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TERRY
ASH
DEMPSEY
GEDEN
Another bait we had a go w i t h i n th o s e days wa s c a t fo o d . We
would get cat food mushe d u p , mi x i n g t h a t in to a p a s te u s i n g
c e rtain ingredients such as s e mo li n a to h e lp b i n d i t . I t wa s a l l
p a ste baits really. I starte d to f i n d m i lk p ro te i n s aro u n d t h a t
s o rt of tim e as well that I wo u ld b uy i n a f i sh i n g t a ck l e s ho p i n
P rince Regent’s Lane called Ro b i n s o n’ s. I t’ s s t i l l a ro u n d to d ay
i n Dagenham, and there’s a g uy i n t h ere c a l l e d B o b wh o wa s
a n old school carp fisherma n an d h ad a b a i t c o m p a ny ca l l e d
U niversal Baits. Bob would s e ll s o d i u m c a s ei n a te . Ca s e i n wo u l d
b e more for boilies, as it wa s re al ly g o o d fo r h arde n i n g yo u r
b a its, whereas the sodium c as e i n ate wa s b e tte r fo r p a s te b ai t s ,
o r so we thought in those t i m es . We wo u ld mi x t h e sod i u m
c a seinate with some soya f l o ur an d s o m e wh e a t gl u ten a n d we
would put some lactalbumi n i n , wh i c h wa s a n o t h e r i ng re d i e n t
t h e Bob used to sell, and t ha t wo u ld m ake a g o o d f ir m p a s te
b a it with t he wheat gluten . We ’d mi x i t w i t h e g g s , a n d i t wo u l d
h ave good binding q ualiti e s an d s tay o n t h e h o o k for q u i te a
while. That’s how I caugh t my f i r s t d e c en t c a rp re a l ly, u s i n g
p a ste baits like that , and we wo u ld u s e s h ri m p f l avo u ri n g s o r
m aple flavouring.
My first boilies were sh o r t ly a f te r t h at , a n d t h e fi rs t b a i t I
c a ught really well on, I got o u t o f Kev i n M ad d o c ks ’ b o o k , Ca rp
Fever when that first cam e o ut . T ha t wa s a m i l k p rote i n t h a t
would have been like 5oz o f c as e i n to a n o u n c e o f c a l c i u m
c a seinate and an ounce of l ac t a lb u mi n . A n o t h e r i n g re d i e n t I
u s ed in those days was Vitam e al o . I us e d t h at i n my p a s te b a i t s ,
b u t I also used that in my b o i l i es . It h a d a ve ry s t ro n g s me l l to
i t , and that’s what I used. I us e d a lo t o f m il k p ro te i n s th a t I
would buy off Martin Cowl s. I b o u gh t a lo t o f i n g red i e n ts f ro m
M artin in the early 8 0s. He wa s we ll re n ow n e d fo r h i s D u tc h
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