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Yeah man I use hemp oil in my lt94 mix 👍I do think to make it cost effective and worth your time you've gotta be buying and rolling in bulk lol I tried doing it all by hand with tables etc and 9 times out of 10 I'd just end up going out and buying a few bags of boilies because I couldn't be bothered with the hassle 🤣

I was going to add chilli hemp oil I forgot to add it to the list 😳 Tbh I was just thinking what the cost saving would be, for the little spare time I have presently I think I will keep buying it for now. Just wanted to see what it would cost compared to buying it, I wasn't going to add it all but it was £22 for 5ltr so I would use the spare for glugging etc

Dont think you wanna use 5l of any liquid lol

I was bored last night so I put together a mix using AA base mix to see what it would cost lol. Hnv Super red mix 85% premium attract + 5% hydrolysed liver powder 5% spirulina 1% garlic powder 2% Chilli powder 2% 5l liver hydro Not sure if I would add a flavour maybe chorizo or something meaty but would certainly work out cheaper 🤔

I'm just kind of winging it mate lol. I'll read bait making pages on social media, websites etc and then put a recipe together myself with what I think will work. I'll download the spec for each ingredient and have a look then just have a read online about what it contains. The sheets you can download when viewing an ingredient. I'm using aabaits for my stuff, I'm not sure if other suppliers have them available to download/view👍 I also have a book about baits by Tim Paisley which has some cool stuff about absorption rates of different proteins etc. It's a little too technical for me at the moment as I'm still learning, but I do find it fun 🤣

Here's my first fish of the year. Was -4 to start the session. Had a run, lifted into it but nothing on the end( thinking small fish with just bait in its mouth ). Then for the next few hours I could see my line pulling tight n slackening back off but not actually taking. Turns out pva wasn't melting (my mix of condensed milk and manilla being over cooked n like caramel stopping the PVA dissolving)(first time trying condensed milk). About 4pm I seen a fish show to the right of me, nowhere near where I was fishing so I quickly boshed a chod together and within 30mins, boom, fish on. Managed to land a 17.32 mirror saving me a blank. Not massive but always nice to get a winter carp

Another nice mirror for January 21lbs Could've had a few more if the misses would've swapped swims. They were showing on her swim all day

Lovely... I have a 314 and a 324 both nifty little reels

Do you have a sheet that you use for base mix formulations? Would quite like to have a play with one 😂

Yeah mate so from i can pull from the spec sheets the mix will contain: Vitamins: vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin b1, vitamin b2, vitamin b3, vitamin b6, vitamin b9, vitamin b12. Minerals: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, selenium, copper. 👍

2 new arrivals top is a nice Mitchell 324 and bottom a very old 304 these were gifted to me by a very generous member of another forum

The ying and yang of carp angling.