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Standard base ingredients
ROBIN RED
This is one birdfood ingredient which I place in every mix.
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BOILIE MAKING
Boilie making for Beginners
1. Spanish Pepper Mix Songster Food
2. Softbill Food Australian Canary Mix
3. Prosecto Insectivorous Dakota Red Millet
4. Red Factor Canary Food Parakeet Mixture
5. Robin Red Carophyll Red
6. Ready Mix Carophyll Finch Mix
SOYA FLOUR.
 There are three main types, Soya isolate (85% protein), Soya flour (50% protein) and full fat Soya (37% protein). High in oil content they are another excellent flavour carrier.
MAIZE MEAL.
Again a carbohydrate, cheap and a great flavour carrier. You can buy this as flour or in a slightly gritty form. I use maize in every mix I make.
POLENTA.
This is also ground down maize.
SEMOLINA.
A very cheap ingredient, Semolina is readily available to buy in white or brown (wholemeal) at most supermarkets or health food shops. It is a great carbohydrate (energy) and an excellent carrier for flavours.
Using Semolina mixed 50/50 with another ingredient like Soya flour and you have the basis of a boilie. In truth a lot of ready made boilies consist of Semolina and Soya flour
RICE.
In powder form rice is high in starch and carbohydrates and another inexpensive useful addition to Semolina based baits.
As a beginner to making your own boilies try using first this simple formulae, then as your confidence grows try adding your own base mix additions and flavours.
Try to use fishmeals through the summer months and your carbohydrates through the winter months
All of the above ingredients will need grinding down to make them easier to roll. Again, these are not expensive items.
A very dark red birdfood and rich in spices, oils and vitamins and contains ground seeds.
250 soya flour
250 rice flour
200g Semolina
300g Fishmeal
3ml olive oil
6 TO 8 eggs
Your own colour and enhancer.
I know the idea of Sweet Plum, Cognac, Scopex and Tutti Frutti as flavours in fishmeals may not be very appealing to us but fish could indeed find some very bizarre combinations very appetizing.
Fish find fishmeals easier to digest which their bodies convert into energy and growth. One of the pluses of this is that the fish will put on weight when fed fishmeals over a period of time.
The only time when this does not apply is in winter as fish find it hard to digest fishmeals due to the slowing down of their metabolism
Fishmeal should make up about 30% to 50% of the base mix, with the rest made up of a binder and carbohydrates like Maize meal, Semolina and Soya flour.
Fishmeals have protein content of between 50% and 70% and hold oils that contain small amounts of DHA omega three, fatty acids (good ones) and various levels of amino acids.
If you opt for fishmeal ingredients, sieve it first to remove the lumps, this will aid you in the rolling process.
In winter months when the carps metabolism slows down they will eat a fishmeal boilie but it takes longer for the system to digest it.
FISH OILS
Many anglers place fish oils in their mixes, be it fish or a carbohydrate mix, because as an attractor they are probably the best there is.
I tend to use two different fish oils, the first is Tuna oil and the second is Salmon oil.
Fish oils can be used in a variety of different ways, i.e. put it in the mix at a rate of 30ml per lb, dip your hookbaits directly into the oil prior to casting.
This has the effect of making the boilie as hard as a rock. You can also add a flavour to the oil if you our going to soak your baits adding to the attraction.
If you are one of the few to be using a fish oil on your water I will go so far as to say I guarantee that you will catch because carp love fish oils.
MAKING YOUR FISHING BOILIES
FISHMEALS
Basic Fishmeal Boilie ingredients
Now you have your ingredients you are ready to put them together. Remembering that most mixes are based on a mix consisting of 6 eggs or 500 gr.
To make a simple mix, take 200gms of Semolina, 200gms of Maize meal and 200gms of Soya flour, put it all together in a bowl or plastic bag and mix together.
Remember, all liquid additives (oils, flavours, ect) should be mixed with the eggs and not applied to the powdered mix
Take 6 medium size eggs and crack them into a bowl, add the flavour to the eggs and if required, add your flavour, sweetener and mix together with a fork.
When you are happy with the consistency cover it with a damp towel or place it in a plastic food bag, this will prevent it from drying out and making it too hard to work with.
If you want to boil your baits, try using a chip pan with a basket which is great for adding and removing the baits.
by David Lloyd  CL Bait Supplies
Remember this is only a guideline to what you can do, experimenting is the fun part of it.
BIRD FOODS.
The next set of ingredients to look at are birdfoods. There is a fantastic choice to choose from, so I will list some bird food’s and describe a few which I have used
It also has caraphyll red in it, a known attractor for all carp. I cannot express how underrated this product is within the angling world and to this day many a top angler adds this ingredient to his mix to give him the edge.
Most anglers using fishmeal who want to add a flavour, naturally use a fish flavour. I find Shellfish Sense Appeal and Monster crab are by far the best in form of results.
I use a sweet flavour enhancer, I know, fishmeal and sweet flavours seem a bit radical but still it catches me my fair share of fish.
The main reason for mixing the two is to be different from the other anglers who might be using fishmeals on the same water as me.
Things you can add to help bind the mix include Wheat Gluten, Semolina and Egg Albumen.
Tie the bag and put it into the freezer. The boilies will absorb the flavours that was lost during the boiling process
Put the boilies into a plastic bag, pour 1 to 3 ml of the flavour over the baits or spray with an atomizer and shake the bag well to distribute the flavour.
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As you become more experienced you will find short cuts and things to try that no one else has thought of.
Do not worry if you get it wrong first time because you will learn from your mistakes and don't throw away your mix when it goes wrong, use it to bait with.
If you have boiled your baits and think you have lost a lot of the smell try this.
The longer you boil the harder they become but be aware, the longer you boil them, you will also boil out the flavours and other additives you have put in the bait.
Once you have rolled a dozen times or so place the rolled boilies onto a drying tray. This will stop them sticking together and allows the air to move round them.
The mix now needs making into sausages by using a boilie gun. First roll out a length of mix on the table and keep rolling with your hands until the sausage is no wider than the diameter of the sausage gun.
The mix should be easy to knead and not sticky. If it binds and holds well, all is good.
The amount of flavour and sweetener to use will be found on the bottle, use the correct dosage according to the amount of base mix you are using.
For many years in England fish oils in a bait was absolutely devastating.
You can over spray your boilies after you have made your mix or soaking a number of hookbaits in a container with fish oil in for a few days.
Boilies of 22 to 24mm boil for around 2 to 3 minutes, this will leave them soft inside and just forms a hard outer skin. If you want them harder boil them longer, around 3 to 5 minutes.
As you do this the mix will begin to stiffen and at this point start to manipulate it with your hands. You don't want the mix too wet or too dry so by trial and error you will find the right consistency.
Subsequently because the fishmeal boilie sits longer in the carp than usual they will prove more difficult to catch.
Fish meal made from White Fish, Capelin, Tuna, Sardine, Mackerel, Sand Eel, Haddock, Cod, Anchovy, Crustacean, Herring Meal and Trout Pellets.
Below is a list of fishmeals, which will enhance your bait.
Beat the eggs until mixed together and while still mixing add a spoonfull at a time of your base mix. Always add the powder to the eggs and not the eggs to the powder.
Place a length of the sausage into the gun and squeeze the sausages to length on your Rollaball table, place two lines (no more than this for beginners) on the roller table and roll half a dozen times back and forth.
Firstly bring the water to the boil and then place no more than 20 boilies at any one time. To place just a skin on your boilies boil for 90 seconds.
Another alternative to boiling is steaming which I recommend. This way you do less damage to the baits, keeping a high percentage of its nutritional values and flavours.
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