chav professor
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Re: Pallatrax Products
A couple of posts on another thread about paste baits for chub got me thinking. One from Bigchub, talking of using a Dave Thorpe base mix and this one from Christian so I've copied the pertinent parts here.
Cheers
EC
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Bollies and specialised pastes have a following - but I am yet to meet a competent angler who limits themselves to a singular bait approach. I would argue that as bait manufacturers produce baits with synthetic elements - not one has the draw and appeal of the humble earth worm. The draw back of the worm is that whilst a quality specialist bait..... perch of a few ounces are equally partial, so its not selective enough in a number of instances.
For versatility, not one commercially manufactured bait comes close to bread. Universally accepted by specimen roach, carp, and Chub of massive proportions. It can be torn to any size, fished on the surface, slow sinking or on the bottom. You can even get standard sliced bread to stay on the hook for upwards of an hour if you wish! A well known sponsored angler devised or publicized the use of 'floater' cake - utter madness!!!! But no doubt people bought into it and shifted a few units of bollie mix for said company.
Specialist pastes? If fish love halibut pellets so much, surely a simple paste made from ground pellets combined with eggs must work - it does!
A couple of posts on another thread about paste baits for chub got me thinking. One from Bigchub, talking of using a Dave Thorpe base mix and this one from Christian so I've copied the pertinent parts here.
Cheers
EC
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Bollies and specialised pastes have a following - but I am yet to meet a competent angler who limits themselves to a singular bait approach. I would argue that as bait manufacturers produce baits with synthetic elements - not one has the draw and appeal of the humble earth worm. The draw back of the worm is that whilst a quality specialist bait..... perch of a few ounces are equally partial, so its not selective enough in a number of instances.
For versatility, not one commercially manufactured bait comes close to bread. Universally accepted by specimen roach, carp, and Chub of massive proportions. It can be torn to any size, fished on the surface, slow sinking or on the bottom. You can even get standard sliced bread to stay on the hook for upwards of an hour if you wish! A well known sponsored angler devised or publicized the use of 'floater' cake - utter madness!!!! But no doubt people bought into it and shifted a few units of bollie mix for said company.
Specialist pastes? If fish love halibut pellets so much, surely a simple paste made from ground pellets combined with eggs must work - it does!
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