To Spod or Not

So why use a spod? Well in the fishing fools experience you can only catapult bait out so far I know some people claim to be able to hit 50 yards, but for me light margin work is still at the limits! By using a spod you can get particle baits out to a greater range, and with greater accuracy - this allows for fishing further out on huge lakes where you want to achieve a light scattering of bait on the lake bed to help present the terminal bait better...For the spodding gear we make use of the Fox Warrior Spod rod with a 5 1/2lb test curve..slightly costly, but in the long run a safe bet as trying to make use of a Carp rod would only result in a broken rod at some point The reel is a Okuma EOS big pit with 15lb line and a 30lb shock leader attached to a Korda skyliner spod rocket. The spod mix is usually a combination of Pellets, Particle baits & flavours, and this is usually left before use to soak up all the yummy goodness...Generally fishing Fools use the spod to put bait along the far margins, or for short range at over hanging cover, or mid range work...It really is a good way of getting allot of bait into a small area...you have to be carefull to control the amount you spod a swim, we generally spod light (10 rockets) then add more as needed...If you haven't tried spodding yet, then you are missing out on a great way of creating a bed of feed, that's also really fun to do :) Give it a go, you never know...

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