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Feeder is a type of fishing related to the bottom. It is based on the use of certain techniques, rods and other gear. Feeder fishing, unlike most other types of donks, is quite sporty and focuses on the skill of the angler, and not on the number of abandoned hooks with a nozzle.
Feeder is fishing with a feeder
The very word “feeder” (feeder) of English origin and means “distribute”, “feed”. This reflects the key feature of such tackle – fishing with a fishing rod with a feeder. Do not confuse a fishing feeder with a radio feeder: an antenna feeder is a device that connects a radio antenna and a receiver, and a fishing feeder is completely different. However, they have the same essence – one feeder distributes food to the fish, the other distributes a radio signal using an antenna.
However, the feeder at the feeder is quite special. Fishing was traditionally carried out on fairly large feeders, which were thrown into the water by hand. Or, in general, the bait was thrown at the place of fishing to the bottom, where it then lay and attracted fish. The feeder involves working with a relatively small amount of bait, which is delivered exactly to the place of fishing over a long distance.
The feeder is a small sinker with a container associated with it, into which food is poured. Of course, throwing kilograms of bait with the help of such a feeder will not work. Therefore, there are high requirements for its quality, aromatic properties. It is they who are able to attract fish from a long distance to the place of fishing. The hook with the fishing line is usually placed alone, and it is attached so that it does not fall very far from the feeder.
Many people make their own food like this. However, you can usually buy a ready-made composition for fishing in the store, which will work great. Given the low consumption of bait for fishing, as well as the higher efficiency of bait made at the factory by specialists, it is recommended that beginner anglers work with not the cheapest purchased compositions.
To begin with, master a couple of brands that are available, understand what kind of fish bite on them and how, are there any features of their use in the place where you fish. And only then it is worth switching to other compositions and trying to make bait on your own. Usually the ingredients are breadcrumbs, cereals, soil.
Feeders in feeder fishing also play the role of a sinker, which should hold the nozzle on the bottom. Usually feeder feeders made of metal are preferable, since they behave a little differently when immersed in water than with a plastic case – they reach the bottom faster and feed more efficiently. This is due to the fact that the plastic case can be buoyant. Even negative, it greatly affects the holding properties of the sinker. It is desirable that the mass and volume of plastic parts in the feeder be minimal. But in stagnant water, when fishing at shallow depths, it can also be used with a large amount of plastic.
Flat feeders for feeder
They came from carp fishing. They have a minimum of plastic parts, so they quickly reach the bottom. They can work with different types of bait, including quite viscous ones. They are mainly used in stagnant water, as the bait on the current, especially dry, will be washed out during the dive. Their main property is that they are well kept on the muddy bottom, having a flat base. They can also remain on top of a layer of aquatic vegetation if the bottom is covered with it.
Catch on flat feeders, using both feeder and carp gear. You can fish using boilies – special floating nozzles that are held above the bottom and allow the fish to quickly find the bait. A hook with a boilie is usually stuck into the feeder, and then, as the bait is separated, it floats above the bottom. But you can also fish with regular baits. Some fish prefer animal origin.
Separately, it is worth mentioning the banjo-type feeders. They are used when fishing in overgrown and silted areas. The hook is usually always stuck in the bait. This prevents overflowing on the cast and snags on the grass. They are ideal for catching crucian carp in overgrown ponds and swamps and are a further development of cork-type tackle. However, more often flat feeders are used by carp anglers. The classic feeder is an ordinary feeder with a load and a metal mesh.
Mounts, leads and rigs
In feeder fishing, various methods of attaching the hook and sinker to the fishing line are used. The hook is always attached with a leash, which is already attached to the fishing line. Use one hook, rarely two. According to the rules of sports competitions that are held among feeder anglers, the use of more than one hook on a rod is prohibited, but two hooks help to quickly determine the preferences of the fish using two different baits. When catching capricious crucian carp or roach in the autumn, this will help you get away from zero and catch more.
Fastening the feeder to the fishing line is the most diverse. A complex option, with the help of which a load and a leash with a hook are attached to the feeder, is called feeder installation. It determines how the feeder will be installed. Installation should be such that you can freely change leads and feeders. During the existence of the feeder, a great many of them appeared. The most popular montages are inline, paternoster and anti-twist. For beginners, an anti-twist can be recommended, but when fishing with heavy feeders, it often fails – it is better to switch to another installation.
The main feature of feeder rigging, which distinguishes it from carp rigging, is that the fish, when biting, pulls on the line without moving the load, and the tension is transferred to the rod. She does not feel it and calmly swallows the nozzle, and the angler sees this moment and carries out the cutting. This is what distinguishes the feeder among other types of bottom fishing – the highest realization of bites and the sensitivity of gear.
Rod for feeder fishing
A fishing rod for fishing on a feeder is a special conversation. Casting is done using a reel, the rod is used shorter than in float fishing, but longer than for spinning. Casting is always carried out with two hands over the head, directly in front of the angler, in the direction of a certain landmark. The success of fishing depends on the accuracy of casting, because if the feeder scatters food over a large area of the bottom, the fish will not stand in one place with the whole bunch. The classic length of the feeder rod is 12 feet.
