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I think it was on the TV program River Cottage that Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall used Sugar Puffs to catch a carp off the top.

Harry H wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:05 pm I think it was on the TV program River Cottage that Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall used Sugar Puffs to catch a carp off the top.

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

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!

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

Any chance this was the guy who got you onto peas and marshmallows?

I love marshmallows, especially the pink ones, from a carp’s perspective, what’s not to like?

I wonder if Turkish Delight would work?

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.

Is anyone more confident with these than they are with bread?