The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Bjp wrote:

Phil Arnott wrote:I fished one water that held only a small head of crucians and almost invariably they were caught on soft cheese such as Kraft cheese slices despite anglers fishing with more usual baits.

i remember reading somewhere that dairylea was good so i bought some triangles but it was so soft it was unusable, so can you tell me how you use the slices.

regards

bjp

On a very similar theme I've caught them on Mozzarella . They seem to like softer baits in my experience.

I caught last week using maggot ... and later on worm.

A small piece of cooked mussel is useful on one or two of the crucian waters local to me. The bites tend to be far more positive than those on the traditional baits but beware little perch and eels!

I'm a sweetcorn, bread and red maggot man
but I'll try anything if I think it will work.

on a water i fish i have had good days on punched crust and before some body says it no it wasnt my fist

The trick with Dairy Lea is to form it around the hook and then dangle it in the colder water to set before casting, otherwise it comes off too easily during the cast.

Santiago wrote:The trick with Dairy Lea is to form it around the hook and then dangle it in the colder water to set before casting, otherwise it comes off too easily during the cast.

after i had managed to unwrap it it was past the moulding around the hook stage, really gloopy, maybe a bit of crumb would have made it usable

regards

bjp

Sounds like it got a tad too warm. And yes, perhaps a little crumb would help.

i am now thinking that if i put the slices of cheese together and use a punch that would work

regards

bjp

Make a Dairy Lea sandwich and punch that!! Also peanut butter works very well in punched sandwich.