runnidown

[willywetegg]

Lmao Sless.

Jim.

[TC]

Lol @.Sless.....Aye but with my catch rate, \"cod on the beach\" might be a bit of a misleading name for it

Those squid strips looks a bit manky aswell..........lol

[Red5]

When I usually fish I usually htread about 4-5 good size lug up the hook and onto the line, I then hook either a full or half (depending how tight I feel) Black thru the head, followed by whatever I am using for the cocktail, and then lie the body of the lug alongside the cocktail and wrap a load of bait elastic around until secure with a good section of the hook showing.
Last Friday when I fished ( see catch reports) I had no standard lug as I hadn\'t been digging, so using the same method I use for the cocktail section of my bait, I used a single peeler with the runnydown. Smallest bait I\'ve ever used in me life and had knocks every single chuck

[tonyfromalnwick]

Thank god !!

Size doesn`t matter !!

lol

[micky-quayle]

superb bait, just as confident using runnidown as fresh worm. one big runnidown secured with elastic thread tipped off with silver simply can\'t be beat. especially effective after a stir up i find.

[T0MMY]

great post.. its solved a problem ive had, until I read this, my experience in runnydown always resulted in a mushy ball sitting untidly on my hook, never thought of tying it on...doh.!!

[John]

Its a crackin bait best used I found after xmas time with squid as a cocktail. Just bought 4 packs ready for a few sessions later but will get some more Grommet put another 5 packs away for me,cheers

[RGF]

Some grand advice,thanks.
I\'ve grabbed a few more packs for the freezer,hopefully the sea will be in our favour soon,roll on the winter.
cheers

[TC]

Never mentioned it or showed it in the sketch, but yes....I usually use copious amounts of bait elastic. Didn\'t think to mention it - funny how you can easily overlook the obvious.......lol

[RGF]

Aye TC, I guessed that you used copious amounts of laccy as I found out when I put it on the hook and it slid back down like one of my socks inside me wellies as I\'m digging rag on Blyth slecks.
cheers

[sless]

its the crabs
knit one perl one
mind you the mackum crabs take the lacka thread aswell

[peter.m]

For what it\'s worth I find it\'s always worth having a couple of packets in the freezer along with razor, mussel or squid just to get you out at the last minute if conditions or opportunity arise

[Red5]

Aye although I mentioned tying it on with bait elastic....Forgot to mention how important the elastic is when tipping ...Lost count of the amount of times I\'ve either lost mine or forgot to pack some in me box...elastic bands don\'t seem to work as well...Lol.
Oh and the scissors to remove the stuff if I\'ve been over zealous when tying.

[colossus]

It\'s all been said already but last winter I had by far my best results with frozen runnydown and squid. It was only my 2nd winter and wasn\'t sure if it was just luck but that combination outfished fresh baits every time from November on. I ended up wrapping the worms up in whole squid. Was trying to avoid whiting but still managed to get small whiting on 6/0 hooks.

[Edited on 30/9/2005 by colossus]