Gear today was a 4m TELESCOPIC whip which i have elasticated with no4 elastic in.. 4x12 float.. PR32 size 20 hook, and 0.10 silstar straight through.. shotting pattern was 'shirt button' style.
Started by balling in a 'small orange' of liccy bread which i did last night.. just a rough job, wasent really fine or nothing.. just 1 blast and complete.. put my float over the top of it..
Phone starts ringing.. whilst struck into i caught a little roach.. next thing the elastic just tares down the canal.. a little pike on the gew'
At this point im excited as ive never caught a pike.. but i lost it @ the net!
But i got my roach back 
From then on.. it was fish a chuck on the bread.. Roach only.. of all sizes, from 1oz proberly up to my biggest which was proberly just over a 1lb..
Day just got better and in the end i just got bored of catching.. Decided to pack up and share the news with young joe who unfortunatly didnt make an apperance today as his bed was too cosy?
My net for today;
Estimated just over 100 fish
Pretty good weight, guessing would be 7-8lb!
Proberly the best time ive had on a canal yet..
So i get home.. share the news, and young joes wanting to go now!
So we get back down their for 3 o'clock,,
Same again all over - AMAZING.. this time the net was bigger and we shared one haha!
Thanks for reading!
good read and photo's mate 
Sure you have a reason for doing it, and it obviously worked for you, but why not use your elasticated top 3 or something fished to hand. I couldnt elasticate my whips as the tips are probably less than a millimetre thick. 
