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In reply to Post #1874
Looking forward to getting these in my collection 😂
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In reply to Post #1874
I would love to take some of these to France on the 4th November. I've messaged the WhatsApp numer. Cheers Matt
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The Bug hook baits are done and at various stages of the curing process currently. They will be ready to send out next week. They are identical to the Bug freezer baits in look and smell. They contain 80% Bug base mix, with some of our gear added to the base mix. The liquid cure, is around 70% Bug liquid food. We took the oils that go into this bait separately, and have processed them before adding them to the hook baits. They have then gone through our curing process five times. Putting them through this process, is taking the dry powdered food ingredients inside the Bug, liquefying it, then popping it all back into the hook bait along with the liquid food. They are 100% food, with natural cork for buoyancy. We have added no binders to the Bug, just our magic.
They have gone through this curing process really, really well. From the catch reports I constantly see, it's a great freezer bait. We have just turned that into a hook bait, that the carp will find absolutely irresistible.
Anybody who has already previously messaged our work phone about them, or PM'd on here will be getting them. We only have a certain amount done for now. The balanced might be slightly more buoyant than ideal on this first batch. I have never seen this bait previously. I even asked Jason to send me a few readymades, just so I could make sure the finished hook baits were identical to the food bait. Knowing how much cork is required to balance them, can only be discovered through practice. You only find out how dense and heavy a mix is, after it's rolled. The Bug is an incredibly light mix it would seem. I would imagine when completed the balanced will be slightly more buoyant than ideal (easy resolve). The pop ups, will hold up a tank in terms of buoyancy.
The only people who are getting these for now, are Jason, a couple of his sponsored anglers and you lot on this forum. Someone asked us in the comments on a social media post this week when the Cheese would be available. I stupidly replied. Two hours later, after a scary amount of messages to our work phone, I had to delete the comment.
Just for these. Please PM me on here, if you are a named CF member who has already previously shown interest in them. I will tell you how to order them. We have them in 16 & 13mm CC pop ups. And 16 & 13mm balanced. They will be sent out next week. Please make sure you add the full name that will be on the order in the PM, and also sizes, pop ups or balanced.
Some of what we have done drying between cures
This two photos below are a 12 egg mix of Bug balanced hook baits in the bin, just after boiling. I had never seen anything like it. After boiling, the structure of the bait changed completely. They underwent some sort of strange chemical reaction in the boiling water. The bait fell apart, crumbled on its own, flaked around the edges and resembled a sponge texturewise. I panicked and was straight on the phone to Jason at DNA. I knew as soon as I boiled them, that DNA would unquestionably have had big problems cooking this bait themselves. This is the reason that the Bug is the only one of their baits, which they will not sell you the base mix for. Jason told me they wasted 100's of kg's of bait while developing it. Loads of it floating, or crumbling if not prepared in certain ways. I could see exactly why!! I have never experienced anything like it with a base mix. Nothing worth having is ever easy. We had already rolled the pop ups. They came out absolutely perfect straight away. But the much higher proportion of cork in the hook baits, had clearly given it far more structural strength. This allowed it to be cooked in a normal way, without provoking this reaction at all. The pop ups were sorted perfectly straight away. The balanced, took a lot more care and attention to get right! A 12 egg mix, is a lot of hook baits in the bin.
Same mix, golden this time.
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In reply to Post #1866
Thank you - how does one get put on the waiting list for some of those bug wafters / hookbaits please ?!
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In reply to Post #1868
Blimey, fished there in 2004 just after John and Maiv acquired it, as a test fish. 4 of us went.
Biggest fish of the week 35lb (his only fish). I had loads and loads, biggest 16lb 
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In reply to Post #1845
Well done that man 
Must be nice when you have somewhere like that to fish!
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In reply to Post #1868
😂😂 Ridiculous, you couldn’t make it up. Absolutely smashed it out of the park.
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Andrew & Tony are on a tour of public venues in france. They are currently on a 2500 acre venue. After moving around , they have finally located some fish and have started to catch.
Bet they get a monster.
Andrew, white S3 cc pop up.
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What Roger has just done at Lac Serene over the last seven days on a fishing holiday is pretty incredible. He personally caught the biggest fish in the lake, the mid 80 twice. One of the most sort after fish in a French holiday venue apparently. Repeated on several other bigguns as well. Caught the second biggest fish in the venue, and I'm quite sure the third biggest too. He banked 29 fish. Doubt anyone has ever done, what he has just done on that lake in seven days before.
Well done Roger, what a holiday.
All GPB2 crushed cork pop ups
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In reply to Post #1866
I'll be all over them bug baits when you get them sorted mate
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Of course it's okay to talk about other brands of baits on here Reuben.
Of course you will all be able to get some of the Bug hookbaits on here Ron.
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In reply to Post #1863
Loved TnM but don't have freezer space anymore unfortunately to be able to use them.
Just seen the bug post below, how do you get your name down for some of those?
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In reply to Post #1862
Think I'll stick with the bug next year and if I'm lucky enough to get some of the bug specials should be perfect over the top - pretty rare I ever put out a whole bait these days, so my hookbait is often the only 'big' bait in the swim.
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In reply to Post #1861
For me, TnM
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In reply to Post #1861
Bug and S7 for me but likely going to drop the S7 and just use the Bug. Come the warmer summer months it’s SLK for me.
To be fair I have a lot of Mark’s hookbaits and most of the time it’s just a random pick what I use as I'm confident the fish will pick up any of the hookbaits I decide to use
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