How To Make Boilies: Base mix, are the sum of your dry ingredients, you can use just about anything in here but the important thing is that it has to bind and has to roll. You can take the guess work out by purchasing your base mix from any decent tackle dealer. Semolina and soya flour are terrific base mix ingredients, you can usually find these at the grocery store or the local health food store. I use these two flours at a ratio of 5 to 3, (ie 5oz. of semolina to 3oz. of soya) this is handy as my grocery store sells semolina in 40oz bags and soya flour in 24oz bags. For each pound of semo/soya I add 1 oz of another dry ingredient, such as cornmeal, dry milk powder, baby formula, non-dairy creamer, brewers yeast, paprika, curry powder, etc. If your not going to use a liquid sweetener also add some sugar at this point if you want a sweet bait, a 1/2 oz of sugar is usually sufficient. Once you've got all your dry ingredients gathered up, pour them into a dry bucket with a lid. Shake well to thoroughly distribute the ingredients. Typically I make up a bucket of 40 oz semo, 24 oz soya, 4 oz of baby formula, and 2oz of sugar. Once you've got your dry ingredients together mix up some eggs, I usually make up 6 egg batches which makes about a pound of bait. To the eggs you add your flavor and liquid sweetener, if you want a sweet bait and haven't added sugar to the dry ingredients. Also if you want to color your bait add food coloring. For flavors I'd recommend using one of the European flavors which are tried and tested on carp, the Kevin Maddock's flavors sold by Eurotackle are timeless classics that have been the downfall of many carp in both Europe and North America. Mix the eggs and other wet ingredients together. Then add dry mix into the eggs until you've formed a stiff paste. Once you've got your paste together you need to make sausages, use a sausage gun or a sausage table. Finally lay out the sausages on the rolling table and roll away. Once you've got your rolled baits it's time for boiling (they don't call them boilies for nothing!) Get a big pot going full of boiling water and use a strainer. Boil until the boilies float (about a minute and a half). Don't put the whole lot of bait in the put at once, only do a handful at a time so you don't take the water off the boil. Once your done boiling lay out the boilies on newspaper and allow to dry overnight. In the morning put the boilies in zip lock bags and place in the freezer. Alternatively you can try your hand at air drying, which takes a few days. If you have a dry area in the house (ie not the garage) lay the boilies out on a metal mesh rack for drying, dry for four days, don't let the boilies touch one another and turn after two days. After four days if the boilies seem to have lost all moisture put in paper bags with a little uncooked rice (to absorb moisture) and store in a dry place for up to three months.
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