Sometimes I fish with a centerpin and sometimes I dont. This decision is based upon nothing other than how I feel. It doesnt matter to me what river or how, but I always use one when float fishing. The only time I find it a little difficult is if I need to use a feeder of over 3oz, I have sliced my fingers wallis casting a big feeder accross a flooded Wye before now.

Anyway, below is an account of  friend Tony Cummings first attempt at “pin” fishing last Saturday on the Trent. I lifted it from a private forum and include it to give those of you that haven’t tried it a feel for what you are missing.

“Started off trying to cast using the ‘loops of line’ drawn off between the rod rings method but couldn’t get the feeder where I wanted it so I soon gave up on this and decided to put into practice the stuff I learned from Biggun. After a few disasters I finally got to a point where I could get it out 15 – 20 yards; it’s amazing how quickly you learn when you’ve got to.

Playing barbel on a pin is feckin AWESOME,  the degree of control you have over the fish IMHO is far superior to any other type of reel. It’s a bit of a steep learning curve though, several times I had the fingers of my right hand well and truly clattered by the handles on the pin when a barbel lunged unexpectedly and set the pin rotating at warp speed”.

Glad you enjoyed it Tone, all you need now is to pair it with a cane and you will really know how “AWSOME” catching a barbel can be.

Note; No carbelling fish haulers were harmed during the writing of this post.

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Tony2Lythes

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