Darren George
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Making paste .
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Bait is a tool, a solution to a problem. How simple or complex you perceive it to be is irrelevant.
Graham Billingham
Senior Member
My paste as been a mix of mini pellets mushed up with hot water and thickened up with fish meal groundbait but I have to put a decent lump around my hook pellets to keep it there. what can I add to give it a sticky feel to it so I can put just a thinner wrap of paste round.
Neil Smart
Senior Member
Tight Lined did a feature on this subject yesterday, Keith Arthur was making paste albeit Carp paste and was for a Pole approach, but the Glutons in the mix held it all together.
Brian Willson
Senior Member & Supporter
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This is how I make my cheese paste.
Buy some Just-Rol puff pastry or short crust, the pack should contain two 340g blocks.
Roll out one of these blocks using a rolling pin, lightly dust with some flour.
Once this has been rolled, spread on some cheese spread, this can be any make or flavour, it comes in a tube.
Then sprinkle on some grated strong cheddar, and then crumble on some Danish Blue Cheese.
Fold over the corners and then start kneading the mix, keep this going until you have the right texture, if it's a bit wet or too soft, add a sprinkle of flour.
I must admit that once I have folded over the mix, I then bung the whole lot into Tina's dough maker, and let the machine do the work.
Once finished, you should have a nice soft paste, man enough to stay on the hook, but not too hard as it can impede a hook penetration, if you pull a piece of your finished paste, it should have a slight spring in it, test it out in a glass of water to see how long it would stay on the hook. Please note that it can feel a bit soft at first, but it does stiffen up slightly once left. Whilst making your paste, write down exactly what portions you use, once you have achieved your target, then every time you make some paste, it should be 100% successful. If you think you have made too much, cut and roll the paste into separate balls and place each ball into its own plastic bag and place them into the freezer.
Now you can go and try it out, then moan at me because you blanked, good luck.
This is how I make my cheese paste.
Buy some Just-Rol puff pastry or short crust, the pack should contain two 340g blocks.
Roll out one of these blocks using a rolling pin, lightly dust with some flour.
Once this has been rolled, spread on some cheese spread, this can be any make or flavour, it comes in a tube.
Then sprinkle on some grated strong cheddar, and then crumble on some Danish Blue Cheese.
Fold over the corners and then start kneading the mix, keep this going until you have the right texture, if it's a bit wet or too soft, add a sprinkle of flour.
I must admit that once I have folded over the mix, I then bung the whole lot into Tina's dough maker, and let the machine do the work.
Once finished, you should have a nice soft paste, man enough to stay on the hook, but not too hard as it can impede a hook penetration, if you pull a piece of your finished paste, it should have a slight spring in it, test it out in a glass of water to see how long it would stay on the hook. Please note that it can feel a bit soft at first, but it does stiffen up slightly once left. Whilst making your paste, write down exactly what portions you use, once you have achieved your target, then every time you make some paste, it should be 100% successful. If you think you have made too much, cut and roll the paste into separate balls and place each ball into its own plastic bag and place them into the freezer.
Now you can go and try it out, then moan at me because you blanked, good luck.
David Hall
Senior Member
Or just use this smoked soft cheese straight on the hook, it's good stuff.
Tesco Austrian Smoked Processed Cheese 125G - Groceries - Tesco Groceries
Tesco Austrian Smoked Processed Cheese 125G - Groceries - Tesco Groceries
Brian Willson
Senior Member & Supporter
That's sounds good, I will give that a try.
Does it stay on the hook for over 30 minutes?
Does it stay on the hook for over 30 minutes?