Scopex - What exactly is it?

[HERUTILUS]

Greetings Fellow Members, Again

 

Sat watching I did the ever pleasant Matt Hayes on Friday morning, on the telly I hasten to add. Matt, as ever, was full of chat & he was fishing for chub on the River Test. He caught several, and one or three of these were well over 5 lb, "Good work if you can get it", alas not around here where I reside.

 

To continue - Matt was telling us all how to prepare ground bait for River Test chub, and one of the ingredients was the attractant Scopex. Now, I'm a coarse fishing amateur, but I use Scopex on regular basis, mainly 'cos I've seen such a Matt using it, not to mention the frequent mention it gets in such magazines as IYCF.

 

Thus, my question is quite simple - what is Scopex, what is make of & all the rest? No doubt the professionals out there will be able to assist?

 

Regards,

 

Mr H.

[DavyR]

Seek and ye shall find...

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/Recipe-...383#entry320383

 

...that it's a secret and you'd have to ask Rod Hutchinson.

 

And he wouldn't tell you.

 

[Jim Murray]

Smells like butterscotch to me....

[Elton]

Smells like butterscotch to me....

 

Cream Soda, surely?

[Dick Dastardly]

The main ingredient is a rather caustic chemical called diacetyl other than that I dont know.

[Andy Macfarlane]

Attractant found in fruit? I thought it just smelled like evaporated milk, butterscotch or caramel....something to that effect.

[Expat]

S Sour

C Cream

O On

P Pineapple

EX Exceptional

 

I've also heard that it was based on sweetcorn and butter. Only one person really knows and I can't see Rod posting it up

[CR41G]

ive found that pineapple boilies with a pineapple glug dip works amazingly well for carp

 

weather this is relevant or not ?? i just wanted to share the knoledge

[larsagi2010]

Cream Soda, surely?

 

I thought it smelt like Cream Soda crossed with a hint of Vanilla, and maybe a little sweetcorn juice.

Edited November 30, 2010 by larsagi2010

[Renrag39]

Don't know, never used it, but I have smelt it and immediately began thinking of ways to eat and prepare it for myself. Smells damn good!

 

Ooooh...Pringles....Nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom....

 

Renrag