Meatballs.

[Nick Anderson]

I noticed that morrisons have reduced there fray bentos meatballs to 50p a tin. I've had some good fish on them last season with a few extra ingredients added for attraction.

 

[Rhys Perry]

What are they like for staying on the hook Nick?

 

[Nick Anderson]

They are pretty firm to be honest, as long as you don't use too big a hook your fine. And of course you can hair rig them or use a bit of thin wire to make a metal spiral and corkscrew them on. If you want to toughen them for bigger casts bag them with a big of the geavy and or a bit of your preferred flavouring and freeze them.
I have also washed the gravy off and fried them to put a firmer skin, again with a preferred flavour.
Let's not forget that the former Severn record holder had his fish on them.

 

[Rhys Perry]

Interesting, cheers.

 

[Colin Bridger]

Have a hook link with a small swivel and a size 4 hook, pass a baiting needle through the meat ball, hook up the swivel and pull it through the meat ball until the hook shank is in the bait. Then insert a small piece of grass in the bend to prevent it pulling through.
Cast with a gentle lob with no jerks and it should stay on for ages.

 

[Neil Smart]

They are pretty firm to be honest, as long as you don't use too big a hook your fine. And of course you can hair rig them or use a bit of thin wire to make a metal spiral and corkscrew them on. If you want to toughen them for bigger casts bag them with a big of the geavy and or a bit of your preferred flavouring and freeze them.
I have also washed the gravy off and fried them to put a firmer skin, again with a preferred flavour.
Let's not forget that the former Severn record holder had his fish on them.

Indeed he did, I bumped into him once on the WA alas nothing rubbed off.

I thread them through the hook link with a baiting needle via a loop tied to the end of the h/link and clip on to the main line that has the quick change swivel attached. I use a minimum size 4 hook, they stay on a treat.

Aldi do meatballs in gravy at 40p tin mmmm

Sorry Colin didn't see your post, great minds and all that!!

 

[Paul Carter]

Used them to great affect by trundelling them on river teme, (thats when there were good numbers of barbel in there)

 

[Nick Anderson]

Indeed he did, I bumped into him once on the WA alas nothing rubbed off.

I thread them through the hook link with a baiting needle via a loop tied to the end of the h/link and clip on to the main line that has the quick change swivel attached. I use a minimum size 4 hook, they stay on a treat.

Aldi do meatballs in gravy at 40p tin mmmm

Sorry Colin didn't see your post, great minds and all that!!

I prefer not to use the cheaper tins, bit like the way i am with spam.

Paul there are still plenty of barbel in the teme, ive just found the size has got smaller.

 

[Neil Smart]

I prefer not to use the cheaper tins, bit like the way i am with spam.


Camp Balls?

 

[Paul Carter]

I prefer not to use the cheaper tins, bit like the way i am with spam.

Paul there are still plenty of barbel in the teme, ive just found the size has got smaller.

Nick, I think you"ll find the numbers of barbel have dropped quite considerably over the last 5yrs on the teme , you must be fishing lower down round Worcester where I believe a fair few are still coming out. Higher up river fewer fish are coming out you only have to look on river reports , the days when you would catch 4 or 5 in an evening have gone for now , just hope those days are just round corner .