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Isn't the only usual rule the higher the number the bigger the reel 🤔 I would go to a shop and pick one you feel most comfortable with

Just used the countersink have to say it does look quite lovely, As John Wilson used to say "I would eat that if I was a carp"

Don't people mainly use wafters nowadays anyway for a balanced hookbait ? 🤔

I do think that Nash create products that aren't already in the market place and develop ideas that will improve someone's angling, not everything will but at least they try to bring fresh ideas, Greekskii I know people have been making untidy rigs and catching for years but for me a neat snowman would be a good thing, might make a 0.5% edge but add all those little extras up and it gives you confidence, I reckon I've got a countersink in the garage will try and make a nice snowman rig with it today, but without seeing this Nash tool I probably wouldn't have thought about it, so they have bought a product that may help someone's angling

And get the haiths app loads of good recipes on there

If you ever want a fishmeal the patshull Park mix is quite user friendly, but very helpful if you speak to them, I made a couple of mistakes when rolling my own I used to put too many additives in then it would roll like a pig, keep it simple to start with

Is it just me that can see a perfectly presented snowman that really looks neat, while I probably wouldn't buy the Nash tool for it, I can see the logic in using a countersink 🤔 I never really look at aqua products way to pricey for me, and I agree look for bargains and you will find them, but if someone is happy to pay for things then that is up to them really, I just like to think I am thrifty or something

This sounds like a good idea, I've been looking at the avid outline leader spools would that work well over weed and chod ok, As a sort of chod leader?

Thanks for the reply greekskii, I think the switch sounds like an odd bait if I am honest, sounds like a hippy bodybuilders clean eating type of bait with pea protien etc I tried pea protien once when I was into fitness and it was horrible, S7 on the other hand does sound like a nice bait and I think you are right it does seem to be slk or S7 that are the main 2 that catch from what I can see,

Has anyone tried DNA baits before? I like the look of there post free deals and premier baits have just put the prices up on matrix so I am having a rethink,in the back of my mind I know the matrix would work OK but it's been out years and years and I've not built up loads of confidence in it yet, I quite fancy trying one of these newer baits on the market and the S7 sounds good, I quite like the range of hookbaits available as well, and the fact you can get dumbells, I just think DNA have some fresh looking ideas, has anyone tried them, ?

Bank tackle putty is good £4.79

Apparently eating garlic helps, I keep getting savaved though I might try some jungle formula or something Do citronella candles do anything I got one of those somewhere

I've been inspired thanks harpz31 B ream Spomb the Base The rolling stonz The grateful deadbait

Bank tackle braid is good it came this morning, I've just tied up 6 multi rigs with it and there continental hooks, looks a rig that will work a treat

Maybe that is answer, they may be suspicious more of boilies, as they more often than not they are a hookbait and they feed happily on the particles knowing they are safer And especially with hemp as people don't tend to use it as a hookbait at all really

I wouldn't feed boilies the way people feed maggots though, people seem to think they all dive into the silt or wriggle away to safety as soon as they hit the bottom, which they don't they drown, so they spomb out tonnes which leads to them getting preoccupied on them, and also finding an easy meal as there is an abundance of maggots on the bottom, Personally I always like to have different items available different sizes, shapes, colours,textures and flavours etc so they don't get used to feeding on one sized thing, even if I just fished boilies I would still use 2 sizes and chops and some crushed ones

Perhaps this would be a good approach coming into winter though, thinking about it, they would certainly eat more than boilies, angler pressure is down could be a good cost effective winter baiting method

The main trouble I see with just baiting with maize is that if everyone else is using boilies they would still fill up on that first as it meets there requirements quicker and I believe carp will always take the easy option, although I do agree if you got them to feel confident feeding on it then it would make them more catchable and if you covered a lot of the pre baiting in the lake yourself then over time you could train them,

I would've said mintoes but getting them on the coke might be an expensive business

This could be a good idea I think feeding the ducks off isn't a bad idea tbh would certainly help anyway If we used baking powder maybe they may explode 🤔😁

Funnily enough all my tench and bream have come when using plain hemp and boilies, when I've used mixed particles I just attract the birds,

I would like to just be able to use maize but in the shallow lake I am fishing the ducks and swans would eat it all before it even saw a fish, its just too visible, even if you use it to prebait those pesky blighters seem to remember your spots and wait for you to turn up

Totally agree with you should be the perfect pop up rig for me at present I run out of my esp coated braid today just ordered some of bank tackles coated braid, I got sent a sample of it and I liked what I saw, I do like there hooks as well tbh, got a few different types to play with now,

I seem to be able to harm that all by myself 😀 Seriously though it seems like a great solution to the weedy silty situation I find myself in, and I reckon them wiley carp won't be able to resist for long

I had some emails with Tony the other day he sent me a little sample of goooed up and matrix soaked bottom baits there is no going back now they smell fantastic can't wait to try them out and I shall be using the same for all my baits smells like a winner to me