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fished a match at hall lane Sunday and had real trouble with my paste staying on the hook , i mixed it the same as in practice when i caught well so i don't think that was the problem . The wind was very strong and i think the tow was pulling the hook of it , i tried thickening it up but still wouldnt work properly any ideas what i could have done in this situation ?
paste was green swim stim and i was only fishing at 4m were it was 4ft deep .
Thanks Gary

try backshot, 3 or 4 no 8's above the float and if it's really bad maybe shot the float so it holds without bait then lay the bait a few inches on the bottom, failing that fish the method.

don't think you'll get a lot of replies on here about paste lol,
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Ignore them Gary, even Isaac Walton used paste

Ignore them Gary, even Isaac Walton used paste

bread paste nothing wrong with that taffy

they made pastes out of allsorts then, even rabbit or cat flesh, he even made is own pellets ( shock horror!! lol) which I think he said he introduced into the swim to attract the carp. See he was the first man on the dark side

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Nothin wrong fishin paste if it does the job on the day

Now chucking a stick of dynamite in now that's cheating

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Paste fishing is something i used to do an awfull lot and won a lot of money doing so. But fishing it in the wind is difficult full stop. If the winds that strong you can't fish t normally (no shot down the line and sloppy mix) te only other way to do it would be as tafty says lay it on the bottom 3-4 inch but then distinguishing when the paste has come off becomes difficult so regularly striking it off the hook becoms a must.

If it is too windy then using a proper paste float that takes a bit of shot will alleviate some of the problems. In my experience it will allow you to still fish a soft paste in the tow, just use more line above the float, and be ready to react to the bites. Sometimes using a slightly softer elastic will let you get away with whacking the bites with a lot of line above the float. Also fish it a bit shorter i.e 10m instead of max length of the pole.