Me likewise, always caught when using them other than at Beechmere pool where for some reason I couldn't buy a bite down in those depths of water, as long as the pool was reasonable in depth with a covering of weed or a silty bottom I didn't need to use any other bait, in fact me and a mate fished around 3 years solid on them before moving on to bigger gravel pits where the boilie was king.Gammarus wrote:I remember using broad beans in he early 70s on Chichester gravel pits. No idea why we tried them but they worked well, I vaguely recall putting 3 beans on a hook and freelineing them in soft weed beds. I was always impressed that carp seemed to find them in thick weed and I caught.
