I know that you can fish pop ups and wafters over some freebies but can you also just put a Bollie on a hair rig the same type that you use as freebies ??
Also if your using wafters and popup what should I be putting in my PVA bag as freebies does it matter which kind of bollies I use ?
Thanks I am still learning
Also if your using wafters and popup what should I be putting in my PVA bag as freebies does it matter which kind of bollies I use ?
Thanks I am still learning
In reply to Post #1
Yeah, you can use a bottom bait straight out of the bag, that's no problem.
You could select few the day before you go fishing, put them in small mesh bag an air dry them a bit to toughen the skin up a bit. Also, use extender stops, they pull inside the bait when used on a hair. Makes it a bit harder for the tufties to pull the bait off the hair.
This time of year, just match your hookbait with your freebies. Match the hatch, it's called now. Yahoo!
Yeah, you can use a bottom bait straight out of the bag, that's no problem.
You could select few the day before you go fishing, put them in small mesh bag an air dry them a bit to toughen the skin up a bit. Also, use extender stops, they pull inside the bait when used on a hair. Makes it a bit harder for the tufties to pull the bait off the hair.
This time of year, just match your hookbait with your freebies. Match the hatch, it's called now. Yahoo!
In reply to Post #1
Yeah, people did it for about 50 years until they realised that they could sell people little tubs of “alternative” hookbaits
Yeah, people did it for about 50 years until they realised that they could sell people little tubs of “alternative” hookbaits
In reply to Post #3
In reply to Post #1
Don't tell anyone, but on clear spots I still do.
It is only over weed I use a pop-up.
I've caught loads of fish on bottom baits straight out of the bag.
Don't tell anyone, but on clear spots I still do.
It is only over weed I use a pop-up.
I've caught loads of fish on bottom baits straight out of the bag.
In reply to Post #3
😂👏👏
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In reply to Post #3
So very true, i've actually been known to use double bottom baits straight from the bag!!
Can you imgine fishing with 2x 18mm bottom baits on the same hair, i have obviously been getting it very wrong for the last 30+ years
So very true, i've actually been known to use double bottom baits straight from the bag!!
Can you imgine fishing with 2x 18mm bottom baits on the same hair, i have obviously been getting it very wrong for the last 30+ years
In reply to Post #7
I had a couple on double bottom baits last week 😜
I had a couple on double bottom baits last week 😜
In reply to Post #8
Bottom baits are brilliant in the right situation. Just make sure that if you do take a bait from the bag, that it will survive a night on the hook. Most good food baits will be too soft after a few hours on the hair. That is why many use hardened bottom baits on the rig
Bottom baits are brilliant in the right situation. Just make sure that if you do take a bait from the bag, that it will survive a night on the hook. Most good food baits will be too soft after a few hours on the hair. That is why many use hardened bottom baits on the rig
In reply to Post #9
I wish I could get a “corn shaped” pop up version of the bottom baits - like a bait topper. I often use a trimmed down bit of cork to stop soft baits coming off the hair which had been left in a bit of the liquids from the bait+GLM/Liver powder, but a lot of places are banning artificials (which is fair enough). The mixed colour 8mm Northern Specials are good for this, but a bit obvious smell wise.....
I wish I could get a “corn shaped” pop up version of the bottom baits - like a bait topper. I often use a trimmed down bit of cork to stop soft baits coming off the hair which had been left in a bit of the liquids from the bait+GLM/Liver powder, but a lot of places are banning artificials (which is fair enough). The mixed colour 8mm Northern Specials are good for this, but a bit obvious smell wise.....
In reply to Post #10
Cheers chaps something to try on my next trip, don't do night fishing so will be checking hook bait frequently
Cheers chaps something to try on my next trip, don't do night fishing so will be checking hook bait frequently
In reply to Post #10
not exactly what you're looking for but tails up do some corn shaped pop ups - 'Cornz' I think
also - is cork classed as artificial? Might be a loophole there
not exactly what you're looking for but tails up do some corn shaped pop ups - 'Cornz' I think
also - is cork classed as artificial? Might be a loophole there
In reply to Post #12
Not the same as my bottom bait tho.
Plastic baits are just as natural as cork......oil comes out of the ground doesn't it 😂
Not the same as my bottom bait tho.
Plastic baits are just as natural as cork......oil comes out of the ground doesn't it 😂
In reply to Post #13
Saw a mould/press for a few quid on the boilie making page on Facebook. Looked perfect for what you want. Presses 100 pieces in 1 go....
Saw a mould/press for a few quid on the boilie making page on Facebook. Looked perfect for what you want. Presses 100 pieces in 1 go....
In reply to Post #1
we chuck in kgs of bottom baits straight from the bag that the carp eat happily, so why do pple think that a pot of "Special" hookbaits are better?
always baffled me that one
we chuck in kgs of bottom baits straight from the bag that the carp eat happily, so why do pple think that a pot of "Special" hookbaits are better?
always baffled me that one