Bait

Made up of a blend of hempseed and ground tiger nut with a Scopex Squid liquid additiveCheshire Baits Scopex & tigernut boiliesRRP: £7. 99 per kiloContact: 01925 444797 or www. cheshirebaits. co.

Hi-attract, double-strength pop-ups with a tangy citrus flavour. Available in mini, assorted sizes and dumbbellsMainline Baits Clockwork Orange Pop-UpsRRP: £5. 99Contact: 01268 541006 or www. mainline-baits.

The pack contains the awesome Riser pellets, soft floater hook baits and a Nash DVDRRP: £9. 99 Contact: 01702 233232 or www. nashtackle. co.

Awesome powdered additives full of well-known carpy attractors. At home in any spod or stick mixRRP: £3. 99Contact: 01952 290520 or www. sonubaits.

Boilies containing the great fish attractor, green-lipped mussel with a green appearance that looks more like natural food sourcesRRP: £10. 80Contact: 01159 894050 or www. dynamitebaits. co.

Dumbbell-shaped pop-ups available in all the classic Bankside flavours. Buoyant and long lasting too. RRP: £4. 99Contact: 01684 294511 or www.

I was sent a tub of each flavour of these and asked to take them out and give them a whirl. I immediately discarded the black ones because they made me wretch! I am sure that the carp will like them, though. So far I have caught carp on all of the others, but the orange Fatal Attraction (smell like Chocolate Orange) and pink Optical Illusion (smell like the Old Indian Spice) have by far been the best performers, with the latter being my absolute favourite. I use the small, round pop-ups inside PVA bags and they’re quite easy to balance, especially if they’ve been soaked for a while in the matching liquid.