Murray Rogers
Well-known member
There has been a lot written recently about bait enhancers, flavourings etc. Some people swear by them, others think it is all a gimmick and I guess a few couldn't care less one way or the other and are happy with their own favourites.
A few years back I first read a book called 'Fantastic Feeder Fishing' by Archie Braddocks. It changed a lot of my angling habits overnight, for the better I might add. I know that flavourings, labels, enhansers etc can give you a bait which is streets ahead of the original if used correctly. That is the 'Rub',(if used correctly). Archie Braddocks must have spent untold hours experimenting to get it right, but when he did the results were astonishing. I cannot remember the last time I used the humble maggot without having treated it first with either a flavour or some kind of attractor.
I have used Ultra-bite on a number of occasions and results have been a bit hit and miss, I feel that maybe more information is required from the company as to how and where it is best used. I bet Braddocks has tried it, and I bet he played with it until he was satisfied one way or the other as to its credibility.
For those who haven't read the book, go out and get a copy, It opens doors for you, you didn't know where there. I'm starting to digress here, back to the thread. How many of you use flavourings on what would normally be eveyday baits?. I use Mollases in all my Bream groundbait, and Powdered Garlic a lot on magots, both bought from equestrian shops in bulk.
A few years back I first read a book called 'Fantastic Feeder Fishing' by Archie Braddocks. It changed a lot of my angling habits overnight, for the better I might add. I know that flavourings, labels, enhansers etc can give you a bait which is streets ahead of the original if used correctly. That is the 'Rub',(if used correctly). Archie Braddocks must have spent untold hours experimenting to get it right, but when he did the results were astonishing. I cannot remember the last time I used the humble maggot without having treated it first with either a flavour or some kind of attractor.
I have used Ultra-bite on a number of occasions and results have been a bit hit and miss, I feel that maybe more information is required from the company as to how and where it is best used. I bet Braddocks has tried it, and I bet he played with it until he was satisfied one way or the other as to its credibility.
For those who haven't read the book, go out and get a copy, It opens doors for you, you didn't know where there. I'm starting to digress here, back to the thread. How many of you use flavourings on what would normally be eveyday baits?. I use Mollases in all my Bream groundbait, and Powdered Garlic a lot on magots, both bought from equestrian shops in bulk.