The A Bait today

The A Bait has come a very long way since January 2009 and the first rolls be given out at the winter carp shows from the boot of the car. Fundamentally the the core principal of pH change and quicker gut transit times are still there and the powdered additives are a major part of the plum zing and the spice UPX baits. I always wanted to use the best and freshest base mix ingredients and in my mind I knew straight away who could do this for me. I have a massive interest in flavours and attractors and whilst I appreciate a fishing bait has to be "cosmetically nice" to fit in the market place at the same time it should only be included if necessary. Experience has told me what chemicals carp find attractive and I have a different approach to building flavours now. Rather than set out to make a nice smelling coconut because that is what is selling, I prefer to blend some known good components together until I find something appealing!
The A Plex bait has been a work in progress this year and has been tweaked constantly. The powder palatant complex has become very involved but the theme of the bait has changed the same, a very basic food,(nutmeals) that tastes very smooth and above all natural. The magic ingredient that changed this bait from a good one to a major player has been the addition of the pH liquid. I am really happy with the A Plex nut but cannot see it as a viable bait for the winter months. The base is oily in its own right and is supplemented by 15ml of mixed oil on top. The bait will be great up until the really cold weather and frosts but the logical answer is to move the whole package into a birdfood. How the pH liquid will operate with quicker leakage is a bit of an unknown quantity but a very exciting one I should think!
The purple monster bait was a project I have had in mind for a long time. The monster pursuit base mix is very underrated in my mind and is very good at attracting invertebrates and having a larder of these around the bait is never a bad thing especially in the spring time. The purple colour worked so well in last year "winter show special" that it had to be worth including and my intention was to use the Red Bull type flavour that I have been working on for about 6 months. It is nearly there but not quite and I will continue with the Spice UPX attractors until I get it to a position where it catches carp very well and smells like the real thing. It is an expensive thing trying to copy a diluted substance onto a full strength liquid but it is very close. Initial fishing trials have been very basic but look good. I can honestly say that I have spent more money on purchasing products than I have earned from the bait in the last 6 months!
I will probably only be doing the Brentwood show this winter but will be doing the show special again which will include; white amber plum, Red Bull amber with Taurine, Pineapple zing.
We are now approaching probably the best period of the year for fishing and I will up my ordering levels as September was a very busy time last year. Good luck and a big thank you to all the A Bait users who have helped me with the bait development and feedback in 2010 and a reminder that if you have any photos to send them to me and I will add them to the catch blog at http://carp-bait.blogspot.com

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Best wishes and tight lines
Jay