I'm hoping to get back again this season after an enforced lay-off from angling since late 2015.
I posted this subject or a similar post many years ago, but I think it's worth trundling out again as I think the subject has affected most anglers in some way or form throughout time....
Are there any baits that were generally accepted to be effective/successful that you just couldn't get on with, struggled with or didn't use due to total lack of confidence in them?
Corn, tares, hemp, wheat, bloodworm, worms in general, breadflake, punch, elderberries, all maggot variants, casters, paste, cheese, meat or, dare I blaspheme, pellets or boilies? Or the wide range of, very good, artificial baits available now?
And... did anyone ever catch a roach or dace using silkweed, as recommended by Peter Wheat in the Observer's Book Of Coarse Fishing?..... No, me neither.
Weirdly, my bugbear bait for many years was sweetcorn. Couldn't get on with when it appeared around about the early seventies, probably right up until the early nineties. Then it just seemed to start working for me, which I've always put down to a confidence factor.
Part 2: Is there a bait that you would always take, pretty much without fail, regardless of venue?
I posted this subject or a similar post many years ago, but I think it's worth trundling out again as I think the subject has affected most anglers in some way or form throughout time....
Are there any baits that were generally accepted to be effective/successful that you just couldn't get on with, struggled with or didn't use due to total lack of confidence in them?
Corn, tares, hemp, wheat, bloodworm, worms in general, breadflake, punch, elderberries, all maggot variants, casters, paste, cheese, meat or, dare I blaspheme, pellets or boilies? Or the wide range of, very good, artificial baits available now?
And... did anyone ever catch a roach or dace using silkweed, as recommended by Peter Wheat in the Observer's Book Of Coarse Fishing?..... No, me neither.
Weirdly, my bugbear bait for many years was sweetcorn. Couldn't get on with when it appeared around about the early seventies, probably right up until the early nineties. Then it just seemed to start working for me, which I've always put down to a confidence factor.
Part 2: Is there a bait that you would always take, pretty much without fail, regardless of venue?