Bait making, explained properly
Practical guides on ingredients, rolling, and what actually matters in a boilie recipe — written for anglers, not food scientists.
Tiger nut boilies: how to use tiger nut flour in a homemade mix
Why tiger nuts are a carp classic, how much tiger nut flour a boilie takes before it crumbles, and a 1 kg nutty recipe to roll and tweak in the calculator.
Read the guideKrill boilies at home: a homemade krill recipe with real percentages
How much krill meal a boilie really needs, what to pair it with, and a 1 kg krill recipe with real percentages you can roll, boil and tweak in the calculator.
Read guide →Soluble boilies: how to make a fast-breakdown mix at home
What makes a boilie break down in hours instead of days, which ingredients open up a mix, and a 1 kg soluble recipe you can roll, boil and test at home.
Read guide →How to make pop-up boilies at home that actually stay up
Cork dust, pop-up mix or the microwave: how to roll buoyant hookbaits that match your freebies and keep floating for days.
Read guide →Boilie base mix ingredients explained: what each one does and how much to use
A plain-talk guide to the ingredients in a boilie base mix: what fishmeal, milk proteins, birdfood, flours, binders, eggs and attractors do, and the amounts most people start with.
Read guide →Winter boilies: how to make a lighter cold-water boilie recipe
A low-oil winter boilie recipe with exact amounts, how it differs from an everyday mix, and how much bait to put in once the water turns cold.
Read guide →Your first homemade boilie recipe: a step-by-step guide from mix to bag
A simple 1 kg boilie recipe with exact amounts, eggs per kilo, boiling and drying times, plus the mistakes that ruin a first batch.
Read guide →Read enough? Put it into practice.
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