Cheese paste!
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Cheese paste!
I have no wish to give our esteemed and much admired friend Martin what the Irish call a "conniption"! So if you are reading, Martin, please brace yourself, or even avert your eyes!
I actually bought some cheese-paste!! And if that were not enough, IT HAS A "BEST BEFORE" DATE ON THE POT!!!!!
OK, calm down everyone! I can explain!
I finished work in Harlow unexpectedly early one day last week. The Lea is nearby, and I had some tackle in the car. I needed some hooks, so I went to a tackle-shop which is not my favourite, but is almost next-door to work. I had the previous day, bought some maggots and dendro's for a possible session on the Chelmer. They were in the bait-fridge at home in Chelmsford, along with my supply of 'matured' home-made cheese-paste!
I did not want to buy MORE maggots, and so with chub and barbel 'on the cards' I reluctantly coughed-up the £3.99! (and also popped in to a supermarket for a bag of prawns)
Needless to say, I blanked!
A review:
Good consistency, stays on the hook nicely, even in flowing water. Does not stink enough, in my opinion.
Pro-tip: Do not leave an opened bag of prawns in the car.
I actually bought some cheese-paste!! And if that were not enough, IT HAS A "BEST BEFORE" DATE ON THE POT!!!!!
OK, calm down everyone! I can explain!
I finished work in Harlow unexpectedly early one day last week. The Lea is nearby, and I had some tackle in the car. I needed some hooks, so I went to a tackle-shop which is not my favourite, but is almost next-door to work. I had the previous day, bought some maggots and dendro's for a possible session on the Chelmer. They were in the bait-fridge at home in Chelmsford, along with my supply of 'matured' home-made cheese-paste!
I did not want to buy MORE maggots, and so with chub and barbel 'on the cards' I reluctantly coughed-up the £3.99! (and also popped in to a supermarket for a bag of prawns)
Needless to say, I blanked!
A review:
Good consistency, stays on the hook nicely, even in flowing water. Does not stink enough, in my opinion.
Pro-tip: Do not leave an opened bag of prawns in the car.
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Re: Cheese paste!
Plain old Cheddar is a great hook bait and, to get over the hardening issues -which is why we used paste in the first place - you can mount it on a hair. Chub don't mind that it's tough, they've got mighty gnashers.
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Re: Cheese paste!
I get over the hardening of paste by using Enterprise Baits Paste Mate, as I don't like using a hair rig where paste is concerned. The big advantage in making your own cheese paste is that it has no use by date! Mine goes back in the freezer and I just add a bit to it to top it up!!
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Re: Cheese paste!
A fresh, but very stinky batch, should do for a few sessions
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Re: Cheese paste!
You're spot on Dave, I used to use a cm piece of cheese on the hook. The colour goes and it hardens but chub will take it in a flash. I even hooked a salmon on a chunk once.
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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Re: Cheese paste!
You were lucky - - it is £6.99 on that website!!
Paste on a hair rigged cork ball - makes it more buoyant.
Paste on a hair rigged cork ball - makes it more buoyant.
- Phil Arnott
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Re: Cheese paste!
Same as you Dave paste in winter, plain cheddar in summer, when burying the hook.
Did you ever get pestered with eels? It was a problem on the Yorkshire Derwent many years ago which was irritating as both chub and barbel loved cheese.
Summer time on still waters I used Dairylea cheese triangles which is nice and soft but won't take hard casting. I caught roach and bream on it plus one water I fished it picked out the Crucians.
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Re: Cheese paste!
Yup, eels love cheesepaste as do trout and pike. I can't see me using Dairylea triangles though Phil, I'd eat them and cast the rest off.Phil Arnott wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 4:50 pmSame as you Dave paste in winter, plain cheddar in summer, when burying the hook.
Did you ever get pestered with eels? It was a problem on the Yorkshire Derwent many years ago which was irritating as both chub and barbel loved cheese.
Summer time on still waters I used Dairylea cheese triangles which is nice and soft but won't take hard casting. I caught roach and bream on it plus one water I fished it picked out the Crucians.
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Re: Cheese paste!
The mighty power of cheddar, even the salmon want it. I prefer brie for salmon. Wrap a bit of salmon around a piece of brie -Heaven.Kingfisher wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:42 pmYou're spot on Dave, I used to use a cm piece of cheese on the hook. The colour goes and it hardens but chub will take it in a flash. I even hooked a salmon on a chunk once.
- Phil Arnott
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Re: Cheese paste!
I have to admit that there's been a quite few times when hunger has got the better of me and I've made a cheese or luncheon meat sandwich from my chub baits. One advantage in having fresh bait. The lobworms I always managed to resist.