Has anyone got a bottle or two of this lying around that they'd be willing to part with? Seems that Mainline have stopped offering a lot of their liquids...
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Speak with Sam at Opti baits. I believe he does a Pineapple that if it's not the same it's as close as.
Speak with Sam at Opti baits. I believe he does a Pineapple that if it's not the same it's as close as.
In reply to Post #2
He doesn't do one any more.
I have a thread a few months ago asking for the same and spoke with Sam ref this - i did get some pineapple hook baits from him but he has yet to find a flavour that he likes. He occasionally comes on here, im sure he will update if he see's this.
I also spoke with John Baker who no longer sells it, as some of his other flavours were far superior in his own words. These flavours are his plum, peach, fruit boost and dolly mixture (which is new)
Im still on the search for a good new pineapple flavour... very nearly bought the forgotten flavours one yesterday
He doesn't do one any more.
I have a thread a few months ago asking for the same and spoke with Sam ref this - i did get some pineapple hook baits from him but he has yet to find a flavour that he likes. He occasionally comes on here, im sure he will update if he see's this.
I also spoke with John Baker who no longer sells it, as some of his other flavours were far superior in his own words. These flavours are his plum, peach, fruit boost and dolly mixture (which is new)
Im still on the search for a good new pineapple flavour... very nearly bought the forgotten flavours one yesterday
In reply to Post #3
The Forgotten flavours one would be a good bet. The Guy like Sam knows his flavours.
The Forgotten flavours one would be a good bet. The Guy like Sam knows his flavours.
As they have stopped selling it could you not ask where they sourced it from
Or at the very least They could have a few bottles laying around.
DT baits pineapple chunks?
Or at the very least They could have a few bottles laying around.
DT baits pineapple chunks?
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anyone found a good pineapple?
also scopex?
anyone found a good pineapple?
also scopex?
In reply to Post #6
Essential Baits Pineapple.
Essential Baits Pineapple.
In reply to Post #6
General consensus of best Scopex available currently, is John Baker's Toppex iirc.
General consensus of best Scopex available currently, is John Baker's Toppex iirc.
Soon you will see a pineapple come out from us.
Can't rush these things!
Can't rush these things!
In reply to Post #9
Dont want people getting the rough end of the Pineapple do you Sam....
Sorry ill get me coat... 
Dont want people getting the rough end of the Pineapple do you Sam....
Sorry ill get me coat...
In reply to Post #9
Will be very interested in this.
Scopex - Catchit do a very nice one
Will be very interested in this.
Scopex - Catchit do a very nice one
to be honest and I'm going back over 20 years I found two pineapple pop-ups had the best aroma and caught well.
The original Dynamite FW fluoro pop-up with booster. Crap pop-up but a catcher.
Plenty of N-butyric?
And Mainline, but as I remember between 2002 and 2004-5 the colour changed, the buoyancy changed and the pineapple was defintely muted.
Really didn't change up to the point where i stopped carp fishing 2014/14 and no longer felt the obligation to take a sniff of any tub on the shelf.
Anyhow I think I have an older bottle of pineapple in my stash about 20ml- red label, oval bottle. I'll have a root around and perhaps that is another one for the single egg mix.
Again been a few years
but the last time I checked out a few pineapple flavours I settled on JB.
And jhhilton has given the reason why I can't find it any more.
Scopex. Yes Toppex is a very nice scopex. £25 for 100ml aint tho..
Was about as close as I could compare it to a 15+ year old bottle of RH.
I see Caramel Banana, who am I to say if it's close to Top Banana but his banana EA wasn't quite on par with Solar.
Premier baits scopex wasn't bad, ok in a bulk bait with cream stim.
Don't appear to list either anymore
The original Dynamite FW fluoro pop-up with booster. Crap pop-up but a catcher.
Plenty of N-butyric?
And Mainline, but as I remember between 2002 and 2004-5 the colour changed, the buoyancy changed and the pineapple was defintely muted.
Really didn't change up to the point where i stopped carp fishing 2014/14 and no longer felt the obligation to take a sniff of any tub on the shelf.
Anyhow I think I have an older bottle of pineapple in my stash about 20ml- red label, oval bottle. I'll have a root around and perhaps that is another one for the single egg mix.
Again been a few years
but the last time I checked out a few pineapple flavours I settled on JB. And jhhilton has given the reason why I can't find it any more.
