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In reply to Post #9
There's a world of difference between those two things. Anyone selling airballs for hiked prices is pulling your pants down. As an example.... When we made the TackleBox & FishOn airballs... I did them for FREE. Gave them to the two shops by the box load. Both are owned by good friends who have always helped me.
But they were given, for free. Could knock them out all day, everyday, for buttons, literally by the millions.
As JamieWest said... That's why there are now soooo many hook bait firms. Poor anglers who simply don't know/understand the difference. Mainly dosed blanks. Money for old rope.
If you own a Ferrari... You will have certain stupid people telling you that their Ford Focus is just as good. They will find every reason in the world why their car is as good as yours inside their heads... Like a strange obsession... Because they can't afford a Ferrari. That's just human nature. In carp fishing hook baits now... Reliant Robins are being priced up like the Ferraris.
Anyway. This is Lunar Hook Baits thread. Good luck to them. Good luck to all the rest too.
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In reply to Post #10
Quote... Tougher than plastering ?đ€đ
Of course not on a like for like basis.
In reality, in my world now.... Far far tougher. I collapse into bed most nights. I rarely know what day it is. It all blends into one. I literally work sixteen hours a day seven days a week. It was six & a half weeks I have not had a day off for, not a month. Not a single day. If I am awake, I am working. That brings a pressure that plastering never could.
Yesterday we had 67 separate messages to the work mobile. 67 different carpers new to us that want a reply. The day before 42. Most have not been answered yet. At the same time I have the shops asking constantly when they will have more product that the punters are all screaming for. It's not just about rolling pop ups anymore. We are having much larger premises very soon. That will allow for more staff. Once the website eventually goes, it will take so much pressure off of me.
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In reply to Post #25
I consider old
When you have to scroll quite a way back on an internet site to find your year of birth lol
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In reply to Post #23
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In reply to Post #22
Iâm old aswell⊠
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In reply to Post #21
If being old means the idea of a goo bar is...just...well...then I'm happy in my senility
Oi, you can't call people old anymore...that's ageist
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In reply to Post #17
Blimey
Say youâre old without saying youâre old lol
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Those songs will be in my head for another few years now!
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In reply to Post #17
Danger danger
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In reply to Post #17
Bit of a bucket list for you JP... Is it.. I'm sure Hamidi would be up for something like that, if you asked.. anything for a sale...  
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In reply to Post #14
Christ, why have I got a Electric Six song in my head, with a topless Danny Fairbrass in top hat behind poles* image 
You'll get that...or you won't
* changed bars for poles....goo bar ....goo bar
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In reply to Post #14
No there was another one, hidden over in a corner. A similar thing though
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In reply to Post #12
That would of been Korda and Mainlines Goo bar. What ever you believe goes into there make up. They no doubt still catch a few.. 
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In reply to Post #12
Anglers are conditioned to like shiney and pretty things. I showed someone a pot of Marks, and they said "people may be put off because they are not perfectly round".
This is the problem. Folk want things to match the lake bottom, have things blended in like a ****ing Dulux colour chart, yet want a bright pink perfectly round pop up that smells of elderflowers, sitting 4 inches above bright gravel.
Carp anglers have zero common sense, and don't see when they are truly getting mugged off for a pound note. They are happy to spend 60p each on the sharpest hook known to man, yet scoff at spending 60p on their hookbait
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In reply to Post #11
This was going on at the Brands Hatch show. I forget the name of the company. A Woolworths style pick'n'mix counter with assumed coloured blanks. Fill a pot, choose your 'flavour combo' from the cocktail bar, a quick squirt and a swish in a fancy looking pot. Hand your card over. The stand was busy each time I walked past...
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In reply to Post #9
A lot just buy bulk unflavoured cardboard pop ups, douse them in a bit of flavour then pedal them out at ÂŁ8-ÂŁ12 a pot. Easiest money youâll ever earn. Again, not aimed at anyone in particular.
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In reply to Post #8
Tougher than plastering ?đ€đ
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In reply to Post #8
Just was saying that anyone can make a few quid by pedalling a standard air ball with a load of spiel around it. Sell 100 tubs as âexclusiveâ and if people never catch it doesnât matter as theyâre looking for a short term gain not long term repeat customers. Much cheaper to set up a hookbait business than a food bait one too. Hence why there is so many all of a sudden offering something âuniqueâ at ÂŁ16 a pot of airballs.
SHB not included in my train of thought about why there are so many hookbait companies all of a sudden. Nor was Lunar, not aiming it at anyone, just a generalised thought on the prevalence of all the new hookbait companies appearing. Bit like when people realised they can order terminal tackle bits from alibaba and a load of tackle companies appeared overnight. Not many lasted and the same will happen with the hookbaits based on catches on them.
All the best for the op!
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In reply to Post #4
Quote... the above is just a reflection on how easy it is to make a few quid from hookbaits.
Could you explain that quote to my broken/aching body please? 
It's 17:30 on Sunday, I started at 4:30am, I am not finished for another couple of hours yet. I have not had a single day off for over a month now & I need an operation end of month (work related). I wish it was bloody easy
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In reply to Post #5
Quote... The hookbait game has come a long way from Lee Lagans ' Hookers " range of corkball pop ups. The first to produce a dedicated range of hookbaits.
Lee was already gone when we first started. There was only UB when we started. They went a few years after. Five open every single week now. Good luck to all of them, including Lunar hook baits... Not to former customers though trying so desperately to rip us off. Or Ali. **** luck for those. It's not always unfamiliar faces making these pop ups though. Former pop up makers who the shops could no longer sell have all come back to the fray as well as the new ones opening. Sometimes not as the main face of the business, but the same people in essence.
Big respect for Lee. Former RMC forum member. Few years ago he went missing for a day or two, good friends of Lee's asked me to put an appeal out to find him on our socials as they were very worried about him. He was found soon after thank heavens.
Lee was the original dedicated hook bait man like you say. Quality cork balls. Not cardboard tosh. Good carp angler too.
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Definitely getting harder and harder to produce some unique. Definitely limited in what you can do with a little round ball of food. And with so many doing it. It must be harder to stand out from the crowd.
The hookbait game has come a long way from Lee Lagans ' Hookers " range of corkball pop ups. The first to produce a dedicated range of hookbaits.
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In reply to Post #2
Easy to make a high attract hookbait than it is to make hundreds of kilos of boilies.
There is a market as long as you offer something different an interesting, even if it doesnât catch youâll get plenty of 1 time buyers because it sounds good on paper.
Not saying anything about lunar, the above is just a reflection on how easy it is to make a few quid from hookbaits.
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In reply to Post #2
Might have to give them a try, as like you say, theyâre reasonable in price.
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Run by Essex big fish angler Ben connelly. Not used any of his baits.. but looks like there no doubt a few catchers in his range. Look reasonable priced as well.
Is it me or is there more hookbait company's out there these days than actual bait company's..
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Anyone used, or come across, Lunar Hookbaits? Just seen them on Instagram and theyâre followed by a few well known anglers.
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