Crusty cobs, ‘Tiger’ bread, soft baps and every variety of sliced bread in the kingdom.

The sliding lid allows me to cover the slice I am using and stop the bread from drying out. I know someone will undoubtedly disagree about this, quoting their capture of a 30lb common on a shive of granary, but why put yourself through the agony? Why not simplify your life and go with what ALWAYS works, and that is white bread?Īn invaluable piece of kit for me, this Guru punch kit not only allows me to fish the surface with the larger size punch but I can also switch in an instant to smaller sized pieces and fish just under the surface if that is how the fish prefer the bait. Just to be clear, we are talking here about white bread brown bread and other ‘granary’ derivatives simply do not usually have the inherent qualities to stay on the hook. Many anglers have tried some fantastically exotic alternatives but the Gold Award for surface fishing is undoubtedly bread. Virtually all other baits require hair rigs, bands or even glue to affix the bait to the hook.īread, in most instances, can simply be hooked on and cast out. However, for me, without any doubt the best bait for catching any fish off the surface is bread.

Dog or cat biscuits are commonly used, as are various breakfast cereals, marshmallows and floating pellets.

There are lots of baits that will work for carp. Again, without compressing the air out gently pull the hook through with a baiting needle and cast to your target fish. No extraordinary skills required, just punch the bread with a twisting motion of the punch, this will cut through the bread rather than compress it, thus keeping as much air as possible within. A lovely big carp taken on a floating bait of three 20mm pieces of punched bread.

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