What are Throwing Sticks ?
Throwing stick, as used by carp anglers fishing at long range 100 -140 yds can be used to send ground bait a long way These sticks take practice to perfect (like casting a fly)but once perfected are pretty accurate if you are using the right baits Throwing sticks are only accurate with perfectly round baits , as the stick spins the projectile (bait) very fast , so any wobble will cause the bait to go left or right. Also the baits must be fairly hard , as they are under a lot of pressure and can split(use duran yellow semolina) .To increase the range , Uk anglers have found that when making the baits, to include more dense bait ingredients (maize meal and some other stuff which has slipped my mind , you can get it from animal feed merchants?) It is the centrifugal force that blows th bait apart, this is caused by the bait rolling down the tube of the throwing stick and continuing to accelerate until it flies apart. This can reduce this effect quite considerably by wetting the inside of
