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Co pilot is brilliant for this sort of thing 3 minutes and bang I've got a recipe.

They are still drying now as it's cold in the garage. The scopex comes through a little more each day but will probably make up a little scopex bait spray at some point. Definately more pleased with the wafters this time they should work just fine for my pva bag, I might add some black pepper as i think it's missing something. I have planned to add this previously but forgot to buy some I have gone with 5ml to start with in the hookbaits and thought i might start with 3ml a kilo in the feed baits. As I will be adding plenty of liquid hydro.

There is a fb group called Leney Enthusiasts, according to that I've caught shed loads of them 😂

It wasn't a deliberate choice to add the fishmeal, more a happy accident tbh, I thought I would have enough for a 1 egg mix but it was still like angel delight when the bag run out. So to make something other than a mess I added a handful of basemix😂. I am going to do match the hatch ones, I want the option for once I've got them on the bait. I've got some cork dust for those wafters and will probably use the AA Baits fishmeal pop up mix for the pop ups as people have added 30% basemix to those successfully, I might try 50/50 and add cork dust if required. I don't want to make cork balls What essentially will probably happen is that I will make a load of hookbaits to add to the collection of hookbaits I will probably never use 😂

I just went out to smell them, I mean move them about so they continue dry well. The scopex is strong in the garage. I think they should work well. I'm not selling them though, I barely have time to make my own.

Were they from a time when people would get burnt as a witch for being left handed. 😂

That can't be left hand only can it surely there hasn't been a reel made since bluelabels era tackle that isn't ambidextrous?

Just had a look on their website doesn't seem to be on there. I didn't realise Richworth were still going tbh not seen them in a shop for years.

I've used a few AA Baits products now and they all seem decent so far. The fishmeal tropaminamino base mix smells like a real carp catcher. Adding the fishmeal base mix to the wafter mix made it a much stiffer mix and while I may have lost a little buoyancy from adding it they still waft a bit and will act more naturally than a traditional wafter I think and have a slightly more open texture.

I decided to start making bait for myself recently, now I've got a lot of the bits I needed I thought I would start with some hookbaits. Not perfectly round but good enough 😂 1egg, liquid preserve, 5ml creamy scopex, Betaine, milk B and butterscotch sweetener. Pop ups are mainline polaris dyed yellow and wafters are AA Baits pink wafter mix + a bit of tropamino basemix as I run out of wafter mix whilst mixing. I think the wafters turned out better and actually came out fairly round, both do what are they meant too when attached to a rig so that's good, now air drying and will give them a splash of extra flavour once they are dried,then all I've got to do another time is match the hatch hookbaits and start rolling kilos and kilos of boilies. Don't think I'll buy polaris again though will get some AA Baits pop up mix next time. I've also been using Copilot to make up loads of recipes, I've got 20kg of tropamino basemix to use up first though. But I've started down the rabbit hole.

Hi Dave, welcome, get stuck in on here it's always good to have some fresh topics

Oh god that's terrible. Hope it gets sorted soon,water companies are a bunch of criminals.

Anyone with morals that would actually put the working class first.

You are right I had a brain malfunction when I thought it was £3, I still maintain you can get better bait for that price. Have a look at mirage baits £60 for 10kg and they all sound like great baits tbh

I listened to the Marcus watts podcast again today. Frozen sweetcorn glazed with MPG, apparently it's good. I've tried to keep my baits gut friendly, good leakage for the solubles, wallet friendly and sustainable, that's the things I strive for no expensive milks not loads of fishmeal, no krill etc, I even dismissed an ingredient because it contained palm oil. AI could probably work out the costings and savings for you. but I guess it's all about buying power and speed of process etc.