Hair Rig for Carp Fishing: A Complete Guide
A step-by-step hair rig guide that actually works on the bank—knot, length, stops, hook choice, and the details that improve hookholds.
Robert Hellon
Tiger Nuts for Carp Fishing: Safe Preparation, Hookbait Use and Michigan Strategy
How to prep tiger nuts safely, store them properly, and fish them on hair rigs and PVA—plus the mistakes that ruin batches.
How to Catch More Carp with Solid PVA Bags
Solid bag fishing made simple—what to put in the bag, how to build it, and how to adjust for distance, silt, weed, and pressured fish.
Particles for Carp Fishing: Safe Preparation, Baiting Amounts and Michigan Strategy
A Michigan-friendly particles system—safe prep, storage, baiting amounts, and how to fish corn, seeds, nuts, and beans without hurting carp.
Boilie Problems: Real Causes and Fixes
Boilie problems are rarely caused by one dramatic mistake. Most failures come from small decisions that stack up: too much liquid, not enough rest time, poor cohesion, wrong nozzle size, overboiling, drying too fast, bagging bait too soon or judging…
Prebaiting Big Lakes: A Practical 4-Week Carp Plan
A simple session log you can copy—what I record, why it matters, and an example that shows how decisions change the result.
Boilie School BS-06: Using Boilies on the Bank
Using boilies on the bank is where bait theory has to become carp fishing. By this point in Boilie School, you should understand what boilies are, what ingredients do, how base mix families differ, how liquids work, and how to…
Boilie School BS-05: Making Boilies Step by Step
Making boilies step by step Making boilies step by step is not just following a recipe. A good boilie is not finished when the dry mix totals 1 kg. The bait still has to be mixed, rested, rolled, cooked, dried,…
Boilie School BS-04: Boilie Liquids and Additives
Boilie liquids and additives are where many homemade bait makers lose control. The dry base mix may be carefully built. The recipe may contain good ingredients. The protein, fat, carbohydrate and structure may all make sense. Then the liquid phase…
Boilie School BS-03: Boilie Base Mix Families
Boilie base mix families are the big-picture bait categories that help homemade bait makers understand what a boilie is trying to do before copying a recipe. Before you buy expensive ingredients, stack powders into a complicated formula or chase a…