I've been making my own pop ups from the BAF ingredients recently, but they are a bit on the soft side and until I can tweak my mix I need a short term couple of pots to tie me over.

Has anyone got much experience of the fluro DNA pop ups? What are they like for smell? Have you had much success on them? Are any better than others? What are they like if you add a booster liquid? I've had terrible problems with sticky's pop ups turning into wafters if you try to load them up with booster liquid.

Thanks for any replies.

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Just started using dna myself and the pop ups are spot on been using the s7 half tones and boosting them the stop up after 24 hours also be useing the yellow pd pop ups boosted to and the same gos for then stopping up been useing them both in 11mm also been making my own cork balls out of the s7 and slk paste and doing well with all of them

I've started using DNA this year and the popups have worked well. I've only got the match the hatch s7s and the half tone s7s. Both have done me fish and still been buoyant at the end of a 24 hour session. That's just straight out of the pot though, haven't boosted them myself

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Do the half and half's still smell after 24 hours or have they leaked out to nothing by then?

Only used them boosted and still smell fine the next day evan when the been in the silt

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Yeah they've still carried the smell, I've caught fish on them last knockings after they've been out for a 24 hour session as well

my go to pop ups are dna milky malts and pbs,if I'm.leaving them out for 24hrs I do cork them to be 100%.sure,also that way I can use as much booster on them as I wish without affecting the buyouncy.

Perfect. Thanks for the replies. I've ordered some today.

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Baits turned up today. Look nicely rolled. Definitely good value, I don't think they could have got any more in the tub if they'd stood on the lid to close it. Given them a good dose of the booster liquid. Very happy.

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Couldn't agree more. I've not managed to get a pop up out of the pot without spilling half of them on the floor yet!

In reply to Post #9
what ones you go for in the end bud

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They certainly don't skimp do they. I think that's the most amount Of baits I've ever received in one tub. As a recent convert to DNA I have to say every product I've tried so far has been impressive. I'm really pleased I made the change. For quality and value they are gonna take some beating.

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S7 half tones.

In reply to Post #12
Superb value you for money,just hope dont slowly start creeping prices up every few months

In reply to Post #14
The prices have always been good since they 1st started mate

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I know mate,just hope they don't start getting higher as popularity increases

Just switched back over to them a few weeks ago and been doing well with them

In reply to Post #17
I know you shouldn't rate pop ups on how they smell to us, but I do like the zesty orange undertone to them.

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I dont use them either,if it does not cost at least £12 a kg then it won't catch fish

I've got most of their flouro range and im really pleased with all of them, with regards to buoyancy I recently used 2 22mm hard hookers tipped with a 15mm fruitylicious popup to combat bream in France and it held the bottom Baits up right for over 12 hours and the whole lot was soaked in beta stim for a couple of hours before use plus the popups had been boosted with a bottle of the intense booster, so I think it's fair to say they're buoyant enough.

In reply to Post #21
Er yep. I'd say that's fairly conclusive.

Have you found that one particular flavour out catches the others?

In reply to Post #1
DNAs website does say that their cork dust pop ups are not the most buoyant so be careful loading with liquids. Saying that, I don't think you need more liquids with these popups, they are made with high flavour levels.

I've not used their fluoro range though, they could be more buoyant.

In reply to Post #23
I've personally never found a cork dust pop up or wafter that stays boyant for very long. Cork dust takes on water far to quickly

In reply to Post #22
I found it varies from venue to venue, in England I've done best on milky malts and pbs but in lepinet they loved the fruitylicious but to be fair once I'd caught a 52 lb pb on the first night I switched all my rods to them so the others may have worked aswell.

In reply to Post #24
Bang on I use slk but on ronnie's or anything with a large hook I swop and use sticky krill they are brilliant

In reply to Post #26
Sticky krill for a Ronnie? They'd struggle to hold up a pube let alone a hook 😂

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Never had a problem. Plenty buoyant enough for any sensible pop up or balanced rig. 24 hours, no probs.

Their Corkballs are spot on too £10 a tub & like marbles 😉

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For a Ronnie tho? Yes if you plug it with cork