One of Sonubaits' earliest creations, Skinz, are the basis for a very sticky Method mix that I use when I feel the occasion demands it.

And I put the mix to good use the other week when I successfully qualified for a big-money fishing match final.
I'm talking about a competition down in the South East called Fish To Win, with a £3,000 winner’s cheque up for grabs. There are ten qualifying matches, with the top two anglers on each match going through to the grand final.
And a couple of weeks back I won a match at Hartleylands, a commercial water down here, to book my place in the final, which will be held at Lake John Fishery, at Waltham Abbey, Essex, on October 25.
When I drew I wasn’t sure of the peg’s potential, but I was faced with a 40-metre cast to an island.
Small carp were the target so I opted to fish the Method. I set up a 30 gram inline Preston feeder and used 8lb Preston Direct Mono.
The hook-length was three inches long and I used a size 16 PR28 with single dead red maggot.
The Method mix comprised  a bag of 6mm Skinz. A full bag of these are soaked overnight, just measuring the water past the top of the skinz in a bait tub, and the Skinz end up a gooey slop. To this I add two bags of Sonubaits' P Mix and a whole bag of Sonubaits' Fin Perfect 2mm soaked micros. I give the whole lot a mix with a drill and it takes on a pudding-like consistency.
The routineat Hartleylands is to cast and if you haven’t had a fish within 30 seconds to wind in, reload the Method feeder and cast again.
In all I reckon I made 200 casts and I ended up with 120 fish for a weight of 152lb.
Try my mix. The Skinz, when soaked just become a very tacky liquid and when mixed with P Mix and the pellets you end up with a Methid mix which is the perfect consistency. How do I know?
Because the rails of the Method feeder remain full of groundbait when you bring a fish in.
And that's how to be economical and build a big weight, time after time!