Stiffening up cheese paste? - help please...(and some roach advice!)

I know there are a number of cheese paste experts on here so here goes:

I made up a lovely ball roughly four weeks ago (short crust pastry, same amount of danish blue, cheddar, garlic paste). Seemed to be perfect. Put it in the fridge overnight for the next day's chubbing but when I came to use it, it felt too thin/sloppy. Stuck to my fingers etc, although one in every three pinches stayed on the hook.

1) I'm fishing on Friday. Shall I add more shortcrust pastry to stiffen it. Or something else?

2) How's best to use it (moulded round a hair-rigged boilie? Straight on a size 6 hook??)

3) Would you store it in the fridge, in the freezer, or just in the shed to get smellier and smellier. With the latter option I'm slightly concerned about mould. So far its been in the shed, has got WONDERFULLY smelly, but is showing signs of mould/hard skin.

4) OFF TOPIC - our fishing on Friday is on a river tagetting roach. (I'm taking a bonus rod for the chub/cheesepaste). Would you guys use liquidised bread (feeder) OR mashed bread (feeder, or fed by hand?)?

Bread flake on hook. Maggots back-up.

Sorry for the long post. Help appreciated.
Regards,
Gus

I would just knead a pinch of flour or two into it, and I keep mine in the fridge.

For roach or chub liquidised in a cage feeder. Mashed bread feed by hand and wait half an hour before fishing. You can also swap the cage for a maggot feeder if hooking maggots.
You can buy pva binder powder in tackle shops which would stiffen your paste...

Dont waste money in tackle shop.Use cornflower from the supermarket.Add a bit at a time until you are satisfied you have it to your liking.Remember it will feel softer in your hands when mixing than when on the bank fishing.You could allways take some with you to add when you are fishing.

I use one of the pastry flour mixes. It's a bit coarser than normal flour but seems to bind up nicely.

As others have said but also consider milk powder, its basically the same stuff that cheese is made of (milk) and wont taint or further complicate your cheese paste. Another one is to add liquidised white bread (stale), better than flour imo.

Place in a bag and suck the air out and it should last all winter in the shed.

Another vote for cornflour, add it sparingly, as it takes very little to stiffen up your paste.

Wouldn't custard powder also work ?
Cheesy custard sounds a bit Heston.

Flour, corn flour, Richworth 50:50 Gold (a left over - not specific purchase), milk powder (puppy milk - from having a puppy), liquidized bread crumb - all effective and most importantly - whatever comes to hand. Personally, I am in the keep it fresh camp. I place mine in the freezer between trips.

I like my paste soft; I want it to stay on the hook (yes, I know lol), but I can strike it off - but get it wrong and its a ****** to fish with. Add some glycerine to ensure it keeps soft in even the coldest of weather conditions.

chav professor said:

Flour, corn flour, Richworth 50:50 Gold (a left over - not specific purchase), milk powder (puppy milk - from having a puppy), liquidized bread crumb - all effective and most importantly - whatever comes to hand. Personally, I am in the keep it fresh camp. I place mine in the freezer between trips.

I like my paste soft; I want it to stay on the hook (yes, I know lol), but I can strike it off - but get it wrong and its a ****** to fish with. Add some glycerine to ensure it keeps soft in even the coldest of weather conditions.

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I'm in the mouldy smelly as hell camp! :wh
Straight on the hook Chav or do you mould it around a boilie?
I find it a pain having to dry my boiie each time to put more paste on and prefer using a distorted spring from a biro or the new crucifix from a SPLITSTOP

I add parmasan (spelling) cheese to a cheese paste - adds to the smell

No ones mentioned Viagra yet?

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laguna said:

I'm in the mouldy smelly as hell camp! :wh
Straight on the hook Chav or do you mould it around a boilie?
I find it a pain having to dry my boiie each time to put more paste on and prefer using a distorted spring from a biro or the new crucifix from a SPLITSTOP

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Straight on the hook, though a SPLITSTOP crucifix could save the day if its too soft - soft paste leaches attractants better IMO - so could be advantageous