SIMON FRY
SIMON’S KIT
FEEDER
Rod: Garbolino 10ft G-MAX Bomb
with light carbon tip
Reel: Shimano Stradic 3000
Main line: 8lb Shimano
Technium
Hook: Size 16 Kamasan B911 F1
Hooklength: 0.12mm Garbo Line
Fishing in th
e same area o
f the main la
to fish just tw
ke at Meado
o pegs away
wlands as D
on Peg 19, a
producing g
arren, Simon
s again this is
ood weights
opts
one of the sw
in recent silv
a deeper swim
ims that’s be
er-fish match
than Darren
en
es. However,
in the hope
“It’s about fi
Simon’s gon
of finding m
ve feet at aro
e for
ore skimmer
und six metr
over nine fee
s.
es here and a
t,” Simon te
t 14 metres I
lls us after a
feeder, thoug
’ll be fishing
good plumb
h, while I wa
at
around. “I’ll
it for the po
Feeding exac
start off on th
le lines to de
tly the same
e
velop.”
groundbait m
with a single
ix as Darren
ball before fe
, Simon feed
eding casters
about pellets
s his 6m line
over the top
, with a sing
. At 14 metr
le ball of gro
“I’ll let them
es,
undbait load
develop now
ed with them though, it’s all
and fish the
cupped in.
feeder at aro
und 30 metr
about and fe
es to see wha
eding,” expla
t’s
ins Simon.
His approac
h to the feed
er sees him lo
sized, open-e
ad a medium
nded feeder
with ground
dead maggo
bait laced wit
ts and pellets
h
. The holes o
taped up, wit
n the feeder
h Simon sim
are
ply looking
initial bed o
to lay down
f feed, so wa
an
nting to get
deck before
“I’m looking
th
e
a
fe
n
e
y
d
th
e
r to the
ing comes o
to be a bit m
ut.
ore frugal w
the open-en
it
d and then si
h my feed so
t on it until
I’ll make a fe
important to
I
w casts with
get a bite,” h
compact the
e
says. “For th
groundbait p
have bait co
is to work it
roperly in th
ming out as
’s
e feeder. Too
soon as it hit
much and if
gently and y
s the surface
you get an e
ou’ll
and on the w
arly bite you
over the plac
ay down. To
’re in danger
e as you play
o
of spreading
a fish in. Th
the bottom.
a trail of bait
e ideal is for
all
the bait to fa
“When you’r
ll out just as
e starting up
it hits
a swim it’s im
can ruin you
portant to tr
r efforts,” he
y not to spo
adds. “To he
use two tung
ok any fish a
lp prevent sp
sten line sink
s it
o
o
k
e
in
r
s,
g
With a few fi
positioned a
fish on the m
bove the fee
sh falling to
ain line I
der to pin th
the tactics, ta
single live m
e line down.”
king Simon’s
aggot hook b
double dead
ait on the en
approach. A
maggot or
d of a 2½ft h
smaller cage
ook link, he
feeder is clip
changes his
ped on and
tightly packe
d with groun
dbait.
The silv
e
extreme rs were
ly cagey
POLE
Pole: Garbolino G-MAX M1
Floats: Garbolino DC18 1.5g
(pellet) and DC12H (caster)
Hook: Kamasan B911F1 (size 16
pellet, size 18 caster)
Hooklength: 0.10mm Garbo Line
(pellet) and 0.09mm (caster)