Hand of god baiting pole

[elmoputney]

I've found the Nash, Gardner and fox ones 6ft and 8ft , which is a good one for mass baiting with particles that allow you to fire out a load of particles in a matter of minutes at a reasonable range? 

[elmoputney]

I've got an old spoon and landing net handle to try first, I wonder if the lack of flex will stop me getting as far though. 

[elmoputney]

I guess they must be an edge if no one has used one before. 😂

[B B]

I was fishing a double swim with a mate and walked around to the far bank to feed hemp and corn 6 rod lengths out from the bank with the same setup up as you. I found a sort of side ways flick was better as you didn’t get covered on your head with the bait. 🤔 I did try 15mm boilies as we were packing up to gauge how far they went and was amazed how far you could get them out. ..

Tip of the day..

Have a practice for 30 mins out your back garden just to get your eye in and let us all know how you get on, a pic would be interesting  🫣

[elmoputney]

1 hour ago, B B said:

I was fishing a double swim with a mate and walked around to the far bank to feed hemp and corn 6 rod lengths out from the bank with the same setup up as you. I found a sort of side ways flick was better as you didn’t get covered on your head with the bait. 🤔 I did try 15mm boilies as we were packing up to gauge how far they went and was amazed how far you could get them out. ..

Tip of the day..

Have a practice for 30 mins out your back garden just to get your eye in and let us all know how you get on, a pic would be interesting  🫣

I have used one before, just one with a different net handle, was accurate to a point but then, who wants to be accurate right? 

Was just wondering if the fox ones would be able to get much further with the added flexability. I will see if this one does the job before rushing out to buy one though. 

My garden isn't that big and I might take out some dog walkers behind lol, a couple of buckets will be enough to get my eye in 😱

[B B]

I see what you mean about the flexing …looks like he’s loosing his balls  

[elmoputney]

2 hours ago, B B said:

I see what you mean about the flexing …looks like he’s loosing his balls  

I just think they will give you an extra few yds with that bit of bounce. 

[jh92]

I think the flex might help with range, depending how far you wanna hit you might be better off using some sort of groundbait/binder to roll it up into balls the size of tennis balls and fire them out with it 👍

[elmoputney]

1 hour ago, jh92 said:

I think the flex might help with range, depending how far you wanna hit you might be better off using some sort of groundbait/binder to roll it up into balls the size of tennis balls and fire them out with it 👍

Not too far, but far enough lol it's probably only good for up to 40 yards or so I should think with bigger sized particles, maybe more with boilies but I'm hoping to keep it fairly close for ease tbh. 

[elmoputney]

I bought one, I went for the 8ft fox one it's 2 piece and longer which means it should give me a little more distance by being the most flexible and be easier to transport. 

[kevtaylor]

I've tried this with a landing net pole and my big Fox scoop thing, hopeless - couldn't get any distance, but then I gave up on the throwing stick after the first session - took years before I tried again and got it sorted lol

Good luck Elmo - a made for the job one has to be the way to go. 👍

[elmoputney]

42 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

I've tried this with a landing net pole and my big Fox scoop thing, hopeless - couldn't get any distance, but then I gave up on the throwing stick after the first session - took years before I tried again and got it sorted lol

Good luck Elmo - a made for the job one has to be the way to go. 👍

I've used one for heavy baiting an area about 6 wraps, with pigeon conditioner it kind of went all around the zone but that was alright for thinning the weed. 

I'm OK with a throwing stick but you need to get into a rhythm, I found using a korda bum bag helped because it saves you having to stop to pick up more bait. 

[kevtaylor]

41 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

I've used one for heavy baiting an area about 6 wraps, with pigeon conditioner it kind of went all around the zone but that was alright for thinning the weed. 

I'm OK with a throwing stick but you need to get into a rhythm, I found using a korda bum bag helped because it saves you having to stop to pick up more bait. 

Oh I'm good with a stick now, became my go to at the end on Welly, matching pop-ups over a light spread with the stick, surprising how accurate you get.  At first they were falling behind me, too embarrassing!

I think with the spoon the flexible handle has to be the one to add distance 👍

[elmoputney]

35 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

Oh I'm good with a stick now, became my go to at the end on Welly, matching pop-ups over a light spread with the stick, surprising how accurate you get.  At first they were falling behind me, too embarrassing!

