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Mistymere
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   Old Thread  #28 13 Apr 2026 at 7.11am  1  Login    Register
Nice mirror pal
Baitman
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   Old Thread  #27 11 Apr 2026 at 3.48pm  0  Login    Register
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Very nice 😎
vossy1
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   Old Thread  #26 11 Apr 2026 at 12.47pm  1  Login    Register
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Nothing better than that feeling on your own bait, nice
Jimmers532
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   Old Thread  #25 11 Apr 2026 at 12.39pm  10  Login    Register
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Well the mulberry's certainly worked first time out today. What a buzz 👌🏻
vossy1
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   Old Thread  #24 9 Apr 2026 at 1.02pm  0  Login    Register
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You should be very happy with those
Baitman
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   Old Thread  #23 9 Apr 2026 at 12.42pm  0  Login    Register
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They look very good.
Jimmers532
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   Old Thread  #22 6 Apr 2026 at 7.11pm  6  Login    Register
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Think im getting the hang of them now. These are mulberry and scopex with a touch of ff6 and Cinammon leaf essential oil. They smell incredible. Hope the fish like them 😁
Jimmers532
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   Old Thread  #21 11 Nov 2025 at 6.49pm  0  Login    Register
I'm going to make some white cork ball pop ups. Anyone got any flavour combos that you would recommend ? I'm thinking of a fishy/ squid based one. I've got mainline squid ade, AA baits squid and octopus and also got some black pepper essential oil, may also ad a little scopex in there too with GLM and liver powder. What's your thoughts ?
Mistymere
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   Old Thread  #20 10 Nov 2025 at 2.09pm  1  Login    Register
Well done jimmers, nothing more satisfying than catching on a homemade hookbait
Jimmers532
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   Old Thread  #19 10 Nov 2025 at 10.44am  10  Login    Register
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First time out on the cork balls I made and managed this bruiser from a 30 acre reservoir on a day session. Made up with that ! Caught on my yellow pineapples 😁
Tyto
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   Old Thread  #18 30 Oct 2025 at 8.24pm  0  Login    Register
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You can replace 20 % of your liquid mix with mono propylene glycol and then air dry for 2 or 3 days. I then give them a shake in some neat flavour and pot them up. I've done this for years and never had a pot go mouldy.
0nslow
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0nslow
   Old Thread  #17 30 Oct 2025 at 6.03pm  0  Login    Register
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See my post below bud. Dry them out so they are rock hard then juice them up. Repeat a few times and I've never had them go bad

Caveat - I'm just making normal cork balls though egg/base mix/flavour 🙂
Pro-Blanker
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   Old Thread  #16 30 Oct 2025 at 4.52pm  0  Login    Register
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Do you boys just air dry these till bone dry.
What makes them shelf life to last and not turn in pot .
Glycerin , honey, syrup hydros etc .
Im new two making my own this year and pick it all up from reading what i can on hear and norm air dry for a day then freeze my feed boilies
Evan the harder hook baits i freeze ,
But would be nice to have a pot of pop ups etc lightly gluged ready
vossy1
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   Old Thread  #15 29 Oct 2025 at 3.13pm  1  Login    Register
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Looking good
scaley&dark
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   Old Thread  #14 29 Oct 2025 at 11.15am  1  Login    Register
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