Dave Coster How To- Versatile Catapult Pouch

This entry was posted on 1st May, 2019

Every now and then you can come across a bit of kit that’s exceptional and the Guru mesh catapult pouch deserves to be in this category. I have several catapults fitted out with this brilliant product, which although soft in nature doesn’t collapse when firing due to its reinforced rim. It also has rotating lugs the elastics are attached to, which help immensely to eliminate tangles. This product has fine enough mesh to prevent maggots snagging in it and it groups them neatly, even at distance.



A big problem with plastic catapult pouches occurs when trying to fire wet casters, which tend to stick and can end up spraying all over the place. If your casters need to be covered with water because they are close to becoming floaters, try using the Guru mesh catty pouch. Wet casters don’t stick to it, so they can be grouped very neatly, even when firing them a long way. There is also a nicely shaped finger grip at the back of the pouch, adequate enough not to slip out of wet hands.



Now to the job the Guru mesh pouch was mainly designed for in the first place: firing pellets. Its rounded nature suits this task superbly, grouping 4mm and 6mm sizes in particular very neatly. I use this pouch all the time when pellet waggler fishing, in conjunction with orange or black Guru catapult elastics. Orange is a slightly softer gauge, suiting middle distances, while the black elastics are very powerful and can launch bigger pellets extreme distances.



Considering the Guru mesh pouch isn’t that big, an unusual job I use it a lot for is firing out small balls of groundbait. I find the shape of the pouch, combined with its reinforced rim, allows small balls of groundbait to be fired very accurately. I use it for both waggler and slider fishing when I want regular small helpings of groundbait going in the swim regularly. I find golf ball sized helpings don’t spook the fish like bigger balls can do. The pouch even fires soft balls without breaking them up.