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I know the weather’s about to turn chillier for a few months, so surface fishing for carp won’t be high on many anglers’ agendas, but I’m going to share a rig with you which enables great flexibility when using Korda Kruiser surface controller floats. The great thing about blogs is that they’re on here indefinitely, so come next spring anglers will be searching for surface rigs and ideas and this may just help them out. The Kruiser, which is a very robust, solid plastic controller, creates a semi-fixed “bolt-effect” due to having a rubber insert which the hooklength swivel lodges into. I have a few issues with this controller design – it’s off-centre shape can be tangle prone on casting (despite what the packaging states) and it also makes much more of a splash than I’d like upon landing – however, it offers brilliant presentation, casts easily when coupled with a light, through-action rod and is very unobtrusive once the float has settled. The Kruiser is available in 3 sizes and if you’re travelling light around a venue, trying to locate different pockets of feeding carp, you can never say 100% which size you’ll need, as you may find fish further out than you anticipated …

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