The Method

[chesters1]

i had heard of this practice but as a 99% float fisherman didnt really take an interest in it .Last evening i chanced on a chap using it and was very impressed he also had plenty of bites but despite fiddling with the hook set-up only hooked 50% of the bites .

i watched for a couple of hours and it seems to work but not my cuppa tea i like floats

[DavyR]

he also had plenty of bites but despite fiddling with the hook set-up only hooked 50% of the bites .

 

They weren't bites! The rod top is "on the go" all the time that fish are attacking the groundbait/pellets on the feeder. It's only a bite when a fish takes the hookbait, pricks itself, and bolts off - by which time, it's already hooked.

 

Having said that, it's not uncommon to see someone unfamiliar with The Method, working themselves up into a frenzy because they can't "hit" all the "bites" they're getting!

[chesters1]

how can it hook itself the rig is free running and the end of the rod is the "stop" his rod end was definitely moving a fair way not line bites or even half hearted bites ,me myself would have been in a frenzy of picking up the rod

so its a bolt rig with freebies

not my idea of fishing these self hooking ideas

Edited June 24, 2011 by chesters1

[DavyR]

how can it hook itself the rig is free running

 

Sounds like an odd way of fishing The Method - you normally use a semi-fixed inline feeder combined with a short (3"-4") hooklength and a hair-rigged bait.

[poledark]

If using it for lots of smaller fish, use a mix that breaks down relatively quickly. If using it for fewer (usually bigger) fish, use a mix that sticks on for a long time. That's about the only difference that I can see. It is very effective for lots of species of all sizes.

 

Where's Den?

 

Still alive just back from the Far East...............never again, phew!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Method?? just what is the method?? a feeder with bait in, and a hook length attached? or a pva bag with a hooklength attached? or a pva mesh sock with a hooklength attached? All simply variations on the theme of introducing a lump of feed alongside your hookbait...all do the same job.

 

I have caught fish from an ounce or two, up to 40lbs + on "the method", at all distances up to almost 100yds..............consistently, day after day, week after week, season after season.

 

Carp, tench, roach, rudd, eels, barbel, bream, a lot of big ones of each type.

 

Simply the best all round "method" available to todays anglers

 

Den

[chesters1]

Sounds like an odd way of fishing The Method - you normally use a semi-fixed inline feeder combined with a short (3"-4") hook length and a hair-rigged bait.

I had a look at his setup the "feeder" was free to run up the line and the hair attacked to the feeder ,a bead stopped it falling off the end of the line

Edited June 24, 2011 by chesters1

[fishtec1312]

Good work, that's a bigger carp than I've had on the method. I really only use it for bream on big waters though to be honest. Would be interesting to see what's said on this topic. I can't see it only being a small carp tactic personally but I'm no expert.

besides my useual bits and bobs, blended vitalin and a tin of tin of tuna in oil or brine in winter

Edited June 24, 2011 by fishtec1312

[Roland]

I've really enjoyed using the method feeder since I started fishing. Micro pellet feed and sweetcorn as a hook bait have given me two pb's (carp and bream).

 

ONe of the things I really like is the ease of setup. No messing around with floats, shotting patterns and loose feeding etc. Just an inline feeder, rubber bead and a swivel

[fishtec1312]

I've really enjoyed using the method feeder since I started fishing. Micro pellet feed and sweetcorn as a hook bait have given me two pb's (carp and bream).

 

ONe of the things I really like is the ease of setup. No messing around with floats, shotting patterns and loose feeding etc. Just an inline feeder, rubber bead and a swivel

where you in grange hill,you look like him

[Ken L]

Interesting stuff but not something I've ever used. Can anyone suggest mixes that don't involve Vitalin - speciffically, something that I might be able to put together from ingredients available in rural India ?