DES SHIPP | Get Out The Wrigglers every day. The best rig by far was a 0.6g PB Inter 3 with 0.15mm Reflo Power main line, a 0.14mm Precision Power hooklength to a 16 PR 434 hook. Half a worm was the stand out hookbait, the barbel in particular seemed to love big pieces of worm. I matched this rig to a size 10 Dura Worm Slop Shallow fishing plays a big part Hollo Elastic, combined with a Roller to my commercial attack, especially Pulla Kit. This elastic is soft enough for F1s, but powerful in the summer and enough for barbel autumn months. and any rogue carp. In fact, I pocketed The Guano mix the £25,000 has worked a treat, Parkdean Master potting in small Final fishing with balls at 13 metres worms shallow! via a Medium Soft F1s in particular CAD Pot has been love the ‘ Worm the best line and Slop’. They can’t feeding style by resist nailing a lb a mile. piece of worm or After a couple of a single caster des shipp hours I was forced to lowered into the lingering cloud of the worm slop. To fish shallow as there were way too many make the Worm Slop start by putting fish in front of me to fish on the deck. I ½ kilo of chopped worms into a bowl. switched to the new prototype float Add a pint of casters and about 2 pints with the same hooks, line and elastic of peat, mixing throughly. You can then as the deck rig and started to feed the add water to the mix until you get a Worm Slop. The sport was unbelievable, sloppy porridge consistency. The best I had an F1 every cast for about two way to feed the Worm Slop is either hours, again with a worm hookbait. I decided to spend the final hour by hand if you’re fishing short, or with a Soft CAD Pot so you can lower your in the edges using the Guano mix and hookbait right in the middle of the slop. was greeted by yet more ravenous F1s and barbel, which just goes to show the versatility of chopped worms. You Weston Wonders This was my first visit to Weston can literally fish them anywhere in your Pools and it certainly won’t be my peg and bag up. Weston Pools has proven why it’s last. Today’s session has been brilliant, it’s been red hot and the fish have regarded as one of the best fisheries been crawling up the bank. I’ve in the country. In five hours fishing I caught a chunky Weston barbel or had amassed well over 200lb, in fact an F1 mosts casts. I’ve tried several I think it was closer to 250lb. I just baits throughout the day like maggots, wish it was 100 miles closer to home! Anglers up and down the country pellets and corn, but the fish here love worms, they didn’t want anything else. stick to safe and cheap bait options I think its because they don’t see it like pellets, meat and corn. However, I’ve found that a worm head, or even half a worm is the best hookbait for the Guano. Although, if the sport is really good I won’t hesitate to step up to a full worm. Don’t be afraid to give the Guano a try, you’ll be amazed at how effective it can be.
IN FIVE HOURS FISHING I HAD AMASSED WELL OVER 200
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if you go with a different approach and use a bait that the fish don’t see every day, you can give yourself an edge. Worms might not be as cheap as a bag of pellets or a tin of meat, but trust me the rewards are there for the taking. So, the next time you pop in to the tackle shop, pick up a bag of wrigglers and don’t forget to give the Guano a go! A REAL MIXED BAG, SHOWING THE VERSATILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WORMS ON COMMERCIALS
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