1-up 1-down
BeginnerAlso called One-up one-down
One bait on a snood above the lead, one on a flowing trace below. Covers the bottom and a few inches up.
Fish a bottom bait and a slightly lifted bait without a three-hook tangle.
Two presentations, still no clip. You need to get the lower trace shorter than the gap above the lead so they cannot wrap. One extra thought, not a new technique.
Diagram
When to use
When you want one bait on the sand and one just off it — plaice, dabs, bream, a mixed day — without a third snood.
Plaice, dabs, bream, a mixed-ground day.
Ground and marks
Beach, Pier. Ground: sand, mixed.
When you want one bait on the sand and one just off it — plaice, dabs, bream, a mixed day — without a third snood.
A dumping surf or a long-range clipped session. The lower bait picks weed, and the flowing trace will tangle if you punch it badly.
A bit of movement helps the lower bait work. Slack water leaves both baits sitting. A run of tide over sand is the point.
Marks: Beach, Pier. Ground: sand, mixed.
Upper snood 6–10 in above the lead. Lower flowing trace 12–18 in. Tighten so the upper bait stands; the lower one can tramp a little in the tide.
Hooks 6–1. Lead: 3–5 oz.
40–60 lb backbone. Upper snood 15–25 lb off a swivel or boom. Lower flowing trace 15–25 lb below a boom or swivel, with a bead so the lead cannot smash the knot. 3–5 oz lead.
How to tie it
- 01Upper snood 6–10 in above the lead.
- 02Lower flowing trace 12–18 in below a boom or swivel.