madmax1975

Hi all. A week or so ago, went fishing for the day, only caught 1. Friend of mine says " Yeah it's the wrong time of year for Groundbait" Is Groundbait a Spring / Summer thing? as I thought you could use it all year round.

An interresting point, as some of the other stuff I've read suggests a hook of around size 6 to 10. I'll give it all a go and see what I find to work best . Hopefully Sunday If the weather's not too grim. This cheese paste I've made stinks like a locker room sweaty sock! I'm hoping that's the desired result. I'll post how I get on.

Hi Phone, regarding using marshmallow, could this literally be anything to give a little buoyancy? foam or pop up boiley etc?

Cheers, I'll give it a go

Hi bud, I've just made up a really stinky load of cheese paste, so not sure if I'm best off wrapping it straight on the hook, or hairing some foam or cake or whatever then wrapping it up.

Hi all, I'm hearing a couple of conflicting ideas. Maybe it's a personal preference thing? Would people recommend fishing for Chub on a hair, or put bait straight on the hook?

Hi all Can you buy ready made Cheese Paste, or is it something you have to make up yourself?

Hi all, I've picked out all the advice, which all seems to make sense to myself which I'm pleased with, and I'm looking forward to getting down the tackle shop (hopefully tomorrow) and giving it a try. That said, I was a little bamboozled whilst watching an episode of Matt Hayes earlier today. He was Carp fishing, and he was using a waggler float which looked no different to the one I attempted to use the other day. His float was book ended by a couple of swan shot, no ledger, extra weight visible or mentioned..............Then he said he was using 8lb mainline!??!! He was hasting it out 30/40 yrds. How?, as this is seemingly to me going against all that I've just started getting my head round. P.S. I'm still going to go ahead with the lighter line and lighter hook length approach, and I'll make sure I let the forum know how I fare. All advice I'm getting is much appreciated .Thanks.

Yeah sure, will do

I'll give it all a go. Won't be til next wk unfortunately now. Thanks for your time and advice

Cool...... Thanks for explaining. I will be sure to try it out soon as. Despite the casting problems today, still caught a fair few Perch. Regarding hook length....I was staright through to hook, size 18 i think.

Using the existing 6lb line as backing you mean? I couldn't have thought that using a line a couple of lb different could make so much difference? You think that'll do the trick ?

The float i was using today took 3BB

Fully loaded with line looks like "A"

No , the line coming out seems straight enough. Just a thought............ how much distance hsould be between float and rod tip? any different to feeder to tip? would that effect my cast?