Stealth Bombers and Smart Hooks revisited.

[Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)]

Just to add to Geoffs point about scent and taste:

Who's had one of the many fruit teas that are available?

You know the ones, Apple & Cinamon, Strawberry & Vanilla, Lemon & Ginger, etc.

You pick up the tea bag and give it a sniff...hmmm that smells nice.

You stick it in a cup and pour some boiling water on it...ahh lovelly delicious smelling aromas of apple and cinamon fill the air.

After letting it brew you take out the bag and let it cool.

After a while you take a sip of the delicious, fruit, spicey smelling tea.

And what does it taste of?

F*** ALL! THAT'S WHAT. THEY SMELL GORGEOUS, BUT TASTE NOTHING LIKE THEY SMELL!

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And another thing...

When I was a kid I was taking a bath and notice a bottle of 'Apple Shampoo' on the side of the bath.

I opened the bottle and had a sniff. Hmmm....lovelly fresh apples.

So I had a taste.

AAARRRRGH!

Obvioulsy it tasted nothing like fresh apples. Although scent and taste do work together they are quite seperate especially when transmitted through different media.

 

[Frothey]

Spot on!

The only other thing to consider is how would a fish know what strawberry and vanilla taste like in the first instance.....

 

[Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)]

They don't.

It's a case of finding a scent/odour combo that appeal to a fish.

And this is where different brands of commercial baits can differ.

Take one tuti fruiti boily from one manufacturer and the equivalent from another. They both my smell the same (to us), but they might not taste the same (to us) if both scent and taste haven't been icorporated. ANd how often do we taste our baits? Furthermore, what tastes 'right' or good or bad to us may not appeal to a fish the same way.

 

[Stealph Viper]

And whose to say that all Carp like the same baits and flavours.

Take Marmite, you either love it or hate it, the same may apply to fish.