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?

Well today I tried both rods. 11ft Float , and 12 ft feeder rod. Ended up fishing under the tips really, caught a load of Perch which was good. Both rods are with spinner reels, both spooled with 6lb mono, size 18 hook. I think it might just be a case of practice. There's a rezzy nearby that I might go spend a few hours purely to practice casting out.

Hi all, any tips welcome. I'm fine when casting out a feeder or ledger, cos its got a bit of weight to it. Soon as I try casting out with a float I just can't seem to shift it more than 10 yards from the blummin bank! So frustrating For the life of me I can't understand it , as I'm doing nothing different to when casting with my feeder.

Rods arrived today! so that was 3 / 4 days. Really pleased. Just got to hide one of them for 3 months now

Hi all, has anyone any experiences of fishing holiday places they would recommend in the UK? Ideally I'm looking for somewhere cushty that is walking distance to the river/lake and pub. good scenery , and a hot tub would be a bonus!

Phone, It has to be said.... You is madder than a bag of frogs, but i like ya! On Wednesday I'm going down the local canal with a float road, worms and maggotts and maybe some bread. I'd love to be catching a few colourful beaut Perch, but to be honest I'd be glad of whatever chooses to clamp it's lips round my hook ( oo - er ! ) My question on how to feeder fish was just a general one to see how different peeps do it.

Roobz I'm as lost as you with that last bit from Phone

and there's me thinking it'd be an easy one like......One's longer / longer / more / less sensitive. .... Jeees! Thanks all.... I'll read through the responses once or twice more, just gonna get a Gin & Tonic to try and help digest them.

Cheers, will do. Looking forward to getting some Perch hopefully, lovely looking fish.

Cheers

Hi all, When feeder fishing, how often would you recommend leaving it before reeling in and re filling the feeder ( in line method )