Happy boat owners can successfully use this method of catching bream, like a ring. It is quite simple, and allows you to achieve results even without any additional devices such as an echo sounder.
The principle of fishing
Fishing on the ring can only be carried out in the current from a boat. The boat is taken to the place of the alleged location of the fish. Since the bream usually does not stand still, but moves, sooner or later it may appear in any promising place for fishing, even if it is not there at first.
They put the boat on two anchors so that the stern does not dangle from the wind and current – this is important for the comfort of fishing! A feeder with bait is lowered into the water, you can use an anchor line to fasten it, as is usually done. The feeder must be large enough in volume and mass, at least two kilograms, so that when the fisherman manipulates the ring, it does not come off the bottom. The feeder should be on the side that is downstream.
A ring is put on the string, which is attached to the feeder. This is a special device-load, to which fishing equipment can be attached. A traditional ring is a lead donut weighing about 100 grams, with an internal hole diameter of about 2.5 cm and two lugs for attaching equipment.
A short fishing line and a bet with leashes and hooks are tied to it. You can even not use a fishing rod and use a reel, holding it in your hand, but with a rod it is easier to catch on the so-called “eggs” or “cherries”, releasing them when hooking. These are more modern options for equipment, an improved version of the ring. In the traditional version, our grandfathers did without a fishing rod, making do with a reel. However, since it is sold in the store and it is more convenient, it is worth keeping up with the times and catching with a short rod and setting “eggs”.
Hooks are attached, and the ring goes down into the water with them, to the feeder. The ring should be lowered into the water slowly so that the hooks have time to straighten the stake and go downstream. If this does not happen, the tackle will get tangled, lie with hooks on the feeder, and it will have to be pulled out. In this case, often they even sacrifice hooks so as not to frighten the fish. The angler follows the bite of the bream by the behavior of the line feeder or by the behavior of the fishing line. In case of a bite, you should wait a bit and make a cut. As a rule, with “eggs” it is detected more effectively, because the ring does not allow you to swing properly and make a normal sweep. This is followed by a short haul. Most bream bites follow the last hook of the bet, while its length is no more than 3 meters and the number of leads with hooks on it is no more than three. In a weak current, it is better to do with one or two hooks.
The ban on ring fishing in the USSR was associated with an absurd restriction on the use of feeders connected to hooks in recreational fishing. This automatically banned many tackles, including the ring and feeder. This was due to the fact that the main prey for such fishing was bream, the main commercial object in most inland waters. The fishing collective farms saw this as competition from “private traders”, which in itself is ridiculous and is a relic of communism, which is often hushed up. Now fishing with a ring is allowed and is a good way to relax in nature by catching fish in your ear.
Feeding trough
Koltsovka is a tackle for catching on a ring. It is quite simple, in most cases it is done by hand. In general terms, it has already been described earlier. It is worth describing its individual parts.
The feeder for fishing is an important part of it. In the simplest version, this is a potato net filled with bait and stones for loading. However, this option is not very convenient due to the fact that it is easiest for hooks to hook on it. It is much better for fishing to use cylindrical feeders with a lid, which is made in the form of a cone or an incomplete sphere, with bevels under the “visor”.
Even if the hooks land on the feeder, it will usually land on the lid of the feeder and they will not catch but will slip past the feeder to the bottom. The width of the lid determines how far the hooks will fall from the feeder itself and what chance they will then have to catch on the walls. And the bevel under the visor will not let you catch on from below. Making a cover for a feeder is an important step in fishing. Usually it is made of tin or plastic, cutting a pattern for a cone with an angle of about 20-30 degrees and fastening the tin with folds, and the plastic with a soldering iron.
The load of the feeder is placed in its lower part. Usually it is a steel or lead pancake, dumbbell pancakes are often used. There are no special requirements for the load, the main thing is that it should be approximately equal in width to the feeder, have sufficient mass, and it can be securely fastened to it. This is done with three bolts, drilling holes in the load and screwing it to the feeder from below.
As the main body of the feeder, it is easiest to take a piece of plumbing pipe 110 or 160 and about half a meter long. It is voluminous enough to fill enough porridge, bait with soil or. You can simply attach a load to it, make a replaceable cover, fixing it with standard plumbing plugs, turning them with sandpaper for easy removal. Feed exits through drilled side holes, which must be of sufficient diameter and total area to allow feed to be delivered.
For efficient use, a thick wire is passed through the feeder from the bottom load to the very top. It runs in the middle of the cylinder and through the lid, is long enough to slide the lid over it and pour feed, and is attached to the load from below. There is a strong loop with a twist in the upper part. A string is tied to it and a feeder is pulled out of the water for it.
