What are you using to create pop-ups from your bottom bait base mix? I have settled on corkballs after trying cork granules and commercial pop-up mixes combined with my base mix. Are there any other options for turning my basemix into pop-ups that closely match my bottom boilies?

In reply to Post #1
Depends on how close a match you want. I add any ingredients I think add to the taste and colour of my bait such as liver, yeast, spices, taste enhancers, etc to an equal volume of cork granules. I then add this to a proprietary pop up mix. I then add flavours and eggs. I find I use approx one part of my mix to 4 or 5 parts by volume of pop up mix. I look for a paler pop up to my feed baits.

In reply to Post #1
Loads of shrimp meal if you use it. They’ll pop up then.

In reply to Post #1
Cork ball and the same base mix
I use the dough that remain in the nozzle to make it exactly as the bottom baits.

In reply to Post #4
Same here ....

In reply to Post #1
If you have a mix that’s fairly light then about 10% 3M microspheres should do it. Be warned they are unpleasant stuff to deal with. I always add them to my powders outside and wear a decent ffp3 mask.

Personally I prefer corkballs

In reply to Post #6
Just for clarity, and I stopped using them many years ago as I no loger make popups, I assume you mean 10% by volume and not weight!