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I rarely cast out without a mesh bag attached , I even started using them filled with maggots late in the season on the Trent . Can’t really see the point of a solid bag Barbel fishing , in a carp fishing context they work great because you’re putting the bait - rig - lead everything in there ...

Been using it for the last few months carp fishing , not used it on the rivers although I use mesh bags all the time . I love fishing solid bags , tie em up at home then loop to loop when you get there Nice little parcel of bait with your hookbait sat on top , don think it would work like that...

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I actually did say this in an earlier post about getting an happy medium with flavour levels , hopefully the bait company have done enough field testing to give you the correct level . In an HNV bait with a good food signal a flavour may not be necessary , but may take longer to get established...

All flavours emit a food signal that’s the whole point of them , wether alcohol or glycol based , that packet of cheese an onion crisps I ate yesterday didn’t have any cheese or onion in there but cleverly made up flavours that just want me to eat the whole packet in seconds ! There’s a...

Im picking 5k up tomorrow from BAF going to use it with two JB flavours although like you I’m convinced it’ll work without I’m contemplating adding 50g beef liver per 1k just for a bit of personalisation . They won’t let me in the FB HMBB group , tried 3 times now 🤣

The Gardner muggas in size 12 are good for maggot fishing otherwise it’s a Bank Tackle size 10 or 8 depending on size of bait

No I don’t think so , a good flavour emits a food signal , they’ve no idea what’s in the base mix for them , but the initial attraction is from the flavour , this is why we use low flavour levels in HNV baits because we want the base mix doing all the work long term , it’s the opposite in low...

Absolutely in the short term , pair them with a good flavour they can be devastating No doubt you have used hemp maggots worms castors Not sure how much nutritional value is in those baits

If they didn’t care what a flavour smells like , the 50/50 mixes would never work as they have very little nutritional value and rely solely on the flavours pulling power / attraction. A decent base mix with a big enough food signal needs no flavour , a point I’m going to prove to myself this...

That’s the kicker for me , it’s hard to swallow that postage . However it’s cheaper from Johnstone/Ross or Yateley Angling , postage is free if over a certain amount . But I did get a couple of kilo from Yateley and it did have the old price covered up with the new price , so made me think how...

I used it last year on 4 different rivers , don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Although this season I’m going for something different from BAF , just because I can tinker more and I can buy local avoiding shipping costs. Still be using a combination of two JB flavours though.

This is from 9 years ago , doubt he’ll still have them

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I’m glad you did , it’s got me on a journey of bait research now , I mean all the big bait companies must get there ingredients from the likes of BAF AA etc You look at DNA , Nutrabaits and Sticky etc and they all push the same Hydros, oils , Ingredient's and flavours that AA and BAF sell ...

So basically all you’ve done is buy a ready made base mix and added CLO with garlic and chilli ? It’s not a criticism , but I thought you wanted to start from scratch with a new formulated base mix , or is this just to get you going with making your very own bait .

Might be of interest.. https://nutrablue1.gumroad.com/l/theartofhomemadeboilies?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHe5OgtAtM0HRN7a0zcwvMXPhpicCSDlMfBiFACjpcTSsqmbk9zvzsE7-uw_aem_AWe1YOsyrwRAQFGkpym4F6yvRoGmjq_OQpdsKeKX35BV_jc7m3viFHIeHU5RzTye-Ik

What size hook for two 20 mm ?

Well done Rich that’s a great achievement 👍

I go back further than that , caught carp on cat food , par boiled potatoes etc Barbel baits back then was sausage meat mixed with breadcrumbs or rusk Started with Hutchys base mix , mingle fruit , black magic etc which were a pig to roll Baits that stand out for me are Geoff Kemps ...