Not as far as I'm concerned, These feeders which could leave a fish trailing a weight with very little chance of it breaking the line between the feeder and hook even if it is snagged due to the elastic stretching with the fishes lunges is a death rig and I can't understand why companies still produce them when most people I know convert them into free running or semi fixed ones anyway. There's absolutely no excuse or reason to use them with elastic attached (IMO).
sorry to bring this thread up again but last week i bought one of these method feeders and thought i'd seen a thread on here regarding these. This has got pink elastic in it,are you saying that this elastic shouldn't be there ?
Thanks wendy.
Your message regarding method rig set up was just what i was looking for seeing as i just bought my first ones this morning,and didnt have much idea how to set them up.A a special thanks to Carp angler for a very informative piece.God i love this site.