Autumn/Winter Chubbing

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Matthew White

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What are the best methods and baits to use when fishing foe chub inthe autumn and winter?
i have heard cheese is good, how do I make cheese paste?
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Mature cheddar with Danish Blue 60/40 and some breadcrumb. Simple as that mate. Bit messy, takes some kneeding. You can try dying it too, red seems to be a real winner.
 
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Fred Bonney

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I've used,with success Stilton straight on the hook a big lump moulded on to a size 6 Also, I'm told canadian cheddar moulded on the hook is good, I'll try it this winter.
Still find a piece of flake or a lob hard to beat.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Heres one recipe for cheese paste...

4ozs frozen shortcrust pastry (from supermarket) 4ozs blue cheese and 4ozs strong cheddar cheese . Let the pastry thaw out and grate the cheddar cheese, when you've done that just mix it all together until you get a nice paste.
half a teaspoon of garlic paste can be added to give an extra kick
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Got that one in the freezer Eddie, Hmmmmmmm, i think a trip to the river is in order.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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sounds good .....
got to make some room in freezer ??? well,thats your excuse anyway
 
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Don't forget to take a loaf of bread along with your cheese.Bread alone is a very good bait.
Oh and my method is a simple link ledger setup nothing fancy.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Sounds like Matthew is impressed too
 
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Matthew Nightingale

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With cheese paste how big a blob do you put on the hook and do you bury the hook point in the paste or have it sticking out? I think I've heard that it hardens and could mask the point.

TIA

Matthew
 
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Matthew White

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Thanks for the help fellas i will give it a go on my next visit
 
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Matthew Nightingale

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Don't worry about my post above. I tried Eddie's recipe on Sunday afternoon on the Ribble (just put a blob of paste on a Size 12 hook) and caught a beautiful Chub, the best I've ever caught. I don't weigh fish but it was at least 18" long and a very deep and solid fish with beautiful colouring (the sort the Ribble is rightly famous for).

Thanks for the advice; you can tell I'm chuffed!

Matthew
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Well done Matthew --
Isnt it easy to make with the frozen pastry mix ??
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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did you add garlic ?? make some of each and then it just gives a little variation to take
 
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Ron (Rontroversial) Clay

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And don't forget good old fashioned bread crust.

All you need is a farmhouse loaf that has been let to go a bit stale for a couple of days. Use at least a size 6 hook and put a shot about 1 inch from the hook. Put the hook in crust side of a fare piece of the bread and out again crust side. The bread will pop up nicely.

I have also found that a bit of processed cheese smeared on the crust works well.

An if you are really into chub fishing, get a copy of Tony Miles book: "Search for Big Chub".

It's the best ever written on the subject.
 
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Matthew Nightingale

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I put 4 oz of frozen short crust in the freezer over night with a teaspoon of garlic paste mixed in. Then in the morning I added some Danish Blue and some red stuff the wife had! The latter was coarsley grated while the Blue just crumbled in.

I catapulted in a few free offerings now and again. Didn't get too many offers apart from the one that counted!

NB there's quite a discussion going on the Coarse Forum re Autumn/Winter chub at the moment.

Matthew
 
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