| Flavours catch fish period! But how many
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| | big commercialization of carp fishing.
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| catch more fishermen than fish? The idea
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| | Just as carp fishing popularity was about
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| of a flavour dispersing through the water
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| | to really explode, along came one
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| and attracting fish following its trail
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| | particular method.
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| and increasing concentration to its
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| | Basically it was fishing a 'bolt rig'
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| source and finding your hook baits, is
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| | set-up with a highly flavoured 'low
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| taken for granted now. How many anglers
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| | nutritional' boilie bait which often was
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| have not heard of the world famous 'Tutti
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| | a 'popped-up' bait which was totally
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| Fruitti' flavour? How many anglers
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| | revolutionary at the time for the vast
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| realise that actually using a bait
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| | majority of the anglers.
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| flavour is a method in itself?
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| | Only a few of us who had thought of using
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| When fishermen think of fishing bait
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| | dog biscuits off the lake bottom, perhaps
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| flavours they often think of the ester,
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| | even directly 'off the lead,' were using
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| ethyl alcohol or solvent based types
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| | anything similarly effective.
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| which were originally familiar and
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| | A 'back-stop' was used on the line to
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| popularly used in baits the original
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| | stop the fishing weight from running up
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| dough, paste and boilie mixtures of the
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| | the line as a fish picked up the bait and
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| past. Such flavours as strawberry and
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| | moved off with it in its mouth. This was
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| vanilla are still used by anglers making
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| | very effective at hooking the fish as the
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| their own baits, even today.
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| | line running freely through the lead
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| However, today many flavours are vastly
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| | weight on the line stopped suddenly at
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| more than combinations of esters for
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| | the back stop and jerked the hook firmly
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| example, that have proven by trial and
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| | into the fish's mouth.
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| error to catch more fish than many others
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| | The availability of the new readymade
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| tested. Even the powdered flavoured
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| | highly flavoured boilies and the very
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| ingredients like the milk shake powders
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| | effective combination of a heavy lead,
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| are flavours containing many different
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| | hair rig, back stop and better rig
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| components.
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| | materials and hooks like the chemically
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| Some flavours are actually far more
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| | sharpened 'Kamasan' hooks made this a
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| soluble, actively 'mobile' and more
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| | very easy period to take up carp fishing
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| volatile in water than you might imagine
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| | with high expectation of easy quick fish
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| and extremely powerful carp feeding
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| | rewards.
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| triggers in their own right. Some perform
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| | The readymade baits were of a kind of
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| far better in summer than winter. Some
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| | 'neutral' nature as the base mix did not
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| stand out even really producing more fish
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| | carry a flavour and appeared quite bland.
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| with high pressure and low water
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| | In fact these baits were even available
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| temperatures.
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| | in unflavoured form so that you could add
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| Some of the very few most well known
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| | your own choice of flavour to them by
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| original top flavors are even 'enzyme
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| | soaking neat flavour directly into them
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| active' and can contain extremely low
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| | and leveraging the freezing in and
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| levels of very special chemicals which
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| | absorbing effect of defrosting baits.
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| would actually be poisonous if used in
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| | Or you could simply put some flavour into
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| higher levels. But then this is the case
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| | a bag of neutral baits, shake it about to
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| with most of the powerful 'mind-altering'
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| | disperse the flavours and go fishing.
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| drugs known today.
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| | It's just the same today when you want to
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| There are many secrets of flavours well
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| | flavour a bag of pellets.
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| beyond the scope of any but the
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| | The effect went further in that you could
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| biochemist or marine biologist. The key
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| | now buy many of the flavours used in the
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| point about flavours is that the very
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| | readymade boilies themselves. With these
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| best can actually change the, condition
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| | you could add even more flavour to really
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| of various nerve pathways sending signals
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| | over flavour your baits or make
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| to the brain, fish brain chemistry, mood
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| | interesting alternative or unique bait
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| and behaviour to one of; "let's move and
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| | flavour combinations. You could buy
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| look for food and eat right now!"
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| | readymade floating or 'pop-up' baits in
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| Here is one basic example before we go
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| | various flavours too.
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| into an introduction into fishing
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| | 'Pop-up baits were used to fish the hook
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| flavours. 'The extremely sweet protein
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| | and bait off the lake bed to make them
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| called 'Talin' is very significant in
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| | even more obvious and enticing to the
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| connection with nerve pathways and
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| | fish. Also in all probability, these were
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| special signalling 'gating' mechanisms
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| | very likely to be taken first if you had
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| which in the end affect brain activity
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| | baited your swim with lots of 'free
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| and fish behaviour for example. 'Talin'
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| | baits' to attract the fish into the swim.
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| is an integral part of many modern
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| | This method really multiplied catches.
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| specialist carp bait 'flavours' with good
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| | These baits were a revolution in
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| reason. But more of this later...
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| | themselves and literally ripped carp
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| Certainly in the UK and Europe,
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| | waters apart at the time and where they
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| flavourings seem to be inextricably
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| | had not been used before.
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| linked especially to carp baits and I
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| | At this time most fishermen were coming
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| think this is largely due to the
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| | from an age where you had to make your
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| following reasons:
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| | own baits whether boilies or pastes,
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| Many anglers assume that if he likes the
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| | because there was simply no alternative,
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| flavour them the fish will too, but carp
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| | although there were already more and more
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| sensory systems are so different to ours
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| | boilie base mixes coming onto the market
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| in such significant ways that this
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| | for making homemade baits.
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| assumption is obviously wrong in the most
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| | The author has many more fishing and bait
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| general of senses!
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| | 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one
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| In the early 1980's era readymade boilie
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| | can have a huge impact on catches.
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| baits for carp fishing baits were really
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| | (Warning: This article is protected by
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| only just hitting the market with
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| | copyright.)
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| "Richworth's" right at the start of the
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| | By Tim Richardson.
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