| Flavoured fishing baits from boilies to pellets, | | | | remain unidentified at the present time. If |
| meats to ground baits, dough baits to pastes and | | | | âauthenticityâ is important to |
| seed and nut baits can all be enhanced or | | | | you this is a tricky business with flavours. Most |
| differentiated further by using flavors. But there is | | | | anglers just care that their flavours catch fish, not |
| far more to flavours than meets the nose! | | | | how many carcinogenic or possibly toxic |
| The lines are definitely blurred with fishing flavours | | | | compounds might be present. But then again |
| and these are now extremely complex with vast | | | | probably the majority of fishermen smoke or |
| lists of components. Some synthetic flavours may | | | | drink, and toxins are certainly present in these |
| have 100 individual components, while a natural | | | | activities. (Pure nicotine is more toxic than cyanide |
| flavour may have 50 or more compounds | | | | but in very insignificant levels is actually |
| present, 25 volatile ones and even others which | | | | stimulatory to carp for instance! |