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Zander

Christian Tyroll said:
Evening all. I’m hoping to try for a lower Severn zander later in the year. Do people fish two rods watching the tip? One watching the tip? Or using alarms and drop off indicators?
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When I was zandering on the 7 it was 2 rods, watch the tips and fish heavy bobbins with buzzers too.

Rear drop offs are okay if you fish them with decent buzzers; but on their own you might miss small indications. I have some ‘Billy’s backbiters’ but prefer Delkims for sensitivity when zander fishing.

Having said that, my one double gave me a proper run !
 
Tim Marks said:
When I was zandering on the 7 it was 2 rods, watch the tips and fish heavy bobbins with buzzers too.

Rear drop offs are okay if you fish them with decent buzzers; but on their own you might miss small indications. I have some ‘Billy’s backbiters’ but prefer Delkims for sensitivity when zander fishing.

Having said that, my one double gave me a proper run !
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Thank you Tim, does the weight of the bobbin relate to the strength of the flow?
 
Christian Tyroll said:
Thank you Tim, does the weight of the bobbin relate to the strength of the flow?
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Basically it is using every possible means to register small indications.

Ideally the bobbin will be heavy enough to fish on a short drop - but in a strong flow that might not be possible. So then the heavy bobbin becomes a means to register slight drop backs.

In addition, the use of a heavy running lead should (hopefully) generate pulls rather than drop backs…..
 
Tim Marks said:
Basically it is using every possible means to register small indications.

Ideally the bobbin will be heavy enough to fish on a short drop - but in a strong flow that might not be possible. So then the heavy bobbin becomes a means to register slight drop backs.

In addition, the use of a heavy running lead should (hopefully) generate pulls rather than drop backs…..
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Cheer Tim. Initially sounded a bit counterintuitive when thinking about resistance but makes sense now.
 
Christian Tyroll said:
Cheer Tim. Initially sounded a bit counterintuitive when thinking about resistance but makes sense now.
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Christian.
If you look back on earlier posts you will see I have made quite a few tactical comments that tie in very nicely with what Tim has indicated.

Where are you looking at fishing for them?
 
Graham Elliott said:
Christian.
If you look back on earlier posts you will see I have made quite a few tactical comments that tie in very nicely with what Tim has indicated.

Where are you looking at fishing for them?
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Cheers Graham, I'll give the thread a proper read again. I noticed there's another zander one from a few years back as well.

Hoping to give some of the BAA venues a crack as I've got already got a ticket.
 
Lower Severn.

Three Zander all before 11am 7lb 6lb and 4lb.
A pike around 12lb to finish. V quiet pm.
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Graham Elliott said:
After a very slow start managed to achieve my target of a DF Zander from the LS.
Cracking deep bodied View attachment 31214View attachment 31215 11.7 to match my WA pb to the ounce.

Hard feeding spell of 2+ hours after just one small fish in previous 3 hours after swim change.

Had 8 others in the 2 hrs all good fish with two ( shown in net) over 7lb.
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Woah.
Fantastic Graham! She’s a beast. Looks huge next to your hardware on the mat. Really well deserved 😎
 
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