I'm not the only one then Welder.
Funnily enough I used some meaty groundbait from bait tech in my last mix. Had an interesting smell and left a good cloud in the water. Didn't do me any good but my mate had a nice twenty using the same mix.
I've been using boilie tipped with fake corn as hookbait recently, to avoid the roach. I've settled on a very short rig length as well. I've watched a big carp feeding on my feeder last month. It didn't move far, just stuck it's tail up, head down and circled round the feeder a couple of times to get different angles on it. I think it must have got away with it a couple of times and I had a slightly longer rig on than usual. I'm sticking with about 3" now.
I'm thinking that a drop-off inline system would work with a method feeder. Having lost my last fish on the method to an unseen snag it would help to drop the feeder and get the fish up in the water quickly. The weed is getting bad now as well and I don't like playing fish with the feeder hanging so close to their heads. I worry they could use the weight to shake the hook out. I've not been getting many runs recently so I don't mind losing a feeder for every carp hooked.