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Old 04-07-2012, 22:23
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Default Re: Alternative baits

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Originally Posted by Lord Paul of Sheffield View Post
I've just bought a bag at hte week end - the previous floats were a bag of "no name" floating pellets from a tackle shop

I'm going to try some expanders and scald with boiling water for 30 seconds to a minute and then drain and put in freezer bags i nthe freezer next if the mixers don't work well
I use Got 11mm expanders straight out the bag on a banded hair - float well, don't take on water like mixers and the carp seem to like them.
Jerry
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