I don't feed with paste apart from maybe a few micro pellets with my hook bait also have it very soft only just holding on the hook leave it in for about 3 or 4 mins if no bite strike it of thus feeding your swim
Just a bit of info for you people a match of 24 anglers on full lake was won on Wednesday with 161lb peg 5 and second was 125lb peg 48 don't know what other results were