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In reply to Post #20
I ordered them yesterday! Lol
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In reply to Post #19
There a pound on Ali express and come in a week.
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In reply to Post #18
Floss caps 100 for £5 off Ebay if you want quicker
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In reply to Post #17
I bought those too, but from Korda. Will look on AliExpress, good tip that. Never thought about that while I constantly buy from there.
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In reply to Post #1
Floss caps. Just melt your floss into it and press with side of lighter.
I buy from Ali express in the bundles. £1 per 100. Buy 3 items for free delivery in the bundles so I buy yellow, clear and pink. Cost £3 and delivered within a week
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In reply to Post #14
Why not use some arma mesh or something and you can then floss through that and blob/tie it off?
Better still, use tigers and instead of floss use heavy duty coated braid. That’ll last longer than any boilie on a canal
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In reply to Post #14
Ok, hard hookers. On a Ronnie or German rig with a bait screw?
That'll stop em!
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In reply to Post #13
I tried that indeed, but I fish a canal with cray fish and crabs and small fish, so I need something that is durable and secure. But thanks for your input!
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Tie the floss around the bait and not through it?
Even try using a boilie stop?
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Hi everyone, thanks for all of your input! Really nice!
I have tried bait screws in the past but with softer baits, these also doesn't stay on they way I would like it. Sorry.
I indeed used long enough tag ends in the floss to create big enough blobs and then push them to flatten the blobs. I have some floss caps, so may give those a try again indeed.
Will experiment a bit, I have inspiration now!
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Bait screw, job done 
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In reply to Post #1
Sounds like the Baiting Needle you are using could be too thick.
Also, use Floss that is Waxed.
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Bait screws are far easier.
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In reply to Post #1
Get some floss caps, bit fiddly but work really well
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Possibly a bit rudimentary, but is the floss you're burning big enough to burn down and create a stop, and are you tapping it with the lighter?
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Use a bait screw and get rid of swivel and floss instead?
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Thanks for your input guys, really helpful. I will try them both!
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In reply to Post #2
I showed my brother when he csme over ftom Australia, the blobbing method. He said sod that I'll do it the way I've always done it . If the baits are the same size it's quicker. Can't disagree.
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In reply to Post #1
It sounds a bit like the way I attach my pop ups.
I use 15mm pop ups. First I drill with a 7mm brad point drill and insert a piece of foam just so I know the pop up will stay boyant. Next I pierce the pop up and the foam with my baiting needle. I thread approx. 10cm of bait floss through the micro swivel or rig ring. I then only pull the bait floss through so there are two small loops of floss coming out on top of the bait and the two tag ends of floss still exiting the bait on the foam side - same side as swivel or ring. I then insert a bait stop in the two small loops on top of the bait and pull it tight with the two tag ends. No tying or blobbing needed. I just cut off the two tag ends on the underside of the bait. I have yet never lost a bait this way.
You can off course attach bottom baits this way too just without the foam.
I don't know if that makes any sense.
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In reply to Post #1
Pull a doubled over bit of floss through your bait. Put a decent bait stop into the loop. Tie the two tag ends of floss onto your micro swivel. When you want to replace the bait, just remove the bait stop, put another one on, pull the bait down right onto your swivel or rig ring.... You will be able to get the bait stop through the floss again.
I did this for years.
Sod retying the floss every time. Blobbing is not secure enough IMO on anything apart from a cardboard pop up that is rock hard, and remains hard in the water.
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Hi guys,
I may have a noddy question. Since a short while I use a multi rig style rig where I pull bait floss through the bait, that is connected to a micro ring swivel on the d-section. Then I blob the floss to create a stopper to prevent the bait going off the floss.
I noticed that that blob isn't so secure as a regular hair with a bait stopper in that loop.
Do you have a clever way of doing this in a better way? I thought about just tying a loop of thin braid on the micro ring swivel and sliding the bait on that loop on the bait, then pulling the micro ring swivel a bit in the bait to expose the loop of the braid en then putting a bait stopper in that loop and then sliding the bait against that stopper again.
Thanks!
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