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    Advice on fishing a rising river, bringing down weed, leaves etc

    Ok, You must forgive me. I am just finding my way around the river! So, in terms of my rig. its a float stop...lead...buffer bead...and then hooklink? So, the point of the stop is to allow, effectively, a longer hook length? I know this must seem stupidly obvious to all of you, but...
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    Advice on fishing a rising river, bringing down weed, leaves etc

    Thanks for that chaps. Really helpful, you have given me a better idea about how to approach it. Quick question about the 'float stop' method. So, is the float stop used a foot ish above the lead, and the float stop is used to hold back a small weight which pins down the line? Just trying to...
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    Advice on fishing a rising river, bringing down weed, leaves etc

    Hello, This is my first season river fishing and I am having a great time catching a few fish on the Severn at Bridgnorth. Today, i nipped down for a few hours and whilst I was there the river was rising a fair bit. Because of this, lots of of weed, leaves etc were coming down. As soon as...
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