Many thanks Ian, as you will see in my reply to Derek I have been given some
soft ones to try. They have halibut oil in them which the sales blurb says
is a fish attractant. We will see and as you can tell I am not too
optimistic especially after I know all but red maggots seem to be the thing
at the moment.

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Gandalf

"Ian Hooksem" wrote in message
...
as Derek suggests, pellet is not essential. they feed it to fish in
nurseries (farmed trout, for example, can taste just like pellet!)
It is a convenience product for anglers. To buy cheap you need to buy
large quantities (I have bagfulls 3 years old still in the shed. To buy in
sensible quantities teh price goes up and up.)
Being hard & solid, it slowly breaks down in water to a dusty mulch within
10-40 minutes, so it is a useful way of getting some attracting ground
bait out, at medium distance. Its available in different sizes, and the
bigger ones need longer to break down in the water - so with a mixture of
sizes, you have an automatic time-release mechanism - even more
convenience because you don't need to top up your ground bait so often.
You can catapault some out around yoru hook.
the big ones (some people call them donkey chokers) can be attached to a
hook with a rubber band, or drilled gently and put on hook.
If you want to go hi tech you can put the lead and trace and baited hook
in a PVA bag and fill it up with pellet - so in theory when the pva melts,
hook line and sinker are in a small area surrounded by freebie pellet.
In summary, pellet can have a useful role to play, but is not at all, an
essential piece for your armoury.

Derek Moody wrote:
In article , Gandalf
wrote:
Hi Gentlemen,

Can anyone give me the low down on types and use of pellets. Being older