Peter Brownbill
Senior Member
Looking to make my own , any tips or pics , cheers
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Cheers, I’ve made my own cage feeders,I was looking for ideas as I lost 4 shop bought ones Saturday due to a snaggy swims and it can be costly.Hi Peter, I make my feeders mostly from plant protector tubes, they are basically brown plastic spirals , I unroll them , cut them to the length I need , staple at either end to form a short tube and cut a strip of lead to length ,and bend it lengthways on to the tube tucking the ends in , a loop of mono hooked under one end of the lead strip is the way the attach to the rig , if you want it closed at one end just cut a bit of tube to size and staple it in place. It is best to heat up a nail or similar to make as many or few holes you need as drilling can split the plastic.
I have made feeders from all sorts of bits and bobs, used pva tubes, pharmecutical containers, old film canisters , milk containers etc etc , mostly end up lost anyway, I make my own sinkers , so casting a bit of lead for extra weight is not a problem .
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I must have hundreds about the place, I usually feed maggots by plugging the end with brown breadcrumb groundbait, fill with maggots and then plug the other with crumb
again, I think some TV angler calls that method a feeder “ bomb” as the crumb explodes out of the feeder spreading the maggots. The fish dont seem to care what colour the feeders are .
David
That’s a neat ideaYou could make them using old film canisters/tubs ,
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You could make them using old film canisters/tubs ,
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have a look in home bargains,the outside velcro like material is removabalI must admit Paul, I really like the "curler" idea, but I only seem to be able to find really garish colours , and ones that are big enough to sink the Titanic, the ones in your photo look just right , a good variety of sizes , and dont hurt the eyes.
David.
I can't put a picture on but I use an empty tablet tube
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