Fishing Tips, Techniques & Recipes

For years now carp anglers have questioned the recipes and ingredients of the better base mixes on the market. Are they justified in doing so? Well yes, they are. If...

One of the carp that I caught at Monks Lake in a recent match on Robin Red pellets. Nestled in the picturesque countryside of Lincolnshire, England, Monks Match Lake beckons...

“No ordinary lake,” explains Adam Roots Everyone maybe has a place that`s dear to them, it could be from a nice childhood holiday with good times and memories with the...

Friday, 27th June 2014 Ever since Dynamite Baits brought out their preserved tigers in jars people have been looking for different ways of preparing long life tiger nuts at home. A fella...

Let's talk about the undeniable allure of Robin Red®—a legendary ingredient revered by anglers worldwide for its exceptional effectiveness. Its reputation precedes it, as anglers are well aware of the...

Peanuts can be infected with a fungus, which produces a poisonous carcinogen called aflatoxin. Since there is no clear scientific evidence of what is a safe level for wild birds,...

Since the previous blog entry was posted online I have received a number of requests asking if the same paste cannot be made without eggs. Well the simple answer is...

Here we are nearing the start of the twenty-teens and a mere 13 years since I first started working for John E. Haith of Cleethorpes, as it was then. Now...

In this blog entry I am going to show you how to make one of the best paste baits you will ever use! Thankfully it is a doddle to make,...

Social media is something that sits rather uneasily with me. I don’t ‘do’ Facebook or Twitter, nor do I understand why people wish to share their early morning bathroom habits...

I first used Robin Red way back in the day when I was a member of a syndicate in Devon called Ockenham Lakes. My mate from up country was using...

Tuesday, 18th March 2014 Steve Scott hits the right spot with Robin Red in his ground bait mix and feed casters over the top... "I fished the last silver fish match today...

Hi! In today’s blog I want to return to an old theme that I have talked about before, namely using SuperRed as a potent groundbait that will help introduce other...

I first got interested in using what we generally call particle baits back in the early 70s when Rod Hutchinson first wrote his definitive series of articles in Angling magazine,...

  Wednesday, 19th February 2014 French fishing giant, STARBAITS is set for lift off this year with Haith's ROBIN RED and the NEW Robins, each available in high-quality 1kg packs. STARBAITS joined...

Wednesday, 19th February 2014 Dynamite Baits and Terry Hearn have taken a giant step to reveal what's in their baits and - in doing so - have made it easier for anglers...

A long time ago when modern boiled baits were being developed in the UK the very first specialised base mixes were all formed using ingredients intended for feeding caged and...

I am often asked to recommend a recipe for a cheap yet nutritious and long lived boiled bait. Well to be honest that is asking the impossible. You see, the...

Wednesday, 29th January 2014 Well I hope you enjoyed my first article for Haith's and I am back with my second article. In this article I am going to do it slightly...

If, like me you fish more long sessions of a week or more than you do day or weekend sessions, then you may like to try this tip for preparing...

One of the best selling products in the Haith's Baits range is the amazingly versatile SuperRed™. Developed for us by Ken Townley, and based upon the ultimate carp and coarse...

While we sit on our hands through the dark days of winter, with a ‘roof’ of ice covering our favourite lakes, now is the time to think about the warmer...

I know I have written extensively about paste in the pages of this blog, but I make no apology for doing so again. With the depths of winter now upon...

  Friday, 6th September 2013 Z veseljem delimo z vami informacije o naših vabah za krapolov na osnovi pticje hrane.. V šestdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, ko so v Veliki Britaniji razvijali sodobne...

During the 1960s, when modern boiled baits were being developed in the UK, the first specialised carp fishing bait base mixes were formed using Haith’s® bird food ingredients intended for...

Avem placerea de a va oferi azi informatii privind nadele noastre din hrana pentru pasari, destinate pescuirii crapului. În anii '60, când au început sa fie dezvoltate nadele fierte moderne...

Tiger nuts are one of the most popular carp baits. They are sweet to the taste and they have that ‘crunch’ factor carp anglers seem to find so appealing these...

I mentioned last time that in many cases finding a hot spot where carp regularly feed is not necessarily enough; sometimes you need to find the spot WITHIN the spot,...

 This is the first of three articles on what I consider to be the most important aspect in carp fishing. I guess you could call it an offshoot of location...

