Hi Gandalf

I'm surprised at the lack of answers they must all be fishing.

Hooks, I trust implicitly, Drennan Super Specialist hooks in all sizes,
never let me down.

Bait, they find it hard to resist a lobworm, either whole, half or just a
tail. Under a float fished slightly over-depth.

Hope this helps

Regards

Brian
"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Back to fishing after a long break and fed up with looking stupid when I
go to buy new kit.

Two questions please.

The easy one. I need someone to recommend a good eyed hook. I am going to
be using maggot, worm, corn and bread in the main and just be still water
fishing in the main.

Second, harder, question. When did tench become so damn smart. In my, long
lost, youth I could catch them without too much trouble. Feathering a
couple of red maggots by likely spots or a light lead and sweet corn if I
have to fish at distance.

None of that works any more and I even had one tench come up and eat a few
floating casters as I left the swim at the end of the day, now tat was
just nasty.

So anyone got a cast iron method of getting them during the summer.

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Gandalf