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Old 9th August 2008, 08:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi all Im new to the forum and would like some advice on how to fish the pellets and what size hooks to use with them. used 6 & 8mm pellets the other day and found I was missing alot of bites, I was using size 14 hooks are they to big for these pellets or should I step up a size. All help and advice is wecome.
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Try using a pellet band with the pellets instead of hooking them
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Cheers Jeff, Any type of band you would recommend for this or just your bog standard over the counter ones. Has i say i'm a novice to pellet fishing.
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I use a Preston PR21 size 16 for the smaller fish & PR36 16 or 14 for the bigger fish
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Cheers for that i will go out and buy some.
At least i'll have someone to blame!!
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I use the bog standard ones myself
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