There has been considerable interest in the new Robins since their release, and one of the main queries we have been receiving relates to how they interact with proprietary base...

The battle to stamp out Robin Red fakes moves up a gear Monday, 18th March 2013 Haith’s continues to deliver its promise - to make buying the genuine ROBIN RED® easier for...

Friday, 1st March 2013 There has been considerable interest in the bait world over the announcement by Haith’s SuperCatch that three new ‘Robins’ would be added to the range of carp bait...

As Carp fishing continues to grow and the associated markets develop across the World in conjunction with the widespread use of the internet, established companies' brands, products and intellectual property...

We’ve used ALL that we know about ROBIN RED to create three NEW ingredients, and they’re all based on what we fondly call “ROBIN RED TECHNOLOGY” but what does that...

Thursday, 3rd January 2013 Bill Cottam would only ever use Haith's genuine Robin Red in his baits and has done so for a number of years as he explains in this article......

What is a pinnacle? Is it a state of mind only present within an individual...or is it something real and tangible.... From an angling point of view maybe it could...

Carp are frustrating beasts. Just when you think you have got the fish all worked out they go and break the rules and start playing hard to get. It’s strange...

We have looked at the various ‘Reds’ previously in this series of articles and I have concentrated mainly on Super Red. However, there are three other variations on the theme...

We have seen all manner of trends come and (sometimes) go in the bait business and the latest fad – or is it much more than that? – is boiled...

The period from October through to Christmas is generally accepted as being the best time of the year to go carp fishing. The days grow shorter and the water temperature...

There is a lot of talk in the magazines and other instructional; media these days about the importance of “following the wind”, but what does this mean in practice? When...

  Wednesday, 8th August 2012 I want to deviate slightly from my usually subject matter this month and next in order to deal with a subject that seems to crop up regularly...

I doubt if there is anyone reading this who has not heard of the famous Robin Red, arguably the finest carp attractor of all time. Discovered back in the late...

This month I want to show you a very simple way of attracting large numbers of carp into your swim in the shortest time possible, all thanks to the pulling...

From its base in the UK, bird food manufacturer, John E Haith Ltd has been producing Robin Red® since the early 1950s. More than half a century on and Robin...

Last month I looked at how SuperRed and its stable mates can be used as groundbait, but there is so much more to them than that. I designed the ‘Reds’...

I have mentioned SuperRed and her ‘Red stable mates’ many times in these pages, but I still get letters, Carp Forum PMs and emails asking ‘can SuperRed be used for...

How do you like your particle? Fresh or fermented? The answer to that question depends entirely on the bait in question. The perceived wisdom is that ALL particles should be...

Just to round off this look at the various applications available to us after creating a fine powder out of our top groundbait mixes (namely SuperRed, MarineRed, HoneyRed and NaturalRed),...

I guess it is no secret that I am getting on a bit! In fact, I started carping in 1963 – albeit, VERY badly! Logically I guess that it follows...

Recently I was playing about with a sack of SuperRed and was trying to reduce the original fairly coarse product into a very fine mesh powder to use as a...

At this time of the year carp are busy feeding up on just about anything they can get their teeth around in order to replace lost salts, vitamins and minerals...

March 1st already! Spring is just around the corner and the carp are starting to wake up after their torpid existence through the winter. As the sun climbs higher in...

What a super name! Hats off to Grandad Ted! Why? Because this new blend from Haith’s fits superbly into the Haith's Baits range of bait related products alongside Robin Red,...

Tuesday, 28th September 2010 Since it was ‘discovered’ by a certain carp angler in Kent way back in the late 60s Robin Red® has probably been the most widely used, most talked...

The name on the bag declares, “For People Who Like Birds”. It should also read, “For Anglers Who Fish For Carp!” As the name suggests, this blend of micro seeds...

Arguably the most popular particle, tiger nuts can bring instant success. However, we advise strongly against over baiting as this can have a detrimental effect on your fishing. Also, please...

Friday, 26th March 2010 Though the famous “red stuff” is more commonly (and rightly) known as an ingredient that is added to boiled bait recipes, in fact Robin Red® has far more...

Boiled baits based upon bird foods are usually almost instantly successful with no need for extensive pre-baiting campaigns. Most of the bird foods feeds used in modern carp baits are...

Continuing this short expose of some of the best-kept birdfood secrets in the carp, I would like to concentrate again on the blend we discussed last month (Red Factor™ +...