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GO LONG As well as catching them at depth you also have to make sure you can land your fish too. A long landing net handle is a must as you’ll be using at least your top four sections to be able to get the height required to play to the fish in when you have a long line and elastic between the hook and your pole tip. u through the steps yo lk ta n ca o h w an One m deep is Middy’s e th of r te as m a g to becomin with him for a t ou t en w e W d. el Craig Butterfi fish the venue’s to es ak L rd fo ar B day at Norfolk’s at he had to say. h w e se to e, ak L re Pleasu ,” says Craig, as he er tt be t bi a s el fe e “This on ’s taking plenty of at th sh fi a to in le lifts his po the thump, thump om Fr . ve ri ar e w elastic just as t we’re it as a skimmer, bu lls ca ig ra C e lin e st on th ount of line that ju am e th in ed st re te more in om under the float. keeps coming up fr C I T S A L E E TH , Y A W A SHOT O N S A W THIS . R E M M I K S GET THE DEPTH s any depth its alway at g in sh fi f e ’r u yo When r the dead depth o fo g in ad re e as b a important to have top kit marking r u yo n o x -E p p Ti of your swim - a line ooked on the h is k o o h r u yo en ts wh ugh where you float si in deep water tho g in sh Fi . le p am ex last section for bing up can be a m lu p as al ci u cr this is even more ur rig or change yo h as tr , ff o ak re b th chore, so if you do the right, dead dep e av h s ay w al ill w depth you it. n get right back on ca u yo so d ke ar m separates Craig’s o on m of et fe 10 A good fish as it breaks the e th om fr t oa fl le large po surface. too, er, and a good one It is indeed a skimm holds pertly nets it as he ex ig ra C . it of b 3l all an le in one hand and po of s n io ct se r u fo aloft andle in the other. h et n gn di n la g n extra-lo in his keepnet it’s ly fe sa er m im sk e With th to fishing a deep y ke e “Th s. ic ct ta time to talk in that’s about 10 feet e, on is th e lik im sw main plains Craig. “The ex ” g, ri r u yo is , h dept is kind of depth is th h it w r de si n co thing to e normal rule Th t. oa fl le po r u yo the size of shing. r foot that you’re fi with this is 0.1g pe g at 10 feet you’re lookin of im sw a h it w , So .” fishing a float of 1g