I think with the spoon the flexible handle has to be the one to add distance 👍

Accuracy is overrated 😉🤣

[framey]

3 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

Oh I'm good with a stick now, became my go to at the end on Welly, matching pop-ups over a light spread with the stick, surprising how accurate you get.  At first they were falling behind me, too embarrassing!

I think with the spoon the flexible handle has to be the one to add distance 👍

Give me a straight stick and I can compete with anyone at most distances 

give me a curved stick and I can’t get a single bait in front of me lol.

 

Edited March 18 by framey

[elmoputney]

2 hours ago, framey said:

Give me a straight stick and I can compete with anyone at most distances 

give me a curved stick and I can’t get a single bait in front of me lol.

 

I've never used a straight one. 

I've got a ridgemonkey one now, much prefer the carbon ones to the plastic tubes. 

[framey]

53 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

I've never used a straight one. 

I've got a ridgemonkey one now, much prefer the carbon ones to the plastic tubes. 

My mate had the first version 

noisiest, heaviest POS I have ever tried to use 

even the original metal cobra stick was lighter…

[salokcinnodrog]

1 hour ago, framey said:

My mate had the first version 

noisiest, heaviest POS I have ever tried to use 

even the original metal cobra stick was lighter…

The original Cobra is what I learnt with. I still use a Cobra Ace.

I do lose distance with a straight stick, and the Korda one I gave up on, I need 2 hands over my head.

Got me thinking about the dog ball throwing stick... get your groundbait balls consistent.

9 hours ago, elmoputney said:

I found using a korda bum bag helped because it saves you having to stop to pick up more bait. 

I nearly always end up with pockets full of boilies😵‍💫

[elmoputney]

1 minute ago, salokcinnodrog said:

The original Cobra is what I learnt with. I still use a Cobra Ace.

I do lose distance with a straight stick, and the Korda one I gave up on, I need 2 hands over my head.

Got me thinking about the dog ball throwing stick... get your groundbait balls consistent.

I nearly always end up with pockets full of boilies😵‍💫

I've thought about the dog throwing stick before, I feel like they would need to be perfect size and it would probably damage the balls as you swung it. Have you tried the groundbait launchers you can attach to your rod? I bought one for a couple of quid but haven't got round to using it yet. 

[yonny]

For real distance you need a long, curved stick. For accuracy and shorter range, straight is best.

9 hours ago, elmoputney said:

Have you tried the groundbait launchers you can attach to your rod?

Hated them. It's like going back in time 20 years when we were all spodding without the line clip. All over the place 😂

[elmoputney]

1 hour ago, yonny said:

For real distance you need a long, curved stick. For accuracy and shorter range, straight is best.

Hated them. It's like going back in time 20 years when we were all spodding without the line clip. All over the place 😂

Sounds like a winner to me, only thing that puts me off I can never be bothered to mess about making groundbait balls 😂

[salokcinnodrog]

2 hours ago, elmoputney said:

Sounds like a winner to me, only thing that puts me off I can never be bothered to mess about making groundbait balls 😂

When spodding hemp (spodding altogether) was banned on Layer Pits groundbait balls were used to get it out there. Vitalin (now Vitacarp) binds lovely to get it out there, and with a good catapult I saw 100metres reached! In fact I saw 1 guy able to throw his balls 70metres, it actually made Angling Times!

I do sometimes ball up groundbait to go in the Spomb, and often add in loose pellets in the area above it, or even wade out with a bucket of groundbait balls in certain swims on the syndicate.

 

[elmoputney]

21 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:

When spodding hemp (spodding altogether) was banned on Layer Pits groundbait balls were used to get it out there. Vitalin (now Vitacarp) binds lovely to get it out there, and with a good catapult I saw 100metres reached! In fact I saw 1 guy able to throw his balls 70metres, it actually made Angling Times!

I do sometimes ball up groundbait to go in the Spomb, and often add in loose pellets in the area above it, or even wade out with a bucket of groundbait balls in certain swims on the syndicate.

 

Was it one of these nick? 😂😎

[elmoputney]

Hand of god arrived, just fired some imaginary baits in the garden they went miles tbh. I definately don't think I'll regret getting the 8ft, you can feel the flex pushing the fictional baits further. 

[B B]

I hope you brought in the imaginary washing in off the imaginary line before you had a play.