This one liked the tigers – Tel with the legendary Burghfield common
Continuing Terry Hearn’s series of top tips – little edges that can help make all the difference. At this time of year boilies can lose their effectiveness on waters where the fish have been hammered on them through the spring, so it might be time to make a switch. One of Tel’s favourite alternatives is good old tiger nuts, here’s what he has to say:
‘Don’t forget the Tigers! It’s at this time of year where ‘alternative’ baits start to come into their own, and tigers are one of my favourites.
Tiger nuts – sweet, crunchy, visual and deadly effective
Us carp anglers have become a bit stereotyped over the years in that the vast majority of us like to use round balls for much of our fishing, but with very few venues still enforcing a close season, the carp have generally been out on them at least once by the time that summers upon us.
Try something different, Tigers, peanuts, corn and maples have all produced well for me during periods when the carp seemed uninterested in boilies, but without doubt tigers are my favourite, and I can think of at least a couple of venues where they’ve completely turned things around for me.
A single tiger balanced out to sink slowly with a cork plug can work very well over silkweed, and if it’s clean then I prefer to use two tigers on the hair, straight from the tin, hard on the bottom. Tigers aren’t quite the edge they were years back, but if your yet to experience the difference they can make then now is the time to give them a try.
Tel