making boilies

[geoffjohnson]

Hi lads just bought a load of bait making equipment off ebay lots of different size tables gardener deluxe sausage gun plus loads of flavours.mananged to knock up about a kilo of my own recipe from a 50/50 ritchworth gold base mix but it took me ages as i have never mixed but was made up the way they come out in the end,but seemed to be struggling finding the correct size nozzle for the table also on the big tables i was wondering how many strips of sausages to use to best effect some of the boilies would be perfect while others would just drag across the table and not roll very well just after some general tips to make the job easier,looking forward to trying out the ones i have mixed

[Deano]

welcome to the world of roll your own.....boilies that is...lol.. I have used a few tables and find that two sauages is best but maybe you can squeeze 3 on but I found that doing this resulted in the odd boilie getting rolled up together... I now use a gardner rollaball baitmaster (large table).sometimes a little oil helps but if you get the consistency right they will roll well without.Happy rolling and look forward to nailing your first kippers on homemades
PS you dont need to roll em either just gun out the sausage cut into strips and boil then chop.Been doing well myself on the chops lately well plenty of pickups....lost a few.... something a little different maybe....

[andy_s]

hi mate, the nozzle problem is just something you have to doctor yourself, when gardener make the nozzles they are never the correct size. The best advice i can give is to cut them back with a sharp stanley knife a little at a time and just keep testing it on the table, or you can rub it back with some coarse emery paper.

hope this hel;ps mate

[geoffjohnson]

Thanks for the advice lads on rolling my own baits,one thing i wont be doing is mixing in the house i have been pushed out in the shed i wonder why!

[kevw]

Bit of oil like Deano says worked for me, or salmon oil in the mix.

50/50 mixes aren't usually too bad, mistake I always made at first was not putting enough pressure on the table.