I can't believe people are willing to be 300 odd quid for a small bottle of flavouring! That's insane!! I thew away a load of old Nash flavours years ago cos I thought they were so old they'd probably be no good. Little did I know they'd be worth a fortune some day! 
In reply to Post #2
I would take a stab in the dark and say some of the people paying silly money for the old flavours are the guys making hookbaits as a business. There are a few guys online selling pop ups advertised as being made with original flavours, and the prices they are charging, i wouldnt mind betting they are still making a few quid even after paying silly prices for the flavours.
The ironic thing is i see some of the later hutchie flavours going for silly money (by later i mean the hutchie dream team days not the modern rubbish) When they were readily available shops couldnt shift them. Now they are discontinued suddenly they are the holy grail..
I am no bait expert but i did read flavours degrade over time is this not true? Same as all aspects of bait personally i would prefer as fresh as possible, plenty modern day flavours/additives to choose from!
I would take a stab in the dark and say some of the people paying silly money for the old flavours are the guys making hookbaits as a business. There are a few guys online selling pop ups advertised as being made with original flavours, and the prices they are charging, i wouldnt mind betting they are still making a few quid even after paying silly prices for the flavours.
The ironic thing is i see some of the later hutchie flavours going for silly money (by later i mean the hutchie dream team days not the modern rubbish) When they were readily available shops couldnt shift them. Now they are discontinued suddenly they are the holy grail..
I am no bait expert but i did read flavours degrade over time is this not true? Same as all aspects of bait personally i would prefer as fresh as possible, plenty modern day flavours/additives to choose from!
In reply to Post #17
Got to be hook bait makers as that's a lot of money to pay out for flavour/s that may or may not be as effective as the carpers ‘rose tinted' glasses remember them to be.
Are these just a nostalgia purchase, or do those particular Sought after attractors not deteriorate over time ?
Still got to cast them out in the right place, at the right time amongst feeding fish
Got to be hook bait makers as that's a lot of money to pay out for flavour/s that may or may not be as effective as the carpers ‘rose tinted' glasses remember them to be.
Are these just a nostalgia purchase, or do those particular Sought after attractors not deteriorate over time ?
Still got to cast them out in the right place, at the right time amongst feeding fish
In reply to Post #17
Who knows what's happened to the chemicals in these things, maybe something has changed for the better but most likely nothing more than nostalgia but perhaps there's something worth trying.
One day far into the future.
Who knows what's happened to the chemicals in these things, maybe something has changed for the better but most likely nothing more than nostalgia but perhaps there's something worth trying.
One day far into the future.
In reply to Post #3
Ah, so you nabbed them all! Managed to get a bottle of maltrex from the same place but long gone now.
Ah, so you nabbed them all! Managed to get a bottle of maltrex from the same place but long gone now.
In reply to Post #20
I bought everything I could see but the chaps had quite a bit in the mess behind the counter they didn't really want to sell to me
I bought everything I could see but the chaps had quite a bit in the mess behind the counter they didn't really want to sell to me
In reply to Post #3
I need to get up in the loft, I'm sure I've got a few bottle of old Hutchy and Geoff Kemp stuff up there.
I need to get up in the loft, I'm sure I've got a few bottle of old Hutchy and Geoff Kemp stuff up there.
I've got about 1/2 bottle of kempy's cream in my shed