You Can't Catch Barbel On The Float In Winter.....

[John Newman]

Watched the video last night Ian. That Zeppelin is so smooth, with no rattle that u get on some pins.
You rang a bell in my head when I saw the sweetcorn; having caught loads of Barbel in the past on corn(feeder). I haven't tried it on the float on the lower Trent yet, it's going in next time for sure.
Keep up the good work...

I have caught a fair number using float fished corn on the Trent.
One day I was getting my home prepared hemp out of the freezer and came across a bag of frozen sweetcorn I had partly used. I chucked it in the bait bucket with a view to adding it to the loose feed. Having mixed some with the hemp, meat and pellets that went in via a spopper I got to a point that bites had dried up on meat so swapped to corn and started catching again. I have done the same with pellets so if they are eating a mix of loose feed then it makes sense to use the same on the hook. Hemp might be a bit challenging though!

 

[Ian Woods]

Well done Ian, that river is amazing..Great skills too.
This is what my river looks like.

Thanks, John, the rivers I fish are spate, so they're up and down like a Kangaroo!
I have to keep my eye on the weather conditions and the river levels in advance to spot a day suitable to fish.