Particles
Pidgeon food is a cheap particle that's made up out of different seeds.
Soak for 24h in cold water and then boil for about 45min. afterwards it's ready for use. After the cookingprocess you can add some flavour.
Barley is also a cheap particle with a unique flavour.
Soak for 24h in cold water and then boil for about 45min. afterwards it's ready for use.
Hempseed, the particle to use while hunting forour friend the carp. Don't use to much of this particle, otherwise the carp can become preoccupied to this particle.
First give it a good wrinse and afterwards soak for 24h in cold water. Then boil them for 30min untill you see the white germs sprouting. Afterwards put in a bucket wich you seal with a lid. If you let the particle soak for another 24h it'll start to fermentate and produce a sweet scent and flavour.
Corn is soaked 24 to 48h, afterwards you boil them for 20 á 30min. After the boilingprocess add 25cl lemonjuice/kg corn. (the accid will help the fermentationprocess make suggars) Afterwards let the corn fermentate for 1 to 2 days.
Maples or maplepeas is an absolute killer to be used on waters where they have never been used before. You will need allot of maples because a large feedcampaign is necessary before the carp sees this as a foodparticle.
Soak for 24h in cold water, afterswards boil for about 20min untill you can squeeze the maple between thumb and indexfinger.
Wheat is a cheap particle which is also used in pidgeon food.
Soak for 24h in cold water and then boil for about 45min. afterwards it's ready for use. After the cookingprocess you can add some flavour.
Chickpeas
Soak for 12h in cold water, afterwards boil for 20min until you can squeeze the chickpeas between thumb and indexfinger. Afterwards you can add flavour.
Tigernuts are a particle that can be used on it' s own. Espcially on waters where there is an abundance of crustations.
soak for 24 to 48h in cold water, after you boil them for 45min. After the boilingprocess add one bottel of brown ale and a kilo of suger. Let the tigernuts fermentate for at least 2 days. The longer you let them fermentate the better they get.
Tip: Dried tigernuts will double in size when hydrated, so don't put to many in your bucket...