While fishing with corks may seem juvenile to some anglers, when fishing for bream, it’s a staple that should never be overlooked.
The trick is to choose the proper type of cork for your fishing, and it’s even more important when fishing a river like the Combahee. With all the low-hanging limbs, half-submerged timber and narrow avenues for casting, the only type of cork to consider here is a slip cork.
The fishing line runs through the slip cork, which is allowed to move freely up and down until it meets an adjustable knot that the angler ties on at the depth he wants to fish. This allows the cork to slide all the way to the hook when out of the water, so casting with a slip cork is as easy as casting a bass lure.
Anglers can accurately cast through narrow passages, under overhanging limbs and into small pockets mixed in among with downed timber, weeds or other debris.
On the contrary, anglers who want to fish 18 inches deep with a conventional, clip-on type cork, must cast with that whole 18 inches of line dangling. Trying to cast that into thick cover will result in the bait and cork catapulting over each other with a length of line in between, looking for something to get hung on and ending many casts in frustration.
Anglers need to experiment with how much weight it takes to keep their slip-cork sliding properly, but it usually only takes one to three tiny split shot. The knot is also an important part, and most slip bobbers come with a knot on a tube that makes it easy to slide onto the line. This knot needs to be tight, otherwise it will slide freely all the way up the line and not stop at the desired depth.
Bentley Expert Series Fishing Corks, Wing-It Bobbers, the Everlasting Slip Bobber, and Thill Pro Series Slip Floats are some good choices for this important piece of terminal tackle.
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