Tip of the day, if you’ve got soggy gentles and don’t know how to sort them out, just add a handful of porridge oats.
Discovered this years ago when we had a wet June on holiday in Norfolk and didn’t have anything else to hand.
These were very soggy an hour ago. I gave them some porridge oats treatment and then riddled them through a couple of times to remove the clumps left behind. Bootiful as they say in that part of the world.
Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
Been doing this for years.
Mainly I started because like you they were at hand and subsequently because they are cheap, I can store them in the fridge for weeks like this.
No smell so her majesty is tolerant.
Mainly I started because like you they were at hand and subsequently because they are cheap, I can store them in the fridge for weeks like this.
No smell so her majesty is tolerant.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
Also been doing it for years. Mainly because my local tackle shop is mean with the bran.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
I use just groundbait bread crumb. It is all in the riddling. Any hint of smell then riddle.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
I first used porridge oats over 50 years ago, tend to use sawdust now, it seems to toughen them up a bit.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
I’d be anxious about the pine resin from the sawdust being noticeable by the fish.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
I use rice mainly because I'm still working through several sacks of the stuff that friends gave to me when they moved.
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Re: Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?
I have a bag of groundbait in my bag... if my maggots sweat up, I run them through the groundbait and riddle off.. it gets rid of the ammonia pong... not tried Porridge though
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