Ray,this is gonna sound real daft as i used the stuff every weekend from about November to the end of the season but I haven't got a clue!! As all the matches I fished were with the Bathampton team or Bathampton Opens, Pewsey Practices and the Angling Times Semi's at Pewsey I just turn up and there's a 'magic' parcel of newspaper with Graham written on it waiting for me! Kev Dicks imports it in for the team. I think it comes from Poland these days as opposed to Belgium a few years ago but other that that I'm completely clueless. Sorry to be so crap. I can give you Kev's mobile number on the match.
To be honest though it's only necessary for team points on the Bath end of the canal. All the damage is done on the punch in the first hour or so. The B & J only picks off 'eyes' later in the match to try and add a few valuable ounces and a few extra points to the teamsheet. Therefore it's not really needed in an open. It's different at Pewsey where the skimmers really love it and it can be a match winner.
You really need to watch someone fishing it at first as the rigs etc are quite different as is the feeding approach and you'd do better with it having watched it in use to get an idea of what it's all about. You need to know when to introduce Joker 'raw' when to 'leam' it up when to use it in groundbait. It can seem like a new world of fishing but like all methods there are some basic rules you can apply and once you get to know these it's actually quite a simple method. I'll happily have a chat with you on the day of the match but i don't really want to blast 25 yrs of learning across the internet.
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