TO FORM pellet cones easily it’s best to use ‘sticky’ micro pellets that easily bind together when dampened.
Several brands are available, or you can make your own by adding a small amount of pellet binder to fishery micros.
Pour a pint of micros (fishery own pellets are fine) into a shallow groundbait bowl. Slowly add water to the pellets, allowing it to be soaked in as you go, so as not to over-wet them.
With a baiting needle, pull the hooklink through the cone until the hook rests against the pellets. FIinally, push the pellets out of the pellet cone and clip on the baited rig.
Alternatively, add a sprinkling of Method groundbait – this, too, will bind the pellets together. Push the prepared pellets into a pellet cone with your thumb over the narrow end.
When the pellets can be squeezed together and stay stuck together they are of the right consistency. If required, add a tablespoonful of pellet binder, Horlicks, or banana Nesquik to help bind the pellets.