Winter fishing using Velocity Baits Products and the Social Media.

One thing I haven’t really illustrated to people over the last few months is some of the curve-balls my winter fishing takes in terms of tactics. I have been tying up rigs over the past few weeks which I hope will out wit some of my winter targets along with fish in other venues, Sand Hurst and Farlows which are two of which I will be looking at fishing over the next 6-8 months.

Solid Bags, a Good Small Food Parcel For Winter.

 Winter fishing for me tends to slow down a little bit in terms of being productive, last year as you may have seen from my blogs, when the snow hits, its all about hauling in the snow, there really is nothing better although saying that I may get out on the bank of my club lake looking something a bit more special, maybe this could be an edge when all the fair weather anglers drift off in sight of next spring.

The Solid Bag Rigs, Tried and Tested

Last winter I was reasonably productive fishing a particle approach on a reservoir of which I only did 2 mid double commons throughout the winter, pretty crap if you ask me, but it is one thing that I don’t hesitate with is the volume of bait I prep spots with, other anglers go delicate with the baiting but taking it in my stride I don’t hesitate to fill it in a little bit more, I’m not talking 10kg+ of boilies but 2-3kg certainly doesn’t go a miss depending on activity. 

Whole and Halved Boilies Offers an Added Edge!

One rig I am adopting into my approach – a 10mm Popup rig with the addition of Evolution Tackle Maggot Balls which have recently been brought to my attention on facebook and the magazines, there a brilliant idea specially when there are nuisance Roach and Bream around, nothing big but just can be a pain with destroying maggot rigs. To tie the rig I simply take the following components – Nash Missing Link Weed 15lb, Silt Shrink Tubing, Size 10 Nash Fang Twister Hook, Hook ring Swivel, Hook bead and a ball of fake maggots.

A Good Wintery Combination, Small Baits and Maggots

First I take around 10 inches of Missing Link and strip all of the coating off, I then take the Fang Twister hook and tie a 7 turn half blood knot in the eye of the hook, then I take a piece of shrink tubing so that the angle of the shrink tubing is level with the point of the hook, then I take a hook ring swivel and tie on a 10mm Pineapple Pop-up and thread on a ball of the evolution maggots and thread this onto the hook, I then push the point of the hook through a Nash Hook Bead. This is the rig in its entirety, something I will be using all over the place with small mesh bags of live and dead maggots and even in solid bags on shorted 2.5inch – 3inch rigs. 

The Picture is Deceptive, 23lb+ Mirror Caught on a Solid Bag!

This is one of the rigs which I will be using in hope to have an edge as such? But during the winter I don’t really stick to one rig, now I have the ability to use three rods, I will have 3 different rigs but it also allows me to experiment with zigs as I can have them on all three rods thus allowing me to search out the water a little bit more than with 2 rods. 

Zig Caught Fish, Yellow Zig Alignas in a Additive

 Hope this little bit of information whets your appetite a little into seeing what I can produce over the next few weeks and keep your eyes peeled on twitter for some little riggy edges and hook bait ideas from myself!

Thanks for reading

Ross Tierney

Social Media Consultant

Some of My Favorite Pop-ups on the Range(Sorry For Poor Quality)