chav professor
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For the most part, I had been skeptical about flavoring baits... of course as is apparent on the Chub paste threads, its difficult to be subjective. I first experimented with flavors years ago with Archi Braddocks Red surprise and had what I though at the time to be a phenomenal catch of perch on red maggots flavoured with Archies 'red Surprise'..... And thats where my experience had laid, to be reinvigorated.
Of course, I have dusted maggots with tummeric and felt this did no harm and flavoured bread crumb with Van den eynde 'roach'..... its good for the confidence. Couple this with a memorable days fishing, and the effect of what you did becomes cemented in your mind.
Flavorants are in the most part unavoidable, in fact they are integral to the majority of continental style ground baits. Indeed, the carp industry is awash with flavorants, attractants and palatants.
One experience that did stick out, was fishing a silty housing 'estate' lake (the sort that attracts hordes of youths and burnt out joy rider cars).... Its a great silver fish venue and its easy to catch a small bag of fish. I was using Archie Braddocks 'Floral surprise' on maggots and found that my catch rate increased drastically. this was not a one off! In fact, fishing with a friend, I could out catch on the flavored offerings time and time again - irrespective of swims (though I did have a preference). My theory was that the scent made the maggots easier to locate on the lake bottom......
40lb+ bag of silvers caught using Archie Braddocks 'Floral surprise'.
I am happy to fish a simple method and add a flavor if I can see the benefit. Has anyone else had good experiences using the odd flavor-ant/attractor for coarse fish using otherwise simple methods?
Of course, I have dusted maggots with tummeric and felt this did no harm and flavoured bread crumb with Van den eynde 'roach'..... its good for the confidence. Couple this with a memorable days fishing, and the effect of what you did becomes cemented in your mind.
Flavorants are in the most part unavoidable, in fact they are integral to the majority of continental style ground baits. Indeed, the carp industry is awash with flavorants, attractants and palatants.
One experience that did stick out, was fishing a silty housing 'estate' lake (the sort that attracts hordes of youths and burnt out joy rider cars).... Its a great silver fish venue and its easy to catch a small bag of fish. I was using Archie Braddocks 'Floral surprise' on maggots and found that my catch rate increased drastically. this was not a one off! In fact, fishing with a friend, I could out catch on the flavored offerings time and time again - irrespective of swims (though I did have a preference). My theory was that the scent made the maggots easier to locate on the lake bottom......
40lb+ bag of silvers caught using Archie Braddocks 'Floral surprise'.
I am happy to fish a simple method and add a flavor if I can see the benefit. Has anyone else had good experiences using the odd flavor-ant/attractor for coarse fish using otherwise simple methods?
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