Simon,
I think it depends on the water you are fishing and what you want the pellet to do. I have been fishing unsuccessfully at Oakfield recently and although it has been mainly corn that has caught fish on Brook lake. On Swallow lake it is predominantly expander pellets. I have found that by lifting and dropping the pellet induces a bite. However if you drop it in and leave it nothing happens for a while. This tends to lead me to believe that a small bulk around 18inches from the hook and a smaller dropper stotz around 6inches works better. I have tried to bulk it down to 6inches when the small roach are playing with the bait as this results in more positive bites. However it depends on the day and how fish want it.
At Alders you need to string the shot out to give a slow fall although it is quite shallow lake. In the deeper pegs i would quite often use an olivette to get through the rudd to the carp below. If you can get them up then switch to the strung out rig.
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