When Carp fishing a marker float has a number of uses but the main ones are. Depth finding, allowing you to calculate, with reasonable accuracy, the depth of the water around the hook bait.
Feature finding, allowing you to discover the various contours and features lying beneath the surface of a swim. Accuracy, as an aid for accurate casting and spodding allowing you to get your hookbait and free offerings in the same spot every time.
A Pear shaped lead is best as they not only cast more accurately but their shape offers less resistance and less risk of snagging up in weed.
Set Up
- Marker Float
- Quick release swivel to allow you to change floats. A Rubber bead should be pushed over the swivel eye to prevent the running ring from snagging on the float and preventing it from rising to the surface.
- Braided main line for maximum sensitivity.
- Running ring with a cork ball pushed over the small eye to keep it off the bottom and free of weed and snags which could prevent the float from rising to the surface.
- A Length of stiff link. If you make this 12ins it will aid you with depth finding as this will need to be added on to give you an accurate depth. or a purpose made marker stem available in the Korda Drop Zone Marker Float & Lead Kit.
- Quick release swivel so you can change the weight and shape of the lead as required.
- Pear shaped lead works best.
Now you have set up your marker float find out how to use it in my article Feature Finding
