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Sticks for me, just for versatility.

Why would you change if you've had good success on a certain bait?

Don't worry about playing devils advocate it's always good to see other people's opinions, I've been using the castable rake myself although generally more when prebaiting though maybe worth giving it a fresh rake at the start of a session as well to stir it up, good luck with the zigs though When I was making my own bait a while ago I bought some milky b from feed stim the smell of it is lovely so any chance to use it and I will , I've gone off bait making now though too much effort and too little time for me, plus there are lots of companies that do it better I think it's just a lack of confidence at present causing me to make changes once I get a fish or two in the net I can work on it from there

Made some wafters and did well off them and it brought back memories of making my own baits years ago. A lot more satisfying catch on bait you've made yourself.

Ive gone for the Nash KNX 2 rod pod...if need a 3rd anywere for little en ill use sticks for him.

You need - https://britishaquafeeds.com/ , although unless you really want to do your own its not worth the hassle as you can get great quality ready mades.

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Not sure about how silty Biggin is but it's a runs water for sure so catching shouldn't be a major problem. I'd say the feeder probably does sink in silt if it's soft, maybe obscuring the hook length. Nice light leads and/or small PVA bags are probably a good way to go. My friend went last year and had 13 fish in a few hours fishing in the margins under the rod tips. As with anywhere, find the fish before setting up.

The link is a good bait , but I just could not stand the smell, felt like it would give me a headache and nausea , give it a go but be warned 😁

see I don't want to go to the water with link them be fishing and all that's running through my head is that you should be on cell haha

that's a good question I got some link off a friend for free gave me 15kg so its just sitting in the freezer so just trying to find out if people are using it and also what results they are having on it I know cell is a good quality bait

single sticks for me , don't like pods .

You've mentioned milky b, I use something similar within my bait if I'm on a silty water. I also use tangerine/orange oil as my flavour. This combo has done me very well on silty waters. That said my current bait which I've been on for a fair few years now and used it in very silty areas of my lakes has no flavour what so ever. Just a bit of food for thought .

Or give off a warning signal??? Just playing devil's advocate. I used to fish a silty water & found the lead set up to be just as important as the bait. I caught on bottom baits, snowman and pop ups. I used to soak my hookbaits in Betalin, and previously in other glugs. Although I have to say I did better with bait straight out the packet. I'm now of the mind to keep things simple & am determined to be successful with zigs. On the quicky I did the other week (which was the silty WATER), I cast the rake out to the spot a good few times, within 20-30 mins I had fish showing on both spots!!! (I believe chillfactor advocated this approach a while back) I was gutted packing up early, I firmly believe if I'd done the night I would of had a few. That will be my preferred method for the rest of the year. P. S. No glug etc. on the foam

After a couple of minutes in water the wafters are throwing loads of goodness into the water, that's got to send them wild I reckon

Hi all, I just wanted to give an update in case anyone was wondering. As you all took time to help me out and give some pointers I thought it was only fair. I bought 2x Free Spirit E-class bank creeper rods. They are 10ft and approx 2.5lb Test curve. They are great rods. So far we have caught carp from 5lb up to 17lb on them. They are so light but feel great quality. They bend lots but feel there is plenty of power to deal with much bigger fish. Thanks again for everyone's advice.

makes me wish I had a massive freezer