dezza
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Over the last two years I have fished the method feeder as I never have before, and I was using it in 1969. I believe what we call the method feeder is one of the most effective methods (pardon the pun) of catching still water, and on odd occasions river fish, that has ever been contrived.
But how do you rig it?
For myself I use the flat in-line method feeder most of the time as supplied by Drennan. I use a 6 to 8 lb reel line and a 5 to 7 lb fluorocarbon hook length when fishing for tench and bream. For carp, I step up to 12lb reel line or even higher depending on the size of the fish and the presence of snags. Nearly all the baits I use, which are either pellets, boilies or sweetcorn which I hair rig in a pretty conventional manner. Hooks vary for size 14 up to size 6.
I usually fish two rods, 11 feet FM Concepts which have 1.5 lbs test curves. Reels are Shimano DL4000 FA baitrunners and Delkim alarms are used in conjunction with Fox swingers. If I used one rod only I might use the quiver tip. But I like to use two rods as one of them is the "fish catcher" and the other one is the experimenter.
The hook length can be anything between 2 inches to 24 inches. Sometimes I put the hookbait into the method ball, other times I let the hookbait sit some considerable distance from the method ball. Both have caught fish, but at this stage I would say that the short hooklength catches most fish and the long hooklength catches the biggest fish.
My method mix normally comprises of a standard packet feed together with 3mm pellets. This year this has been daubed liberally with one of the Goo additives. For tench, the hookbait has been 8mm boilies, the drilled boilies by Sonu baits has been particularly successful. I have also used 8mm pop-ups on weedy and soft bottoms.
So what do you use, and how successful has it been for you?
But how do you rig it?
For myself I use the flat in-line method feeder most of the time as supplied by Drennan. I use a 6 to 8 lb reel line and a 5 to 7 lb fluorocarbon hook length when fishing for tench and bream. For carp, I step up to 12lb reel line or even higher depending on the size of the fish and the presence of snags. Nearly all the baits I use, which are either pellets, boilies or sweetcorn which I hair rig in a pretty conventional manner. Hooks vary for size 14 up to size 6.
I usually fish two rods, 11 feet FM Concepts which have 1.5 lbs test curves. Reels are Shimano DL4000 FA baitrunners and Delkim alarms are used in conjunction with Fox swingers. If I used one rod only I might use the quiver tip. But I like to use two rods as one of them is the "fish catcher" and the other one is the experimenter.
The hook length can be anything between 2 inches to 24 inches. Sometimes I put the hookbait into the method ball, other times I let the hookbait sit some considerable distance from the method ball. Both have caught fish, but at this stage I would say that the short hooklength catches most fish and the long hooklength catches the biggest fish.
My method mix normally comprises of a standard packet feed together with 3mm pellets. This year this has been daubed liberally with one of the Goo additives. For tench, the hookbait has been 8mm boilies, the drilled boilies by Sonu baits has been particularly successful. I have also used 8mm pop-ups on weedy and soft bottoms.
So what do you use, and how successful has it been for you?
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