The "fastest" bait for Cyprinus

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For fear of "hijacking" Rudd's thread and aggravating #18 I will start a new thread. Rudd, in his thread, is looking for "jelly pellets".

 

Perhaps the fastest of all baits for carps, barbels, tenches, breams, goldfishes, chub, dace, shiners, etc is bait flavored Jello gelatin. Frozen cubes fished over a small wooden bead or kernel of maize is killer fast. (Hemp on the hook and smaller cubes for little boogers(?).) Flavors are unlimited as you add your own. Just be careful not to use flavorings in an alcohol base. Alcohol doesn't freeze well. The Jello shoud be at about 1/2 - 1/3 strength.

 

The "melting" time is limited and bait in reserve must be kept on ice (or under a layer of dry ice) so this bait presentation is quite fiddly. Other than that - "best".

 

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