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Originally Posted by Blue
What do people think about the shape of boilies. Does using dumbell shaped boilies make any difference to the mechanics or performance of the rig? When i make my boilies, if getting them out any distance isn't an option, i always use chops, either cut from a 'block' of boiled boilie or cut from boilied sausage shaped boilie. I personally prefer it because, to me, it's a bit different.
Or would a round boilie catch in the same situation?  |
Got to laugh, not because it's funny, but because the round boilie shaped came because of our "need " to get baits out consistently to distance and the use of catapults.
Having watched Carp sucking and blowing baits I think the different shaped bait make a bit of difference, but not just putting a dumbell from corner to corner rather than end to end
Try your disc without a hook, if it ever gets blown out it tries to flip, then frisbee style plane on ejection, so how does this compare to being on a hair?
Personally I far prefer using different shapes and sizes, and sometimes even the dumbell is too much effort for me and I end up with things more like "pillows"
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Like you I also like the Sausage chops/discs, or block cut squares, they work well and are what very few people use.
I'm not sure but maybe in some cases that the round boilie shape is starting to get boilies sussed, and on pressured waters the different shaped baits are better, which is why the marketing of dumbells. If a bait is properly fished and pre-baited, then it will go on long term, but someone somewhere decided that dumbells are the best.
On top of that having perfectly round baits is also time consuming compared to making other shapes, unless you go to the trouble of getting out the pastry cutter.