oo w h fish erly. from his in the water le to play fish prop p ab u er be h to rt h fu gt ll n fa le ow gh enou to give a sl u’ll also need a bream moved yo e , th gh en ou Th th , e. is er th w ch sh To mat where the fi herwise with this At this point . ot e, om tt dl an bo h e et th n gon n d long landi in, feeding har wn the be able to get the ’t do on er h w rt u fu yo t te et ou iv e ol lin amount of ng. Craig bought his and he k, oo h e nk as usual for netti th ba e om fr th ot to fo e a os d cl n as ou uses it fish rig to ar k about too. Craig so that his hook ba in rs th pe to op e dr or is m h s p e’ u er Th tightened usually would to the feeding bream e d h an an th om c tt ti bo as e el th er a heavi got down to e larger rig and the th of t gh ei w e th ct untera ASAP. ig was playing co fish. He also uses a e ra C th d en h an w it n en ee se y tw distance be As we’ve alread ts the g in – see the box ec ri aff is h so y al la im to e sw u iq ep n specific tech ost fish, targeting a de u have yo if , ly al ic quite possibly the m as , B er . ev sh fi ow u H . yo ils le ta po de for length of your pole to ur rig is feeding. yo of r p te ti af e th or ct om fa fr t e an rt to impo 12 feet of lin a fish using 4ft swim it will get g a n di to n in la it c, ti ba as w el ro s u th If you your hook, pl ing to cause the mark. In over 10 go is off t r ki fa p o to to of ot n et fe the bottom seven or eight on’t have w st ju u yo – s m le you plenty of prob eight to your rig w t ac p m co a er iv ettes to del all shot either side sm h 1 You’ll need oliv it in the depths w e es it lin b e re th o n m o it ce h la u p yo in p n - Craig holds his elastic, this will hel er vi ea h get your bait dow to e to ad ed gr d p u ee n er t at gh w ei er w the 2 With deep eep water to carry d r fo ed d ee n e ar 3 Bigger floats 01 02 03