In reply to Post #15
If I'm hair rigging I'll use a 6 or 8 hook usually wide gape. Running lead and at least 2ft hook link. With a pva mesh bag of boilie crumb which helps with tangle also
If I'm using meat or cheese paste around hook then at least size 6 hook.
If I'm hair rigging I'll use a 6 or 8 hook usually wide gape. Running lead and at least 2ft hook link. With a pva mesh bag of boilie crumb which helps with tangle also
If I'm using meat or cheese paste around hook then at least size 6 hook.
In reply to Post #15
Also sounds silly nut has the stretch got fish in...because some near me on Avon are barron and some are great
Also sounds silly nut has the stretch got fish in...because some near me on Avon are barron and some are great
In reply to Post #15
I'd use meat on a hair, and cut some bits of meat an inch square but only maybe half inch thick, and throw 4 or 5 of those around the general area. I'd use a good inch cube on the hair, that will bring them in. The thinner freebies Infront would hold bottom a bit better. I'd sometimes use a few large halibuts as loose feed too. Only a small handful
I'd use meat on a hair, and cut some bits of meat an inch square but only maybe half inch thick, and throw 4 or 5 of those around the general area. I'd use a good inch cube on the hair, that will bring them in. The thinner freebies Infront would hold bottom a bit better. I'd sometimes use a few large halibuts as loose feed too. Only a small handful
Yeah it has fish, but not packed full, i see one guy fishing for barbel and one for pike.
I thought hair rig was not ideal for chub due to the way they feed, being shy bites?
I thought hair rig was not ideal for chub due to the way they feed, being shy bites?
In reply to Post #19
Never stopped me catching them. I was never actually targeting them, just the barbel. On a couple of evenings I ended up packing up early because I couldn't get through them. Had them as small as under 2lb on the tactics I mentioned.
Never stopped me catching them. I was never actually targeting them, just the barbel. On a couple of evenings I ended up packing up early because I couldn't get through them. Had them as small as under 2lb on the tactics I mentioned.
In reply to Post #20
To be fair the only 2 chub ive ever caught was on a hair rig haha
I'll give it a try, the barbel guy i saw was fishing hair rig but with really long hairs to avoid chub
To be fair the only 2 chub ive ever caught was on a hair rig haha
I'll give it a try, the barbel guy i saw was fishing hair rig but with really long hairs to avoid chub
In reply to Post #15
I used to push a tin of luncheon meat through a maggot riddle and ram some of it into an open end feeder. It worked well on my small local rivers and on the Trent.
I used to push a tin of luncheon meat through a maggot riddle and ram some of it into an open end feeder. It worked well on my small local rivers and on the Trent.
In reply to Post #22
I've done very well on mini cubes of luncheon meat, in particle mixes feeders etc. You just prompted me to look for the Tilley Meat cutters I have, but he doesn't seem to make them anymore.
Edit, Ernie retired & no more available.
I've done very well on mini cubes of luncheon meat, in particle mixes feeders etc. You just prompted me to look for the Tilley Meat cutters I have, but he doesn't seem to make them anymore.
Edit, Ernie retired & no more available.
Marks spot on for me, letting line out is the key, cast out, feel the lead hit the bottom, lift your finger off the spool, pull the rod back and let a large loop of line out, let the current take it and let it all settle 
Once you master that you can start to balance your feeder out so that a bite dislodges it and helps to hook the fish
Once you master that you can start to balance your feeder out so that a bite dislodges it and helps to hook the fish