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I had a crack at barbel fishing today in quite fast water, with a soft pellet on the hook and baiting up with smaller pellets. I've never done this before, and I soon realised I didn't know how to get the feed down to the fish. The smaller (2mm?) pellets worked OK in the feeder I use for hemp, but the (4mm?) ones had me stumped. In the end I put them in (too small) PVA bags, but I wasn't sure the best way to fix these to the line. In fact I ended up putting stones in the PVA bags and sellotaping them up before throwing them into the swim - which I can't imagine is the kosher method. I'd be interested to know how regular barbel anglers get pellets down to the fish.

john clarke

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Hi,

 

on the weir we fish, we use pellet bands to hold the pellet onto the hook and rarely add loosefeed. Hooklengths are 6- 8 ins tied to a swivel, with a beaded running lead above

 

Using, occasionally, PVA bags we drop the hook into the bag, thread it out through the bottom, then fill the bag and tie/stick it off around the line. Then add the pellet to the hook.

 

The banded pellet on the hook is then below the bag and offers some casting support - this is not a rig for horizon casting but will go a fair distance.

 

Best to date 10lbs! - not me unfortunately!

 

Len

 

[ 30. August 2005, 01:06 AM: Message edited by: ljk ]

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i've often wondered this, but wouldn't using a baitdropper limit how far out you could feed? baitdroppers usually fly open when you try to cast too far. i regularly use them in small backstreams for barbel(which accounted for my pb :D )but again, usually i have the same problem as flying tench when i'm tackling weirpools :confused:

 

[ 30. August 2005, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: fantasticfisherman ]

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John,

 

PVA bags, or if fishing close in, use a bait dropper. Try hair rigging a hard pellet, use a bait band, and cut a groove in the pellet with a bit of old hacksaw blade, helps it to stay on.

 

Or you could try a method feeder?

 

Paul

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The Flying Tench,you could use a cage feeder and

plug one end with g/b then fill with pellets then

plug the open end then put main line down by the weight and cover with g/b(sticky/stodgy)then you

cover it all in a light coating of light g/b then

press in some hemp & micro pellets and shape into

a tear drop shape as best you can , leaving your

hooklength (12-18"long)hanging below this and you

give it a under arm castout.

 

the outer coating of g/b hemp/micro pellets are

first to be washed of into the swim the stodgyer

g/b takes a little longer to breakdown then the

inner pellets explode out of the cage feeder.

if you carn't find a big cage feeder then try a

inline method feeder without the elastic bit

 

you will need stout tackle,10-12lb line,1.75lb to

2lb barbel/carp rods your favourite hooklink and

some 10mm-14mm halibut hooker pellets.

 

there you have it "The Ilson Bomb Blast"

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