I have a few bottles of old mixmasters, sure I had a Solar sheet with the combos hidden away somewhere. Perhaps an old tacklebox catalogue

Sure they are old, oxodized and slightly evaporated/concentrated but some were in the old gold label bottles when I got them over 20 years ago and still catching when they went into storage.
All have either been bagged in screw top beakers or decanted into brown glass bottles..

Can anyone remember some of the original combos that Solar used to recommend?

in the goodie box

Squid & Octopus koi rearer ( 200ml)
Black & Blue ~90ml
Esterblend 12 ~50ml
Ester Cream ~90ml
Ester Strawberry ~25ml
Pear of Bananas 50ml wish I still had the caramel toffee but iirc inclusion was high
Liquid candy ~40ml
Powdered Candy- sealed

cheers

In reply to Post #1
Squid & Octopus / ester cream and burying acid was always my favourite. Although im pretty certain I swapped the cream for scopex

I think E12 / black & blue was also a big one

In reply to Post #1
Absolutely loved the caramel toffee and pear of bananas combo, in the dairy cream savay seed mix 😃

In reply to Post #3
Top Banana, probably one of the best winter day ticket flavours I used, shop bought or home rolled on a birdfood base.
Never got on with Quench tho.

vaguely remember using S&O, E-12 and stimulin amino? Hell of a tench bait.


Mentioning Quench..get the right words in the search box..
Must be afew more on the Savay mix?

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
5 ml Solar Mixmaster Quench

Recipe No. 2

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
3 ml Solar Mixmaster Ester Strawberry
2 ml Solar Mixmaster Esterblend

Recipe No. 3

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
4 ml Solar Mixmaster Ester Pineapple
1 ml Solar Candy Sweetener

Recipe No. 4

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
4 ml Solar Mixmaster Pear of Bananas
4 ml Solar Mixmaster Estercream

In reply to Post #2
Squid & Octopus / ester cream and burying acid was always my favourite. Although im pretty certain I swapped the cream for scopex

Maybe I'll crack open my last bottle of RH Scopex for some pop-ups

Used to use the S/O at 7ml per egg for hookbaits on a milk protein base way back in the early 90's and very effective it was to.

In reply to Post #3
Now you're talking, I'd still use it if available, maybe with a nut meal element added.
I've got the old Solar recipe pamphlet in a box somewhere...hmm

In reply to Post #1
Personally I wouldn't mix anything with the Squid and Octopus.
Isn't it one of the few alkaline attractors and mixing anything on the acidic side would only diminish its effectiveness?

In reply to Post #7
I still roll and use something very similar for cold water fishing, for nostalgic reasons. It was such a good bait!

In reply to Post #8
5ml Squid and Oct and 5ml Ester Cream was a great combo.

To me, it always smelt a bit like that yellow liquid Antibiotic - Amoxicillin that you used to have as a ill kid.

Yes it was, I seem to remember Frank Warwick in his book saying Squid & Octopus it's PH was high around 10 to 14. Also using it at levels of 10 to 20ml per 1 egg high attract singles.

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
7ml Squid & Octopus
2ml Esterblend 12

500g Solar Quench Base Mix
6 eggs
4ml Pear of Bananas
2ml Esterblend 12

500g Solar Mega Pro Mix ( remember that protein mix )
6 eggs
3ml Pear of Bananas
2ml Esterblend 12
1 teaspoon Candy sweetener enhancer

500g Solar Neptune Base Mix
6 eggs
5ml Squid & Octopus

As Solar baits are no more, I believe? Does anyone know where Lockey used to source his flavours from? I believe his esterblend came from Campbells. Exactly the same as Richworths Tutti. And I believe his ester cream was the same as Geoff kemps old dairy cream. Would that of been from someone like Unbar Rothan Essex based flavour house. What about Sqid & Octopus??? Just curious really.

In reply to Post #11
I believe his esterblend came from Campbells

from what I've read E-12 originated from a German company, a boiled sweet flavouring.

In reply to Post #11
As far as I know Solar Ester Cream, Geoff Kemp's Dairy Cream, and Kevin Maddock's Cream RM30 were all the same and sourced from Unbar Rothon. It can still be ordered from them as I remember getting a few flavour samples last year.

In reply to Post #13
https://radfordway.com/products/

He was on Sam's podcast a while ago

In reply to Post #3
This recipe was it..

500g Solar Dairy Cream Base Mix
6 eggs
5 ml Caramel Toffee
4 ml Pear Of Bananas

In reply to Post #15
Pretty much. Seem to remember it also had liquid candy sweetener (if that was a Solar product? If not, I've got confused with another old recipe).

In reply to Post #16
Liquid candy sweetener was indeed a Solar product, used at 1 to 3ml per mix

In reply to Post #17
Pretty sure I used it at 1ml per 500g, along with the rest of the recipe you mentioned 😋

In reply to Post #17
Liquid candy sweetener was indeed a Solar product, used at 1 to 3ml per mix

0.1g of the Powdered Candy in a demijohn of Sloe gin gives an ephemoral sparkling bubblegum aftertaste