Would you like some gentles with your porridge Sir?

[Tengisgol]

Tip of the day, if you’ve got soggy gentles and don’t know how to sort them out, just add a handful of porridge oats.

Discovered this years ago when we had a wet June on holiday in Norfolk and didn’t have anything else to hand.

These were very soggy an hour ago. I gave them some porridge oats treatment and then riddled them through a couple of times to remove the clumps left behind. Bootiful as they say in that part of the world.

[Homer Simpson]

Been doing this for years.
Mainly I started because like you they were at hand and subsequently because they are cheap, I can store them in the fridge for weeks like this.
No smell so her majesty is tolerant.

[Santiago]

Also been doing it for years. Mainly because my local tackle shop is mean with the bran.

[Fredline]

I use just groundbait bread crumb. It is all in the riddling. Any hint of smell then riddle.

[BoltonBullfinch]

I first used porridge oats over 50 years ago, tend to use sawdust now, it seems to toughen them up a bit.

Thanks
BB

[Homer Simpson]

I’d be anxious about the pine resin from the sawdust being noticeable by the fish.

[Kev D]

I use rice mainly because I'm still working through several sacks of the stuff that friends gave to me when they moved.

[Aitch]

I have a bag of groundbait in my bag... if my maggots sweat up, I run them through the groundbait and riddle off.. it gets rid of the ammonia pong... not tried Porridge though