SURFACE FISHING

There are to many things you can do to complicate fishing on the surface .But if the fish are feeding on the top ,right in front of you ,the last thing you want to do is chuck a massive controller float on top of them. The best and simplest thing to do freelining (nothing on your line just a hook) and when hooking a piece of bread crust your be surprised how far you can cast it.

Another good method is fly fishing with cork ball allthought me and james have been doing it for a few month we have caught loads of big ones.

14lb15oz mirror carp caught using the fly rod at pittlands ,kent

I have tried many methods and baits on the surface and found bread or cork the best.The ones that havnt work so well are plastic dog biscuits ,i found them too big and work better when chopped down.I feel if you see the carp coming up to take your bait and they back off allways chop it down ,the smaller the better.