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Pop up or bottom bait? The best of both worlds Posted by Bruno Medou
Nowadays, anglers mostly use pop ups to balance a presentation. The ever so famous snowman has become the fashionable set up. As there are lots of contradictions out there, I am going to try and give you a different point of view on what a more or less dense bait can bring to our fishing. 'Bruno Meduo'
![A Snowman presentation means that your hookbait is much lighter](https://www.mainline-baits.com/images_CMS/mainarticle/47/13179804676281_112475_main.jpg)
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![On some waters my results have sometimes doubled, and particularly on high pressured ones](https://www.mainline-baits.com/images_CMS/mainarticle/47/13179804696610_11326_main.jpg)
Tip 1
In order To create balanced hookbaits from a bottom bait you will need the following tools: 1 drill, scissors and a cutter, a standard bottom bait and a cork or foam stick.
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Tip 2
To achieve a balanced bait using a pop up boilie or a dumbell you will need the following tackle: Dumbells or pop ups, a shot, a drill, N-trap braid and Kaptor wide Gape hooks.
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Try these balanced bait tactics and you will love it. I am convinced and keep using them.
Bruno Meduo
![A lovely carp caught on a balanced hookbait!](https://www.mainline-baits.com/images_CMS/mainarticle/47/13179804723124_117447_main.jpg)
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I caught my first carp when I was 8 years old. I used to spend a couple of hours, with my dad on the river banks staring at my good old float so as to expect its slightest movement caused by a fish.
Then I moved from bamboo roads to little bells as indicator, to my fistrt carbon rod ,... Find out more
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