SMARTBaiT – a Boilie and Pellet Revolution?

SMARTBaiT

SMARTBaiT X-Cite Boilies and Pellets – A Revolution?

Boilies and pellets have long been the mainstay of the specialist angler and have also gained a big following with the pleasure and match angler. As a rough guide to the philosophies of each persuasion we could say that the match angler relies on skill combined with speed, the pleasure angler just wants to take it easy, and the specialist is always open to new ideas. None of them like drilling baits and fiddling about with elastic baitbands. So when a bait comes along that is big enough and tough enough to cast great distances, but looks and smells like a conventional boilie or pellet we sit up and take notice. Over to SMARTBaiT.

SMARTBaiT say

SMARTBaiT is the result of good friendship and free thinking, loosened by a generous amount of beer. It is a story a young angler that became a scientist and then went on to put the science into angling.

Sectioned SMARTBaiT Hair-rig Pellet

That young angler was John Beech, who one day, after years of angling in the lakes and rivers of Yorkshire, packed his bags and went off to study food technology. After several years, many late nights and often too much ale, he graduated and went to work on developing foods for humans and then for cats and dogs at a well known pet food manufacturer. Unfortunately, work and the growing family took John away from his angling and for many years he was only able to get out and fish a few times a year. Throughout all of this time he retained a strong interest in the sport until one night whilst sharing a beer with a friend SMARTBaiT was dreamt up…..

….The full story of the SMARTBaiT development can be read on the SMARTBaiT website.

X-Cite Hair-rig Pellets

Hair-rig Pellets – Halibut pellets you can hair-rig with a baiting needle. These look like pellets, both in shape and colour. They’re very tough but can be pierced with a conventional baiting needle.

SMARTBaiT Hair-rig Pellet on baiting needle

• Halibut and GLM varieties
• 8mm, 14mm and 22mm Sizes
• Extreme Hi-Attract
• Hard enough to hold together on the hair for 24hrs
• Soft enough to set on the hair using a baiting needle
• 1kg: £ 3.99

X-cite Boilies

GLM Core & CSL Core

Hair-rig Floating Chum

These were developed by the same scientists who worked on the famous dog mixer biscuit. They look like the real thing but smell better and with flavours more conducive to carp. Better still is the fact that they don’t need drilling but can be pierced readily with a baiting needle.

Available in Original and GLM flavours. The GLM (Green Lipped Mussel) are green in colour.

£ 3.49 for 800g