Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
I’ve put a little concept together today in a feeder for the most hardcore extreme fishing conditions. I’ve thought about exactly what is needed from a feeder to be effective in these conditions and built the first one this evening.
Obviously it’s got to stay on the bottom and not move while the river is racing through and the crap is building up on the line and for that reason I’ve gone with a colossal 240g (8.5oz)
Strength of the feeder is equally as important. Soft cages and bent on bits of lead don’t cut the mustard. Neither does weak plastic or weak joints. It’s gotta be built like a brick sh#T house to withstand these conditions time and time again. I’ve gone with full stainless steel blocked off and 3 thick coats of durable plastic coating. I could stand on this feeder and I’m sure it would take the strain no issues.
Bait capacity is large it will hold a good handful of your chosen bait but the design makes it a very slow release especially if you decide to part fill it with pellets or broken boilies.
It’s blocked off with mesh both ends with a small entry point on the bottom just big enough to fill it and compress it. The reason the entry point is at the bottom is this will be the end pointing forward while it’s flying so your bait doesn’t end up across the river on the cast.
In the fastest of flows with the amount of feeder being actual mesh the release of your bait will happen slowly over a long time keeping scent around your hook for longer which is always a challenge in extreme floods.
First one finished here
Now you can place an order for these. At the moment it’s about a month before I can do them but they are not cheap.
£5.50 each I’m afraid. There is a lot more work and material costs involved in these and that’s what they are. You can buy cheaper 8oz feeders on eBay if you want but these are made to go to war and the others I’ve seen around simply ain’t.
Obviously it’s got to stay on the bottom and not move while the river is racing through and the crap is building up on the line and for that reason I’ve gone with a colossal 240g (8.5oz)
Strength of the feeder is equally as important. Soft cages and bent on bits of lead don’t cut the mustard. Neither does weak plastic or weak joints. It’s gotta be built like a brick sh#T house to withstand these conditions time and time again. I’ve gone with full stainless steel blocked off and 3 thick coats of durable plastic coating. I could stand on this feeder and I’m sure it would take the strain no issues.
Bait capacity is large it will hold a good handful of your chosen bait but the design makes it a very slow release especially if you decide to part fill it with pellets or broken boilies.
It’s blocked off with mesh both ends with a small entry point on the bottom just big enough to fill it and compress it. The reason the entry point is at the bottom is this will be the end pointing forward while it’s flying so your bait doesn’t end up across the river on the cast.
In the fastest of flows with the amount of feeder being actual mesh the release of your bait will happen slowly over a long time keeping scent around your hook for longer which is always a challenge in extreme floods.
First one finished here
Now you can place an order for these. At the moment it’s about a month before I can do them but they are not cheap.
£5.50 each I’m afraid. There is a lot more work and material costs involved in these and that’s what they are. You can buy cheaper 8oz feeders on eBay if you want but these are made to go to war and the others I’ve seen around simply ain’t.
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Blimey Rich, what sort of grenade launcher would you need to fire one of them out ?
