The Barbel Show 2012

camoman · #11 (**permalink**) 06-09-2010, 16:07

belachan shrimp paste can be bought from most chinese food suppliers acctually in paste form ready to wrap around boilies or pallets once you have softened it up. also available in block form.....but beware it bloody stinks. EEK!

karlos · #12 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 18:44

It's called Belachan and it's a fermented shrimp paste, that works well for carp and tench. I've found it to be detramental to my barbel fishing, in fact over complicating a bait like this tends to result in it losing it's efficiency.
Why pay for a quality bait and then mask it's pulling power ? if it ain't broke..........

camoman · #13 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 18:54

when all else fails...... Stick Out Tongue

**jerry** · #14 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 22:15

Originally Posted by Glenn

Im sure jerry will post on this one, being a chef an all

easiest way to make a nice paste is this
go to supermarket and buy jusrol sheets of shortcrust pastry (usually 2 sheets per pack) lay 1 sheet out and cover with your choice of ingriedients, i personally also add a bit of olive oil for leakage, then nead altogether untill ingriedients and pastry are all equally combined, if mix is a little wet, add some flour and re-nead until you get the right consistency, works perfectly every time and mess free unless you need to add flour at the end
tight lines
jerry

Les · #15 (**permalink**) 15-09-2010, 07:49

The base mix as given by The saint999 I just up the salt content with either salt or Soy sauce I also add a little Halibut oil to the mix. If I freeze the paste I line the freezer bag with a little oil this is absorbed and stops ice crystals forming. The paste can also be be turned into any shape and boiled, you know have your own shape Halibut bollie.