Whatever happened to the days when you could mix up your own groundbait?
Kenny Collin's shop in Sutton used to have shelf loads of ingredients, ..all this ready made lark has taken some of the fun out of trying to outdo yer mates with the "special" mix.
Did cockup once many years ago on a first Royalty trip though. After spending ages in Davis Tackle deliberating on a suitable Avon concoction that would attract barbel,...could be balled in ...and would be heavy enough to sink and stay in the swim, I decided on adding plenty of sausage rusk as a binder with a stone in the center of tennis size balls.
After introducing four or five specials into 'Mugs' first thing in the morning I was disappointed to note that they were still there in the evening, ..worse still,..and much to the everlasting amusement of my mates,..they were still there on my return to the swim the following day!
Great delight was taken by all that I had in fact created a brand new feature in the swim, rather like the salmon stones that Pete Stone used to recommend looking out for!
Lesson learnt, don't overdo the sausage rusk,.... .
Must say that I haven't used groundbait on the rivers for years for barbel, pva and baitdroppers totally changed my approach , ...rightly or wrongly I've ignored the method tactics.