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s wim 61.There was so me o n e
i n peg 62 which is very c l o s e
t o peg 61. Although th e p e g s
w ere close you both ha ve y o u r
o wn area to fish and don ’t g e t
i n each other’s way. Ben wa s
c o ming after work and wa s
g o ing into peg 70. I so rted m y
g e ar and got set up. You c a n
u s e three rods on Meadow.
is pulled into the wide end of
t h e st e m . I t h e n p u t a s n a p link through the eye of the
s wi v e l . T h e s n a p -l i n k e n a b l e s
m e t o c h a n g e t h e h o ok l i n k
very quickly without breaking
d o wn t h e s e t u p . I m i g h t w a n t
to change to a smaller hook
or a longer hooklink or even
a different hooklink material.
My approach was goin g t o
b e using solid pva bag s. A
f o ur-inch length of braid i s
t i ed to a size four Barb l e s s
h o ok with a loop tied on t h e
o p posite end to the ho ok . A
p i ece of shrink tube is pl a c e d
o v er the eye of the ho ok a n d
s t eamed to form an an g l e.
A Steamies TNT Wafter w a s
p u t on the hair. I use a S t e v e
M organ inline lead for m y s o l i d
b a g fishing. They are p urp o s e
m ade for this style o f fishin g. I
r e move the stem from the l e a d
a n d replace it with a l on g e r
o n e. To complete the set u p
I tie a lead-free lead er t o a
s wivel and thread the lea d e r
t h rough the stem. Th e sw i v e l
I t’s a g a m e c h a n g e r. T h e
hooklink is attached to the
snap-link via the loop. The
hooklink with the hookbait
on is lowered into a corner
of the bag but not the lead. I
t h e n p u t s o m e St e a m i e s R a p i d
R e s p o n se p e l l e t i n t o t h e b a g
to cover the hookbait. The bag
is filled to around half way
and the lead is then lowered
i n . M o r e R e sp o n s e p e l l e t i s
added to the bag to just cover
t h e l e a d . Wi t h w e t t e d f i n g e r s
I t w i s t t h e p v a b a g u nt i l i t
b e c o m e s t i g h t . I t i e t h e to p o f
the bag with pva ties or pva
string to secure it. The pellets
are then tapped down to make
the bag more solid. After this
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