In reply to Post #15
I pre rolled my Active 8 because the stuff bought wasn't patch on the old boilie.
For some reason when I rolled my own and added nutramino it was awesome.
But I'm tired of rolling now so changed
I pre rolled my Active 8 because the stuff bought wasn't patch on the old boilie.
For some reason when I rolled my own and added nutramino it was awesome.
But I'm tired of rolling now so changed
In reply to Post #6
Premier Fish Base.
Because every great fishmeal since has its core built around the fishmeal/CLO/milks combo.
Premier Fish Base.
Because every great fishmeal since has its core built around the fishmeal/CLO/milks combo.
In reply to Post #17
Have to agree with that..
Have to agree with that..
Can't include BFM or Trigga because some of the core ingredients are just not available anymore , yet Nutrabaits still call the new baits with the old name , basically resting on the laurels of the old recipes. Not saying the new base mixes are not great carp catchers , but did they have the same impact on waters as the originals did 20/30 years ago ?
Probably not .
Probably not .
In reply to Post #15
Does anyone what the key ingredients in activ8 were?
Does anyone what the key ingredients in activ8 were?
In reply to Post #20
I'd be interested to know too!
I'd be interested to know too!
In reply to Post #13
Forgot about Active-8
I still have some that I air dried about 15 years ago
Forgot about Active-8
I still have some that I air dried about 15 years ago
In reply to Post #20
Keramine and a meat meal (not meat and bone).
The flavour was a water based Boiled Ham.
Having also air dried some too many moons ago, I remember the smell taking on a slight parmesan type aroma, so I suspected that there was some form of cheese powder in there too (as there was in the Grange)
And I agree, the original was a damn fine bait!
Keramine and a meat meal (not meat and bone).
The flavour was a water based Boiled Ham.
Having also air dried some too many moons ago, I remember the smell taking on a slight parmesan type aroma, so I suspected that there was some form of cheese powder in there too (as there was in the Grange)
And I agree, the original was a damn fine bait!
In reply to Post #19
Haiths Robi red, CLO fishmeal and milk proteins all still readily available. Maybe a few tweeks. But I doubt it effected the baits ability to catch that much I'd of thought.
Haiths Robi red, CLO fishmeal and milk proteins all still readily available. Maybe a few tweeks. But I doubt it effected the baits ability to catch that much I'd of thought.
In reply to Post #24
Yep... BFM is easily made from scratch to the original recipe.
Trigga would be more difficult as Trigerol isn't available now, although the bulk of that product was actually hydrolysed chicken liver. So adding that with krill, to a good proper fishmeal/CLO/milks type base would get you pretty close I'd have thought?
Yep... BFM is easily made from scratch to the original recipe.
Trigga would be more difficult as Trigerol isn't available now, although the bulk of that product was actually hydrolysed chicken liver. So adding that with krill, to a good proper fishmeal/CLO/milks type base would get you pretty close I'd have thought?
In reply to Post #19
Im not sure that isn't true of all the older baits (not just Nutrabaits) with the various laws and restrictions placed on ingredients.
Im not sure that isn't true of all the older baits (not just Nutrabaits) with the various laws and restrictions placed on ingredients.
In reply to Post #25
Trigerol is a figment of some ones imagination ,like so many supposed exotic ingredients ,
the flavour which was liver came from Pancosma , I knew the dear lady ( dead several years now from the big C )who operated the office in Nottingham quite well , and she told me what Nutrabaits were buying at the time and the base mix was a copy of a very successful bait still in production today but without the Robin Red (too expensive ) They actually purchased their first Krill and Hydrolysed fish from the company that still make the bait.
As for Hydrolysed Chicken liver I doubt it, they were selling Beef liver powder at £8.00 for 50grms at the time.
Trigerol is a figment of some ones imagination ,like so many supposed exotic ingredients ,
the flavour which was liver came from Pancosma , I knew the dear lady ( dead several years now from the big C )who operated the office in Nottingham quite well , and she told me what Nutrabaits were buying at the time and the base mix was a copy of a very successful bait still in production today but without the Robin Red (too expensive ) They actually purchased their first Krill and Hydrolysed fish from the company that still make the bait.
As for Hydrolysed Chicken liver I doubt it, they were selling Beef liver powder at £8.00 for 50grms at the time.
In reply to Post #23
The Grange bait flavour was a boiled or smoked ham flavour that they brought off Rod Hutchinson
The Grange bait flavour was a boiled or smoked ham flavour that they brought off Rod Hutchinson
In reply to Post #28
Didn't the OG grange bait also contain blue cheese powder?
Didn't the OG grange bait also contain blue cheese powder?
In reply to Post #28
Wasn't that activ-8? The original grange didn't contain any flavour. CSL was added but people often used milky toffee or sweet plum as well.
Wasn't that activ-8? The original grange didn't contain any flavour. CSL was added but people often used milky toffee or sweet plum as well.