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STEVE RINGER’S ULTIMATE FEEDER GUIDE<br />
Experiment<br />
with your<br />
hookbaits to<br />
get the best<br />
out of the<br />
Hybrid.<br />
Not only does it comply with most fishery<br />
rules, but it also gives the hookbait that little bit<br />
of extra movement to enable it to behave in a<br />
more natural way once a fish sucks it in.<br />
Hook size and line diameter depend on what<br />
species and size of fish I’m targeting.<br />
For venues like Barston Lakes, where I’m<br />
looking to catch a mixed bag of skimmers, F1s<br />
and carp, I will use a size 16 MWG to 0.17mm<br />
Guru N-Gauge.<br />
However, on bigger waters, like Boddington<br />
Reservoir – where it’s all about carp and the<br />
average fish is 8lb-plus – I’ll set up with a size 12<br />
QM1 hook to 0.19mm line.<br />
BLEND IN OR STAND OUT?<br />
When it comes to hookbaits there are two<br />
distinct camps that they fall into – blend in and<br />
stand out.<br />
Blend in baits such as 6mm or 8mm hard<br />
coarse pellets are used to match the feed, and<br />
can work really well when the fish are proving<br />
a bit cagey and you can trick them into eating<br />
a hookbait which is masked among the loose<br />
offerings.<br />
Stand out hookbaits, such as mini 8mm fluoro<br />
boilies, work in the opposite way in that they<br />
give the fish a bait they can really home in on.<br />
However, the best hookbait of all for the Hybrid<br />
has to be the Ringers Chocolate Orange Wafter.<br />
This is a bait that has neutral buoyancy and<br />
when fished on a hair rig it will naturally sit a<br />
tiny bit off bottom and, more importantly, act<br />
very naturally to a feeding carp.<br />
Both types of hookbait can be extremely<br />
effective – it’s all about working out which is<br />
right on any particular day.<br />
WHERE TO PUT YOUR FEEDER<br />
The beauty of the Hybrid feeder is that it can<br />
be fished in pretty much any situation, ranging<br />
from shallow water tight to islands or in the<br />
margins to big, deep, open-water lakes. This is<br />
because it’s available in a range of sizes.<br />
Because the majority of the bait is enclosed<br />
inside the feeder, very little feed is lost on<br />
impact after casting, so even in deep water you<br />
can rest assured that your bait will hit the<br />
Match end tackle to the size of the fish.<br />
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