Advice on fishing the cone

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- 05/10/2010 at 7:04 am #42253
  TF_missabite
  I tried to fish the cone at the weekend but can’t work out how to keep it on the line. I put some pellets in the cone and then moved it down by the hook. I cast out but when I bought it back in the cone was gone.
  
  I’m obviously missing something so would appreciate it if you could advise on how to keep the cone on the line. Thanks.
- 05/10/2010 at 9:00 am #118019
  TF_Man of Kent
  Should have saved this one for April 1st, mate!
  
  If you’re serious, the cone is removed once the pellets are in place but before you cast out.
  
  The best way is to compress the pellets really hard in the cone and then thread a gate latch baiting needle through it from the wide end. Attach the hooklength to the baiting needle and pull it through the cone. Then connect the hooklength to your quick release swivel/bead before removing the cone from the pellets and sliding it over the hook.
  
  The end result is a cone of compressed pellets on the hook length.
  
  Hope you haven’t been throwing expensive Guru pellet cones into the water!
- 05/10/2010 at 10:39 am #118031
  TF_justin case
  You must have been using that new PVA line 🙂
- 05/10/2010 at 11:37 am #118036
  TF_bigoldbigbutt
  Participant
  I think missabite got a couple of bites then.
- 05/10/2010 at 12:17 pm #118038
  TF_ubat
  hair rig it
- 05/10/2010 at 1:24 pm #118046
  Anonymous
  i think you’re cone is far to small..you need to think big try one of these…
- 05/10/2010 at 1:32 pm #118047
  TF_teabag
  These work well well when their having it, just cut the bottom out and tie a rope to the handle to retrieve it afterwards.
  link
- 05/10/2010 at 6:31 pm #118073
  TF_missabite
  Thanks for the replies and for the detailed explanation from Man of Kent. I didn’t use a guru cone (whatever that is). I cut up one of my top kits to give me lots of different cone shapes.
  
  Sorry but I’m not sure how the road cone and bucket help.
- 05/10/2010 at 9:53 pm #118107
  TF_geepster
  Participant
  There’s a programme with Andy May on how to fish the cone here:
  
  http://www.onlinefishing.tv/articles/detailed-article/session-andy-may/low/
  
  He caught a huge catfish!!!!
  
  LOL
- 06/10/2010 at 6:36 am #118117
  TF_Leaky Lloyd
  ive got a little tool for making cones mate,, no,, not a cone fella’s!!!!~sick ~sick ~sick
  
  a local angler makes them in his workshop and sells them for a few quid and they are awsome,,
  ill try and post a thread later with pics,,,
  its called “baggless” and its fool proof,,
- 07/10/2010 at 7:54 am #118220
  TF_ubat
  @Leaky Lloyd wrote:
  
  its fool proof,,
  
  We shall see about that……. LOL
  Very interested Leaky
- 07/10/2010 at 5:29 pm #118266
  TF_Leaky Lloyd
  just need some micro’s.. aint got any left at the moment,, as soon as i get chance to go get some ill start a new thread on it!!!!!
- 07/10/2010 at 11:37 pm #118304
  paste
  Only problem with the bagless is even the smallest one puts out too much bait, its deffo a summer method ~shh
- 08/10/2010 at 6:25 am #118310
  TF_Leaky Lloyd
  look at you two,, pair of snakes in the grass!~sick ~sick
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