the bloke who won our match practiced at drayton the week before he had 46 fish there for around 450lb on the same method.
he used a daiwa infinity carp rod 1.75 test curve with a big carp reel not sure which one. loaded with 20lb line. then some rubber tubeing with a swivel over the rubber tubeing and the spod connected to that, your tackle has to be upto the job cause it takes a hammering with all the weight from a full spod, then a quick change bead tied to end of the mainline with 0.24 hooklength.
he vaired the depth all day though sometimes was catching at 3 foot other times 10 foot.
he used fishmeal ground full with tracix to create a massive cloud in the water.
think he used half and half mixed pellet and groundbait in the spod.