Hemp and Elder Berry

[el pescador]

This is a deadly combination which i have used for many years especially in the Thames for roach.When you are fishing hemp on the hook and the bites are coming thick and fast, put an elderberry on the hook and normally the size of the roach or dace doubles as if by magic. the fish go crazy for the purple berry. the only prob you can only pick em around autumn time, so make a note and try this way of fishing. Anybody out there can you confirm im not mad and am right?

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by el pescador:

elderberry on the hook ... Anybody out there can you confirm im not mad and am right?

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Elderberry on the hook? You're not wrong! And for chub too

 

DG :cool:

[zappagod]

Yes el pescadore ive been using elder berrys for 25 yrs and it never fails

[Paul_D]

I'll be giving them a go this Autumn then! Thanks for that.

[el pescador]

good god zappa you must be nearly as old as me,but im glad you confirm this bait is the NUTS. do you know if you can get it in cans or jars???

[corydoras]

el pescador:

good god zappa you must be nearly as old as me,but im glad you confirm this bait is the NUTS. do you know if you can get it in cans or jars???

I am not sure about cans or jars, but most home brew shops sell dried elderberries!

[RUDD]

I have given them a go on some local ponds where the elderberry trees hang over the lake.

Never caught a thing.

I have seen others catch when using them but think they work better in the rivers where fish has less time to inspect them.

[el pescador]

You surprise me there Mr. Rudd seeing you are a close relation to the Roach I thought youd like the purple berry. But it may be the still water thing?? Dont give up or try to make some Elderberry wine HIC HIC

[RUDD]

Wine - yum

cant wait until the weekend.

Plan to cosume several bottles and fish sunday morning.

[Waterman]

Anyone tried freezing them? Do they fall apart when thawed and if not how long will they keep?