In reply to Post #11
Maybe instant carpers buy it, carry it with them, casually drop it into a conversation, then pull out an old flavour from their pocket and viola!, the instant carper has become a seasoned old skool carper
Maybe instant carpers buy it, carry it with them, casually drop it into a conversation, then pull out an old flavour from their pocket and viola!, the instant carper has become a seasoned old skool carper
In reply to Post #15
Does whiskey deteriorate over time?
Not too much difference to alcohol based flavours, as long as they are stored correctly.
But anything oil-based, or high in meat/fish derivatives (I'm thinking Monster Crab, Compound TF etc) unless frozen from purchase, will have oxidised by now.
Just because someone in the bait industry says something, don't take it as gospel. Consider vested interests. Think for yourselves.
However, the prices are bonkers, utter madness for sure.
Does whiskey deteriorate over time?
Not too much difference to alcohol based flavours, as long as they are stored correctly.
But anything oil-based, or high in meat/fish derivatives (I'm thinking Monster Crab, Compound TF etc) unless frozen from purchase, will have oxidised by now.
Just because someone in the bait industry says something, don't take it as gospel. Consider vested interests. Think for yourselves.
However, the prices are bonkers, utter madness for sure.
In reply to Post #17
If the bottles been opened then yes Whiskey does deteriorate.
If the bottles been opened then yes Whiskey does deteriorate.
In reply to Post #1
Madness what people pay for stuff. All a fad, like gs reels going for over £3000 a set, one day you'll wake up when the market falls on its arse and wonder what an idiot you've been.
On the flip side I still use old flavours, I have over a litre of original ritchworth double strength tutti aswell as squid and octopus koi rearer, my understanding is they had bits go into it which under eu law is now not allowed, I'm still yet to find a better flavour for summer or winter than those 2 and I catch my fair share using them still, and for the record I paid £35 a bottle about 10 years ago, just a secret stash of my own. Maybe i ought to cash in.
Thing with bait, it's a pretty cut throat market. Whilst I respect the opinion of baker, he's not going to encourage the use of it all when he has a range of his own for sale. I use the plum he makes, fantastic flavour, I guess it's up the individual to decide at the end of the day.
Madness what people pay for stuff. All a fad, like gs reels going for over £3000 a set, one day you'll wake up when the market falls on its arse and wonder what an idiot you've been.
On the flip side I still use old flavours, I have over a litre of original ritchworth double strength tutti aswell as squid and octopus koi rearer, my understanding is they had bits go into it which under eu law is now not allowed, I'm still yet to find a better flavour for summer or winter than those 2 and I catch my fair share using them still, and for the record I paid £35 a bottle about 10 years ago, just a secret stash of my own. Maybe i ought to cash in.
Thing with bait, it's a pretty cut throat market. Whilst I respect the opinion of baker, he's not going to encourage the use of it all when he has a range of his own for sale. I use the plum he makes, fantastic flavour, I guess it's up the individual to decide at the end of the day.
The thing is
People are still catching on the old flavours so they do still work,They may not be as good as they were when bottled but they still work
I'm sure the fish that are being caught on them today won't remember what the originals were like anyway.
People are still catching on the old flavours so they do still work,They may not be as good as they were when bottled but they still work
I'm sure the fish that are being caught on them today won't remember what the originals were like anyway.
In reply to Post #6
I know Gerry, that's one assumption, that people are actually going to use it, but there's also the other way of looking at it, that people are prepared to pay silly money buying old stuff just because they want to buy a piece of Carp Fishings' history.
As you know you see it all the time with Solar gear, people just collecting, no intention of using it, just the kudos of owning it. Not for me but there you go
EDIT As for Framey, who's to say if they are going to use it that they're not onto something with oxidised flavours, in which case they would be unique given the fact a lot of the ingredients aren't available anymore
I know Gerry, that's one assumption, that people are actually going to use it, but there's also the other way of looking at it, that people are prepared to pay silly money buying old stuff just because they want to buy a piece of Carp Fishings' history.
As you know you see it all the time with Solar gear, people just collecting, no intention of using it, just the kudos of owning it. Not for me but there you go
EDIT As for Framey, who's to say if they are going to use it that they're not onto something with oxidised flavours, in which case they would be unique given the fact a lot of the ingredients aren't available anymore
In reply to Post #21
I was given a couple of pots of pop ups with some old hutchie gear in it
I caught on them.
I have some old Nash monster crab that haven't been opened and some old solar ones lol
There is a saying about a fool and his money
I'm sure I wouldn't buy these bottles.
I was given a couple of pots of pop ups with some old hutchie gear in it
I caught on them.
I have some old Nash monster crab that haven't been opened and some old solar ones lol
There is a saying about a fool and his money
I'm sure I wouldn't buy these bottles.
In reply to Post #9
I watched a 50ml bottle of hutchy mixed herbs sell for £430 recently on the bay! Absurdity but each to there own I guess.
I watched a 50ml bottle of hutchy mixed herbs sell for £430 recently on the bay! Absurdity but each to there own I guess.
In reply to Post #23
I wonder if they actually paid that...having said that you won't see another one in a hurry. Perhaps we're all missing out on good investment opportunities, who would have thougth it at the time
I wonder if they actually paid that...having said that you won't see another one in a hurry. Perhaps we're all missing out on good investment opportunities, who would have thougth it at the time
In reply to Post #20
But it's a pop-up so is it the visual attraction and nothing to do with the flavour ? Zig foam catches with zero flavour. At £18 a tub for pop/ups they'd have to produce 3x as many fish to be worth while and I just don't see it .
But it's a pop-up so is it the visual attraction and nothing to do with the flavour ? Zig foam catches with zero flavour. At £18 a tub for pop/ups they'd have to produce 3x as many fish to be worth while and I just don't see it .
In reply to Post #25
Go to disagree, pop ups can be flavour/food attractors, just my opinion though.
Go to disagree, pop ups can be flavour/food attractors, just my opinion though.
I wonder how much I could get a factory in China to do me some old looking bottles and labels for?
Half a dozen eBay accounts and a dozen “old flavours found when I moved house” and i'll be set!
Half a dozen eBay accounts and a dozen “old flavours found when I moved house” and i'll be set!
In reply to Post #27
I am pretty sure I have some old Hutchy flavours in the loft, I might go and have a look in a minute, could be like finding a lost lottery ticket!
I am pretty sure I have some old Hutchy flavours in the loft, I might go and have a look in a minute, could be like finding a lost lottery ticket!
For one of these custom hook bait rollers £430 for 50ml is possibly a worthwhile investment. They can bandy the old bottle all over their marketing, put the flavour in the ingredients list and only need to put a couple of drops in a £10 pot of air balls as nobody will know.
In reply to Post #13
It's also been relisted as original 'buyer' couldn't afford it! But still back up to £155 currently.
It's also been relisted as original 'buyer' couldn't afford it! But still back up to £155 currently.