Catching Carp on Fake Food with Danny Fairbrass

Fake Food really is Danny Fairbrass' baby, as he uses it such a lot for his fishing. It has taken him a lot of effort, research, design and exhaustive testing to get it just right, but we think that it's been worth it! We'll let Dan explain more...
"I have put a great deal of time and effort into formulating a bespoke range of plastic hook baits to cover almost any angling situation, Worldwide. Our baits are different from anything else currently on te market because they contain our favourite flavour/attractor combinations arrived at after years of making our own pop-ups, actually moulded into the plastic. These flavour combinations are as follows...
There are two buoyancies throughout the range, slow sinking, which sinks under the weight of the hook, so the hook lays flat and the bait hovers just above, and super buoyant pop-up.
The shapes and flavours are as follows:
Yellow IB - Ali's Illegal bast###s, a blend of several fruits that is now legendary.
Available in Corn, Maize and 8mm, 12mm and 16mm Dumbells
Pink Fruity Squid - a blend of the best squid and several fruity attractors.
Available in Corn, Maize and 8mm, 12mm and 16mm Dumbells
White Banoffee - Danny's most recent favourite that has caught him huge fish all over Europe.
Available in Corn, Maize and 8mm ,12mm and 16mm Dumbells
Green Citrus Zing - a blend of exclusive citrus flavours, made to make their mouths water.
Available in Corn and Maize
Fishy Fish - a blend of three all-time-great fish/crustacean attractors. They will make you hurl but the carp love 'em. Available in 8mm, 12mm and 16mm Dumbells
Unflavoured Yellow and Mixed Colours will follow later in the year to give the angler to freedom to use them unflavoured or add his or her own unique smells.
All products come with free hair stops that pull up inside the bait so the hair cannot be seen from above, a trick taken from some of the best plastic users in the country.
This is a small but deadly range that will soon dominate the plastic baits scene.
Tight lines
Danny

[@apassionforcarping5275]

I have every colour in slow sinking corn and dumbells I keep them all in a little tub full of hinders betalin and they are awesome carp catchers I see comments about buying cheap plastic corn the cheap stuff is rubbish quality u can feel the korda plastic it's soft but still durable and does what it's supposed too buy cheap buy twice simple

[@liamworsdell4385]

looks great, i will definitely be buying some!! :)

[@erikb835]

Awsome stuff👍

[@nathcox9214]

4.54 the death star in the back drop watchin a master

[@ibcatchin1]

This bait look promising , have to try thanks for this vid ...California Ghetto Carp'n Club !!!!

[@HereIsScott]

Please release a range of plastic bottom baits as well. Hard to find decent plastic sinking corn, boilie, pellet etc.

[@leafysfishing]

Done well on one bit of the slow sinking corn .. but hair rigged long ways.. from bottom to the top rather than sideways.

[@gazwoods7026]

I've tried some other brands of fake corn but haven't had any luck, I'll give yours a go, hopefully I'll get a result Danny lad 🇬🇧✊🏼

[@hodges151]

i got the banoffy and fruity squid corn, it's excellent! :)

[@andrewtate8303]

Wicked ! Plastic fantastic baby.

[@kayak1969p]

On my syndicate i swear by fake corn caught amazing weights of fish on them :)

[@nitto24]

Wow side way pulling in the carp. I've never seen it that way. Is there a reason for it or it's just a style?

[@gavincross5491]

He is holding the rod low and to the side because it brings the fish up in the water. If your holding your rod high the fish tries pulling the opposite way which is down!hope that helps?

[@2008dapper]

I second that got a lot of Crays so I plastic bottom bait would be great

[@daviderock5104]

What's the name of the danny's rod pod?

[@DickWildgoose]

Matthew

[@jameshunter9900]

DickWildgoose 🤣

[@Kev-england32]

Barry

[@ArcherProductionHD]

Just korda singlez

[@1dowsey]

What does I.B. stand for

[@fmfable2862]

What does IB stand for?

[@charlottehull3628]

Ollie A H ali's illegal bastards

[@Beesa10]

I do rate fake sweetcorn. I caught a fin perfect 18lb common out of the river exe using a blockend feeder filled with mashed up sweetcorn and a hair rigged piece of potato and rubber sweetcorn fished close to the bank. Loose fed a few handfuls of corn and bits of potato and fished more or less under the rod tip. A great thing about fake corn is it won't easily come off the hook/hair so if you're using a softer bait like a lump of breadflake or sausage meat the piece of fake corn is like insurance, if the soft bait comes off you're still in with a good chance of a bite. I think the fish might even be attracted to the smell of the rubber.

[@leafysfishing]

I fished the river ex when on holiday .. not for long as I was fishing the canal.. my missus caught a bass 😂 ... was not too far up from the estuary

[@Beesa10]

@@leafysfishing Thanks. As a kid I tried to 'tickle' mullet out of the river exe down at trouts boatyard topsham. I never succeeded but came very close. I caught a big perch out of exeter ship canal on a lure which I made from a teaspoon and I've caught pike there up to 20lb. I've seen some enormous carp (~40lb size) sunbathing in the middle of the canal (late 1990s, early 2000s). Caught a 6lb 12oz chub from the river exe on legered cheesepaste which is one of the greatest catches of my life. Cheers!

[@leafysfishing]

@@Beesa10 that's what I fished.. exeter ship canal.. the video is on my channel.. crap vid like 😂 me and my missus.. we had pike upto 10lb and a perch.. then we jumped on river before we left and I lost somat and she caught the bass.. if I'd have known there was carp in the canal I'd have had a day there trying. Canal was nice and clear.. unlike my local in leeds! It's a 10 min vid on it on my channel. I enjoyed my holiday down that way tbh. Was earlier this year.

[@6thirdtricky]

I like your soul

[@vasilemanolache1836]

Super! Traducere în Română?

[@davidryley4162]

I find it hard to think of anything Danny talks about, without him getting a run. Bit rude really

[@benreesjones3069]

Why does everyone comment on Danny’s gear mate get over it he can afford it he ain’t going to have cheap shit simple he’s a professional fisherman and owns Korda stop being so jealous

[@ukfrosty]

I'm amazed that carp anglers will go to the trouble of using a matt for a fish that buries itself in gravel but will then proceed to feed them plastic and drop lead in lakes??? That's marketing for you! $$$

[@kelvinmpatterson]

ukfrosty facts lmao

[@chodders2329]

Has your opinion changed since 3 years ago? Lmao

[@pikehunterstv5712]

ukfrosty the fish don't swallow the fake corn and if they do they r made to be harmless for the fish

[@goffy39]

can you not explain or teach things without your expensive gear in the water. I'm looking for to learn things and all i get is shows like this dime a dozen and boring,

[@aleksandrhertz4825]

Разве это рыбалка? Такие жирные рыбы только на платных водоёмах бывают. ты попробуй своей игрушечной удочкой дикого карпа поймать килограммов на 5. он твои удочки переломает к чертям собачьим. тоже мне рыбак херов.