The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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