In reply to Post #1
Enjoyed the video .

I still have a few bits , Heavy metal , silkworm ,ill have to look to see what else is in the shed

I still have some Merlin, Snakebite, Mantis, Mantis Gold and real Heavy Metal left.

I bought a few spools and Heavy Metal when I heard Kryston had been sold.

Nutrabaits and Kryston being bought up totally killed them as far as I reckon.


I do still have another interview on DVD that Dave Chilton did, might be a Kryston product DVD.

I can remember Dave telling me a tale regarding his first venture with PVA bags whilst he was fishing the Mangrove in the 80's he had sourced the first batch and took them to the lake was telling all the anglers about this new delivery system for putting bait out with the hookbait handed a few packets out to some of the rota to give them ago and get some feedback, in the morning one of the anglers came back to Dave and said those bags are ***** they don't melt like you said they would you can have them back, it transpired that said angler had tied up the plastic bag in which they were given and cast it out rather than the PVA bags inside.

Comedy Gold, mind you even back then there were a few that were a little bit hazy whilst bankside.

In reply to Post #1
Really enjoyed it, love a bit of old skool. Well done Dave & Carpology.

In reply to Post #18


old original Kryston was great, probably all our first forays into braided hooklinks.

Used to love Merlin as was weedy grean and quite heavy - having fished weedy waters at the time was a great strong hooklink to use.

Kryston Ambio - used to add to my own baits / use as part hookbait dip, never found as good as old Nutramino though

My preferred hooklink material is 25lb Supa Nova. When I got a heads up that Kryston would go the way of Nutrabaits, I bought up as many spools as I could find...and bloody glad I did so too! The new stuff is awful.

In reply to Post #20
From memory Ken stated that Ambio IS/was Nutramino.

In reply to Post #22
Ambio is not nutraminio

In reply to Post #23
I didn't think that it was either. I really, really rated Ambio.

Ken, I'd be grateful if you could clarify this please.

In reply to Post #22
Your memory is at fault, MM! Kryston's Ambio liquid food was phosphorylcomanine.

In reply to Post #25
Thanks Ken.

Any idea on an alternative source of the product?

In reply to Post #26
Any idea on an alternative source of the product?

Afraid not, but maybe Paulie will know...?

In reply to Post #27
Not sure if this is the same, as I remember Ambio to be red? (can't tell in this pic), but doing a google search for phosphorylcomanine, this came up:-

Fosfor Syrup

In reply to Post #1
Enjoyed that , memory lane.

In reply to Post #1
Top drawer bloke is Dave.

Talk the hind legs off a donkey but knows his onions with end gear.