How to catch big Carp on the best particle baits such as flavoured sweet corn, glug tips for boilies ground baits and pellets.

These days it’s easy to get carried away with the current trends for secrets on how to catch big Carp and Tench.

Matt Haze, Bob Nudd and the like would have you believe in their DVD collections that it is essential you use Van den eynde ground baits, (Nudd owns the company!), Fox bait runners and total fishing gear, etc,

In this post I will give away free all you need to know without breaking the the bank on all the commercial tackle hype, unless of course you wish to do so!

While fishing a Carp lake in the north east, Middlesbrough, I began using Cotswold baits, with their nutty ground bait, cooked hemp; we will take a look at how to cook hemp in my next free post, fished over the top with hair rigged Tiger nut sweetcorn.  I started bagging up immediately and found this to be the best method on feeder tactics.

Bluebellangling.com Marine halibut glug, a little goes a long way!

Most of us are aware of the fruit and crab glugs as attractants of catching big Carp and Tench, a few drops of say, Raspberry or Marine Halibut glug into groundbait or luncheon meat dipped is always the best for big carp Tench and Bream.

Always hair rig sweetcorn and meat as this will always result in the biggest fish.

I consider hair rigged sweet corn  the best method for all big fish, I used flavoured and coloured sweetcorn with tiger nut and strawberry being the best, for excellent results.

Slide on the corn using a baiting needle and hair stop.

First push a piece of tinned sweet corn onto the bait needle, then two kernels of flavoured sweetcorn and finally your hair stop.

Fill your feeder with the sweetcorn and groundbait, mix and add a few drops of your favourite glug.

Tiger nut corn hair rigged its deadly.

The subject of the best feeder rig comes up every now and then with the likes of bob Nudd and Will Raisin trying to promote new tackle from their sponsors for Bob Nudd of course he is now sponsored by Fox tackle so you will see him telling you that’s the best tackle to use and not Browning as he is no longer sponsored by them.

Four times world champion Bob often indicates a sliding feeder on a loop stopped with beads and fishing knots etc, with a long up to 2ft, don t try it you will get many tangles and missed bites a plenty. 

Note the hair rig and feeder combination,showing the incorrect sliding hook length.

How to tie the four turn water knot

For many years I have tried various feeder rigs but have never found any better than the simple one particular using a three turn water knot this is also the best knot for tying droppers onto fly leaders for fishing a team of wet flys and lures. The best hook length for feeder fishing is around 12” to 18 inches, any more than this will result in tangles and missed bites.
An 8 or 10 inch hook length can often result in savage takes, rest your hand on the rod while its in the rest! 

Correct way to tie your feeder rig using a  three turn water knot.

For those of us who like to fine down a spade end Carp hook tied correctly with a hook tier or by hand(see video)  can pay dividends here, however an eyed hook or hook to nylon is fine.

A couple of hours session on Tiger nut corn resulted in this nice mixed bag.

Over thirty years of fishing has resulted in these being the best methods and bait, ground bait, combinations for me for big Carp, Tench, Bream and more.

Try them and see for yourself….

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