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two when the water is clear, as any fish in the area homes in on the bait falling through the water. This approach is best suited to pellets (2mm and 4mm) or maggots, and F1s more than carp, as F1s seem to like bait falling through the water.

In spite of everything I’ve just said, if you are big potting and the fishing is hard, it can be well worth putting a kinder pot on and tapping a bit of bait over the float every 60 seconds or so to try and make something happen. After all, if you aren’t catching, you have nothing to lose, and with a kinder pot you aren’t risking killing the swim by overfeeding it.

Something else that’s worth mentioning is actual cup size. Starting with pole cups, you will normally get three different sizes. What I will say is that even when feeding a small amount of bait, I personally prefer to use a big cup, as being deeper there is less chance of any spillage when shipping out.

With kinder pots, I let how much I want to feed govern the size I use. I like to feed, so have the habit of always filling the pot! Putting a big pot on and half or even quarter filling it isn’t an option for me, plus it also takes away the temptation of overfeeding.

Lastly, with kinder pots you have two or three lid options. The first is a sprinkle-type that’s best used for maggots, pinkies, and 2mm or 4mm pellets.

Then there are the lids with a single medium hole, which I tend to use for corn, 6mm cubes of meat and pellets of the same size. Lastly, I will at times take the lid off totally, something I will do when feeding groundbait, very wet micro pellets or a mixture of micros and corn.

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