Therefore, a distinctive feature of feeder rods is a sufficiently long handle to hold with two hands. Another important feature is the presence of a quiver-type. A quiver tip is a sensitive tip that alerts the angler to a bite. The tension from the fishing line is transferred to it when biting, and it is thanks to him that the angler sees what needs to be hooked. It usually has a length of 30 to 70 cm.
The sensitivity of a quiver-type determines at what load it will bend about 90 degrees. Traditionally, ounces are used for designation, since the feeder is an English tackle. But sometimes you can see the designations in grams. One ounce is about 28 grams. The most popular quiver types are one, two and three ounces. Usually a set of three is enough for fishing, but some carry five or six pieces. The material of the quiver type is fiberglass or carbon fiber. They are always made monolithic.
Usually the quiver tip is placed so that the line is slightly taut, and it is slightly bent. Rarely used bending more than 40 degrees. But you don’t need to bend too low, since the slack of the fishing line will affect both the nature of the bite and the influence of extraneous factors on the behavior of the whip. When fishing, you need to have several interchangeable tips so that you can pick up both under the load, and under the bite of the fish, and under the nature of the current or wind.
It is not necessary to pull the whip, as the fish also feels resistance, and the load will be worse on the bottom under this effort. Carbon fiber tips are less subject to cyclical fluctuations and perform better on the course. Fiberglass ones are softer and show the most careful bites even of small fish. The author prefers carbon fiber, but fiberglass has its fans.
A rod test is the amount of weight a rod is designed to handle. It has nothing to do with the quiver-type test, and the latter is selected more according to the properties of the load to hold the equipment, the nature of the bite and interference when fixing bites. The test shows what maximum load can be thrown with this rod. Heavy feeders are placed in the current and when fishing at great depths, at a great distance from the shore. Lungs – when fishing at a short distance and in still water.
There is usually a positive relationship between rod length and test. For example, long feeders have a greater test, as they are designed for long casting, and you will have to pull the line more tightly so that it does not create oscillations when fishing. Short feeders have less test. Pickers have a minimum test – rods that are designed for tempo fishing at a very short distance.
Another feature of the feeder is the often located rings, especially on the upper knees. This is due to the fact that the rod should work well, with the whole blank when casting. Then the heavy feeder will fly more accurately and farther. After all, the catch depends on the accuracy! The rings, of course, change the balance of the rod, but since the feeder usually casts loads of 50 grams or more, this is not as significant as in spinning and match fishing.
Reels and lines
Since fishing takes place with a fairly heavy rod, with a powerful feeder at the end, quite powerful and large inertialess reels are used in feeder fishing. On the balance of gear as a whole, this does not really affect, but it allows you to avoid breakdowns and failure of expensive, but low-power coils. Usually they use coils with a spool number of 3000 and higher, with a pulling force of at least 7-8 kg, and only small coils are used on pickers.
Since the main thing in feeder fishing is the accuracy of casting is of great importance, they use fixing the length of the fishing line. By choosing the right casting target and fixing the line, you can throw it over and over again to the right place, where the accumulation of fish is ensured due to the constant supply of bait. Fixation of the fishing line is carried out using a latch on the spool. This is a special clip for which the fishing line starts at the desired length. In this case, the cast should be such that at the end of it the rod is raised, and it absorbs the jerk at the end of the cast. Reels without clips are not suitable for feeder fishing.
A shock leader helps to significantly increase the casting distance with a feeder. What it is? The fact is that the main effort of the fishing line is experienced during casting. Too thin fishing lines create less resistance to the flying load, slowing it down, and show themselves better when fishing. But they often break off during casting.
Therefore, a thicker and more durable piece of fishing line is tied. It should completely cover the overhang of the load from the tip, the length of the rod and go onto the spool for about a meter. When casting, it withstands the acceleration of a heavy load, and the main line flies after it. The use of a quiver-type involves the use of special tie-knots and rods with quiver-types, where enlarged rings are installed to pass the knot.
Tehnica de pescuit la feeder
People who fish on the feeder adhere to certain fishing tactics. Everyone has their own specific tactics, and depends on many factors, including gear and habits.
But the basic sequence of catching is as follows:
- The fisherman comes to the pond and settles down in the place he likes. Install seats, stands, garden. Lowering the cage into the water before the first fish is a bad omen, as well as releasing the first fish, even a small one.
- The study of the bottom of the reservoir is underway. To do this, use special marker weights and echo sounders, jig techniques to determine depths and drops. The nature of the bottom is determined, areas with shells, tables and edges where fish can come are selected. It is preferable to choose a clean bottom, free from snags and grass. This stage is one of the most important in fishing.
- Produce starter feeding one or more sites. The sites should not be closer than 30 meters from each other, so as not to interrupt the fish from each other. For feeding use more capacious feeders than for conventional fishing.
- Install a working feeder, which is smaller. They put a leash with a hook, put a nozzle. Catch in a fed place.
- If necessary, adjust the length of the leash, the composition of the bait, change the quiver type. You can make additional feeds if the biting has stopped, and change the point of fishing.