Marshmallows
- Harry H
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Re: Marshmallows
I think it was on the TV program River Cottage that Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall used Sugar Puffs to catch a carp off the top.
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Anthony Shepherdson
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Re: Marshmallows
From memory it was a grass carp that he served covered in cucumber? Every fisheries managers nightmare and this was pre the EE 'flood' of coarse fish killers
- Catfish.017
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Re: Marshmallows
We had a chap in our club back in the Seventies who was quite secretive about baits. When asked what he was using his 'stock' answer was Green Fruitgums!
- Old Man River
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Re: Marshmallows
I had a friend who used to swear by his Sandwich tomatoes for Tench, I laughed until I saw it with my own eyes .Wierdest thing ever, but it worked .
Just couldnt bring myself to try it .Looked bizarre .
OMR
Just couldnt bring myself to try it .Looked bizarre .
OMR
Hurrumph....... whatever happened to Handlines ?
- MaggotDrowner
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Re: Marshmallows
Any chance this was the guy who got you onto peas and marshmallows?
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Re: Marshmallows
I love marshmallows, especially the pink ones, from a carp’s perspective, what’s not to like?
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- Silfield
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Re: Marshmallows
I wonder if Turkish Delight would work?
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Re: Marshmallows
If using marshmallow (which I have not for an age) - it is a good idea to let them get a tad hard and crusty around the edges - it allows some resistance to smaller fish and enables one to get a better purchase in securing the hook using a stop of sorts - I use bankside stems of all descriptions.
If casting a fair way it is also also an idea to bag the hookbait along with free offerings this works whether one is surface or bottom fishing.
If casting a fair way it is also also an idea to bag the hookbait along with free offerings this works whether one is surface or bottom fishing.
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- MaggotDrowner
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Re: Marshmallows
Is anyone more confident with these than they are with bread?
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