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There are many different types of pellet feeder
available (this one’s a Guru Mini Pellet Feeder)
but they all work in the same way, delivering
feed containing a hookbait in a focused area –
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feeding less, the pellet feeder is a great
addition to your arsenal to keep your tip
smashing round. Working in a similar way
to the Method feeder, the pellet feeder delivers a tight
little package of feed (pellets) under and around your
hook – but with a difference.
In the cooler water temps of winter carp are slower,
they need to take less energy in so feed less and as such
you’re not going to get rabid hoards of them attacking
your feeder like you do in the summer months. More
likely you’ll have one or maybe two fish coming in and
taking their time over your bait. This means that if you
fish a standard Method feeder with 360degree access
to the feed for the carp you’re effectively reducing you
chances of them finding your hookbait. What the pellet
feed does then is concentrate the fish, focusing the feed
out the front of the feeder around your hook bait and so
increasing your chance of the fish being on your hook
straight away.