Weights

Mushroom (M-type) sinker or weight. Used to keep the lielie bomb in place.

M0 up to M2 for most fishing. Always go as light as possible. If you can use a M0 weight for your type of fishing, don’t go heavier.  Only go heavier if you need more distance or if the wind is pumping and you need to keep the bait still on the bottom. The M-type weights are also designed for attaching your mieliebom/groundfeed to. Make a small ball with the bomb you intend on putting on. Then cut through to the middle of the bomb with the main line of the trace. Remould the ball around the line until you are happy that it is nice and round and properly form around the line. Now pull the weight into the bomb until it is secured. If done right, the bomb will not come off unless something else is wrong(bomb not mixed correctly etc).

Pear shaped (P-type) sinker or weight. Without the ring it becomes an S-type (sliding) sinker.

P-type weight are mostly used when distance casting/fishing. This is also mostly used with a bottom-rig(weight at the bottom and the hooks attached above it). One can attach a very small bomb onto the P weight as described above, but other ways can be used to get some feed and flavourings into the water like putting a plaster around the weight and then placing the dips onto the plaster and then shaking the whole thing in dry feed allowing the dry feed to stick to the plaster. Good sizes for getting proper distance would be P3-P6. Just make sure you rod can handle the weight. I will never even try to cast anything over P5 with my normal 12' 3lbs test-curve graphite rods.To really get distances greater than 130-150m one needs purpose built rods. There are quite a few rod builders who know their stuff and contacting them