Scopex. Yes Toppex is a very nice scopex. £25 for 100ml aint tho..
Was about as close as I could compare it to a 15+ year old bottle of RH.
I see Caramel Banana, who am I to say if it's close to Top Banana but his banana EA wasn't quite on par with Solar.
Premier baits scopex wasn't bad, ok in a bulk bait with cream stim.
Don't appear to list either anymore
Toppex nothing like the RH scopex.
Try BAF version. Very very close.
Try BAF version. Very very close.
In reply to Post #13
I've not seen or smelled Toppex, just remember seeing another thread on the subject a while back.
I've not seen or smelled Toppex, just remember seeing another thread on the subject a while back.
In reply to Post #12
I'm liking AA Baits' Banoffee as an alternative to Caramel Toffee & Pear of Bananas 😋😉
I'm liking AA Baits' Banoffee as an alternative to Caramel Toffee & Pear of Bananas 😋😉
In reply to Post #13
Correct. To my nose it's nothing like the original scopex
Correct. To my nose it's nothing like the original scopex
In reply to Post #14
John's Milky1 has always been the better flavour than Toppex for me.
John's Milky1 has always been the better flavour than Toppex for me.
In reply to Post #13
I don't think anything really smells like RH scopex, there are scopex flavours and 'the scopex'.
The bottles I have are at the very least 23 years old, not the tall bottle with white lid, the shorter 50ml one with light blue label and 6 eggs on the side.
I think even then there were cries of 'its not the same'
I had a waft only last week, hmm hmm hmm
It's been 14 or 15 years since I happened by Johnson Ross, perhaps time has dulled the memory,
I stopped smoking in 2013..nothing has smelled the same (or had the lack of smell) since..
I bought Plum, Crab, Banana, Pineapple, Frost & Flood and a talin sweetener, this for sure because I still have the remnants of all but F&F.
Must have been just before JB changed over to the aluminum bottles and upped the prices.
I don't think anything really smells like RH scopex, there are scopex flavours and 'the scopex'.
The bottles I have are at the very least 23 years old, not the tall bottle with white lid, the shorter 50ml one with light blue label and 6 eggs on the side.
I think even then there were cries of 'its not the same'
I had a waft only last week, hmm hmm hmm
It's been 14 or 15 years since I happened by Johnson Ross, perhaps time has dulled the memory,
I stopped smoking in 2013..nothing has smelled the same (or had the lack of smell) since..
I bought Plum, Crab, Banana, Pineapple, Frost & Flood and a talin sweetener, this for sure because I still have the remnants of all but F&F.
Must have been just before JB changed over to the aluminum bottles and upped the prices.
In reply to Post #13
ask John Baker about Scopex, he knows more about it's original makeup than anyone - and that includes Rod Hutchinson............
ask John Baker about Scopex, he knows more about it's original makeup than anyone - and that includes Rod Hutchinson............
In reply to Post #19
I hope John does know more about Scopex than anyone else as he formulated the original flavour for Hutchy.
I hope John does know more about Scopex than anyone else as he formulated the original flavour for Hutchy.
In reply to Post #20
If this is true, and I stand to be corrected, But I seem to remember reading, or listening to something JB said, that out of respect to Rod he would never copy the original formula/recipe for Scopex nowadays, try to make a close copy, but not the ORIGINAL..
Obviously, some of the ingredients may not be allowed, or available in 2026 to do so.
If this is true, and I stand to be corrected, But I seem to remember reading, or listening to something JB said, that out of respect to Rod he would never copy the original formula/recipe for Scopex nowadays, try to make a close copy, but not the ORIGINAL..
Obviously, some of the ingredients may not be allowed, or available in 2026 to do so.
In reply to Post #9
Is soon days, weeks or months Sam??
I am still searching 2 years later
Is soon days, weeks or months Sam??
I am still searching 2 years later
"If you are all sitting comforably, we'll start the bidding for this bottle of Scopex at £1.99..." 😂
There's some original S+O Koi Rearer in the mushroom tray behind it too...
@TCarper - maybe you could make me some special specials with these old flavours?
There's some original S+O Koi Rearer in the mushroom tray behind it too...
@TCarper - maybe you could make me some special specials with these old flavours?
In reply to Post #22
Months! From now….
Months! From now….
In reply to Post #24
What about the Mulberry F Sam?
What about the Mulberry F Sam?
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