Pellet bands

[tonya]

What size band should I use with 4mm pellets?
Any recommendations?

 

[mikench]

Small I reckon so that it is a tight fit:wh

 

[Chefster]

Drennan micro bands ,2mm

 

[peter crabtree]

These for example

Maver Micro Bait Bands | eBay

plenty of choice out there loose or ready tied. Keyword is micro.....

 

[sagalout]

I would use a lasso for pellets that small. I think any band will be disproportionate to the size of the pellet.

 

[rayner]

I use micro bands from ebay. Chinese bands are 400 for 99p far cheaper than named tackle company bands.
Take a few weeks to come but they are post free.
If you are not from Yorkshire post free may not matter
Wouldn't worry about the band showing it doesn't affect roach with banded maggot.

 

[mikench]

How do you band a maggot?

 

[rayner]

Personally I use a pair of tweezers that have been filed to a point.
The tweezers hold the band open so a maggot can be slipped in.
Other anglers have their own ideas and I'm sure they work very well but tweezers are better for me.
Banded maggot or caster saves hooking a fresh bait on after a fish is hooked, a lot of anglers think there's not much time wasted hooking a bait on but the time I spend hooking baits the banded caster saves me at least 10% in time, banded baits can hook up to half a dozen fish without being shelled, sometimes more.

 

[sagalout]

I have just bought 400 chinese bands, there ain't now way the ones I bought will hold a 4mm pellet.

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If this works it should show the difference between a Drennan micro band and a lasso.

Even if the fish don't mind in my experience it stays in the lasso much better than the band.

 

[rayner]

I don't own or have ever bought band that big, going on the size of your pellet if it's a 4mm then you would need smaller bands. The ones in you picture look like a 4mm band.
Micro bands stretch around a maggot, the bands you have bought would fit as a hat band.
If you prefer a lasso that's OK. I don't.

 

[rayner]

Tying hooks this morning and on the packet of bands I have from China it reads, nano orthodontic latex bands.
I would put up a pic but don't know how nor am I prepared to learn.

 

[robtherake]

Tying hooks this morning and on the packet of bands I have from China it reads, nano orthodontic latex bands.
I would put up a pic but don't know how nor am I prepared to learn.

Orthodontic Elastics: Other Dental Care | eBay

 

[rayner]

Yes something like those robtherake thanks.