Paste Fishing, Myth's,Mixing,and how it all started.NO 1

Paste Fishing.
It can be one of the most frustrating methods to master but when you do big weights and money placings are sure to follow,and more than that it will work on any lake in the country with a large head of carp and even Skimmers and Bream love the stuff, That's how confident i am fishing it!!!, This is one of the most important things when fishing this method is confidence, I know this may sound big headed,cocky etc but i have beaten some of the biggest names in fishing using the paste, and am confident that when using it i can frame or at least take section money every time i use it.This is the first hurdle to cross CONFIDENCE.
   Now for some of the myth's involved
1) Paste fishing is easy the fish hook themselves you dont even have to strike.
    Wrong sometimes they do hook themselves but isn't this the same with most methods!
2) The sloppier the paste the better.
    Wrong it actually depends on conditions,how many fish youv'e got in front of you and what other species are in the lake your'e fishing.Even the time of the year dictates what consistency of paste i use.
3) You must use specific paste floats for the Job.
    Wrong any float that will register the paste on the tip will do.(i'll cover this more later  on ).

Now i'm not quite sure how to break the rest of the blog up but i'll just ramble on and hopefully we'll cover every aspect of what and when i do something when paste fishing.
I actually started paste fishing because i noticed Greg Dovey taking apart fisheries using the method so arranged some practice sessions with Greg up at Manor farm, The important thing to remember here is i picked a venue stuffed full of fish, The reasons for this will become clear as we go along.
Anyway the first four or five times up there i was pulling my hair out (re my bold patch)with missed bites and foul hooked fish, Then eventually after a while messing around with shotting patterns , different hooks,sizes etc my catch rate started to up and got to the stage where i was fully confident with this method.

Making My paste.
I fill a tub 3/4 full of my chosen pellet (which i buy in 25 kilo bags).
Next i boil the kettle and with that water i'll fill the tub so the water just covers the pellets.
leave the pellets until they have soaked up all the water.
Now again fill the tub so the water just covers the pellets for a second time.
now they are finished, i will then place them in the fridge overnight so they are ready for the morning.
When i arrive at the venue the next day they are ready, At this time they still look like pellets.I'll go through the consistency i require later.
If for instance i'm fishing somewhere like Hillview where you have to use their pellet for mixing then i take some hot water in a flask and mix when i get there.It is i feel important to make my paste from the same pellets i'm feeding if i choose to feed at all.