Several of the Drennan team had a productive session last week, testing items of gear set for future release. It also gave them plenty of time to give some of the existing rods a workout. Of those, the Series 7 10ft Puddle Chucker Carp Feeder really shone.
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“I’m a massive fan of short rods and asked for a pair of 10ft Puddle Chuckers as soon as I joined Drennan,” Jon Arthur explained. “They’re ideal for carp and F1s and my biggest fish so far with one is a mirror carp of about 14lb, which put up a hell of a scrap!
“They have just the right amount of backbone to accurately punch a Method or pellet feeder tight to far-bank islands up to 40 yards away, yet still bend right through when you play a fish. This really helps to avoid hook pulls when a fish charges around under the rod tip.
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“I’ve also been using a 10ft Puddle Chucker a lot lately when ‘under-arming’ a feeder on the pole line. It’s a great method on windy days or deep water. You get some violent bites with this tactic, even from F1s, so I always match it up with a BR 9-30 reel with the freespool lever engaged. That trusty freespool facility has also stopped my rod being pulled in several times today!
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After a great bomb-and-pellet workout at Boddington Reservoir in Northamptonshire, Dan Varney had to agree:
“I never realised just how good a 10ft Puddle Chucker was until Jon put me onto them,” he commented. “The carp in here are angry fish that never give up, but this little rod has been brilliant!”
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Talented Dorking team man, Dave Harpin, turned up later on in the afternoon and managed a few carp of his own… after pushing Dan off his seatbox!
A simple 1/2oz to 3/4oz bomb setup was best, with a Series 7 BR 9-30 Carp Feeder reel loaded with 8lb Method & Feeder Mono line to a 12-18in 0.20mm Supplex hooklength and a banded pellet on a size 14 Power Hair Riggers hook. Feed was simply a couple of pints of 8mm coarse pellets loose fed as regularly as possible, with one or two banded 8mms on the hook.