News had reached me that NashBait of NashTackle has closed.
Bait, or to be precise, boilies, are to some, a necessary evil to catch carp. With so much available and so many phrases used to get you to buy it
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It all started with my annual charity match for On Track Fishing.
Our Squid inQ and Live-X boilies have been tested to what I can only describe as high hell
18th MAY 2024. 6 guys and a couple of vans up to the brim with carp fishing gear hit the road to France.
This not a scientific article, purely my insights, findings and light ‘ish’ opinions as a bait maker. I do not have 30 - 40 year experience of carp angling or bait making. This in itself, doesn’t make me incorrect either, so I’ll keep it all as light and easy as possible, the way I like it to be. Most anglers generally buy their bait as a given and wont give two pub chucks about what I’m talking about and probably wont read past this first paragraph. But either way, I wanted to pose possible bait theories and how you choose to apply/use it for your next session and also seed possibilities to your mind as well. And, above everything else, I wont be giving you a magic ingredient for a bait mix, to the ultimate bait, as there just isnt one.
The gaffer had finally broken his streak of bad luck this weekend in mid-April, taking a well-deserved break from the rolling tables and machines to fish at a members-only lake near HQ. This lake, along with another he had been visiting since the end of summer last year, had yielded zero results for him in terms of carp, save for a measly roach and a handful of liners.
‘ I certainly don’t and won’t follow any other bait company to see what they are producing...'