Leashes, hooks
The bet with hooks is made so long that the current can drag the last hook far enough. It is recommended that when you go fishing on the ring, have several rates in stock for different fishing conditions. This is especially important on regulated rivers, where the flow can change due to the locking of the dam. And on any river, having come to it, you will never say in advance what strength the current will be in a particular place of fishing.
Usually its length is from 2 to 3 meters. It is a piece of thick fishing line, approximately 0.4-0.5 in diameter, with loops on it for attaching leashes. Leashes are placed on fasteners or in a loop-in-loop way. There are two of them on a two-meter one, and three on a three-meter one. Fasteners should have a minimum size and weight so that the current can drag the stake forward, even if it is weak. Classic – no fasteners at all, although this is not so convenient. Leashes are half a meter long and are placed a meter from the feeder and a meter from each other, which is the reason for their number at stakes of different lengths. With a weak current put one meter leash. Line for leads is usually used 0.2 or 0.15, depending on the caution of the bream. Hooks – usual for bream 10-12 number, suitable shape.
It must be remembered that the most voluminous nozzle is always planted on the very last hook. This is necessary so that the bet is dragged far forward by the current and does not lie on the feeder from above. Many put at the end of its additional device – a small round plastic. It is made by cutting out an old black CD that does not scare fish in the water, or any other slightly sinking plastic of a neutral color. In the water, he acts as a sail, dragging the bet far ahead and pulling it out. It is attached in front of the loop for the last leash.
Rod, line, reel
Traditionally, neither rods nor reels were used for fishing, but they simply managed with a thin cord that was attached to the ring and allowed the rig to be controlled. However, the modern version is much more convenient and familiar to most anglers. For fishing use a side-type rod with a length of 1 to 2 meters. Longer rods are more suitable for fishing at greater depths, as in this case you can perform a sharper amplitude hook.
It should be fairly rigid, and if it’s just a stick with a coil and rings attached to it, that’s the best. Unfortunately, the stick will simply be too heavy, and the hand will get tired of catching with it, so it is better to use a short crocodile-type spinning rod, which is comfortable to hold in your hand and has good rigidity. The coil is used the simplest, inertial type “Neva”. Wire reels can also be used, but they have a very low winding speed, which, with active biting, will significantly reduce the rate of fishing. It is most convenient to use trolling multipliers, but they do not allow you to smoothly and accurately lower the fishing line with the ring down, and you have to hold it with your hand, and they are more expensive.
Sometimes the rod is placed on the feeder. This is done if its mass is not very large, and the current is weak. With frequent hooks, this helps to quickly release the hooks. In this case, the feeder is attached to a thick fishing line, about 1 mm, and wound onto the reel of the second rod. The type of rod and reel is similar to the first – fortunately, a crocodile with inertia allows you to work with large weights and turning the feeder out is not a problem.
Rings, eggs
You can make your own weight for fishing, but it’s easier to buy it in a fishing store. It costs a penny compared to the fuss, smell and harm to health that you have to endure by melting lead at home. Usually the ring is a donut with a hole in the center and weighs about one hundred grams, has one or two loops for attaching equipment. Eggs are two spherical weights that are attached to a spring that closes them together. Sometimes in the sale they are called “cherries”.
Both the ring and the eggs are sold in different weights, it is also desirable to have several of them so that you can catch them in different conditions. Eggs are very different from the ring when playing prey. During cutting, they jerk up, while due to the spring they move apart and slide off the string that holds the feeder and along which they walk until they bite. As a result, the fish cannot wrap around the line, and it is much easier to pull it out.
Another advantage of eggs is that they can be rearranged along the main line. As a result, there is no need to make several bets with hooks, and use a rig with fishing line, which goes from the rod to the very hooks with a draft and has loops for fastening. With a weak current, they simply remove one leash, and rearrange the eggs below, attaching them to the fishing line with a clasp to the loop for the leash or using the loop-to-loop method for the spring.
Compared to the ring, eggs have one drawback – they can get stuck on a string, especially on a rough one. This drawback is felt more strongly when the feeder is placed on the line at an angle in some fishing conditions so that the bream is not frightened by a standing boat. It is solved simply – instead of twine, a very thick fishing line is used, which does not cling to the eggs in a good way. If this does not help, you can use a traditional ring. True, when fishing with a rod, in order to make a good hook, it is recommended to throw a couple of loops with a line into the water into the water to give free play.