Attractor baits rely on smell/taste - ie the promise of food
food baits rely on the fact that fish recognise(?) that there is a "nutritional" benefit to eating the bait
there is a theory that longterm food baits should be made up of lots of ingredients, and little flavour, so that the fish cant "recognise" one particular flavour/taste in the bait, so its got less chance of blowing. views anyone?
Always thought of Active-8 as a food bait... Things like Tutties and Pineapple as attactor baits... I could (and expect to be) very wide of the mark mind you...
I agree BN, I think of A8, Grange, Club mix etc as food baits, and view Tuttis etc as attractor baits.
But if you look at the Richworth bumf, then they say Tuttis are a food bait.
A8 isn't an HNV, but a food bait, there is a difference.
Food baits can be air dried, or kept unfrozen for a couple of days.
HNV's start to lose their effective pulling power after 8 to 12 hours.
I've been wondering about flavouring some home rolled A8's... An attractive flavoured food bait... But surely food baits are attractive any way... I dunno its all confusing to me... HNV... Can't even start to think about that...
It's all in the eggs and the preparation you know.
If I'm looking for a quick hit, I'll up the liquid to egg level and this seems to work very well for barbel and chub. (and bream......)
If I'm using it longish term on a lake, then I'll keep to the recommended levels or slightly lower.
This is just for paste obviously.
My boilies I buy ready rolled from Mainline, or if from a tackle shop, then only the ones in the proper Mainline bags.
(unless I know the shop and I know for definite that they only buy them from Mainline)