Leading Dutch carp angler Mark Noorman takes an interesting look at the pros and cons of steaming boilies rather than the more traditional boiling process...
The pros and cons of steaming boilies
Change of Method
Whilst using steamed boilies these guys stayed motionless for far too long!
Other Advantages
A readymade dumbell ended a long series of blanks.
Getting Suspicious
These little readymade dumbells have saved me on a number of occasions when the steamed baits have failed to produce the goods.
More Signals
Hot Conclusions
Steamed (left) and boilied (right) baits were left to soak in water for two hours. As you can see they have very different leaking properties. The steamed version gives the water a much darker color than the boilied one so in other words, this steamed bait is reacting completely different from what the manufacturer intended!
My first carp was caught in 1990 and from that day match fishing was pushed to the background. In 1998 I moved from Groningen in the North of Holland to the central Utrecht area which opened a completely different ball game. There was so much more water with many new problems and challenges so th... Find out more
