I've been reading Archie Braddock's book 'Fantastic feeder Fishing', which I was recommended on this forum, I think through John Ellison. I got it 2nd hand through Amazon, and amazingly it's a signed copy. It's exciting stuff, but one of the things which struck me most was the chapter on using dead flavoured maggots. On the Trent Archie found he got much more positive bites, presumably because the fish were getting scared of live maggots.
I thought i might try it this close season on my nearest open canal, but I wondered if anyone had tried the approach in a canal or slow river?
dead flavoured maggots
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, Mar 20 2004 08:33 PM
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 08:33 PM
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 10:05 PM
AFAIK the reason JW uses dead maggots is that live maggots tend to burrow in the bottom of a water. Dead ones can't.
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 10:22 PM
i think it was trefor west on a matt hayes programme did it for the same reason
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 11:42 PM
is dead flavour a bit like strawberry
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 03:00 AM
Dead maggots have several advantages: they don't crawl away or burrow into the bottom. This means that you don't need to buy as many, also they're more visible. Additionally, they're very soft, which can lead to more bites.
You can make up several batches, complete with different flavours, and keep them in the freezer for when you need them. Great for emergencies or spur off the moment trips.
Sometimes, dead maggots outfish live ones, sometimes it's the other way around. But they certainly do work!
Fantastic Feeder Fishing is an excellent book. Indeed, because of the section of flavourings, I'd rate it as one of the most important fishing book of modern times! Yes, I reckon it's that good!
Archie's also done a book called "Archie Braddock's Magic Book on Bait Flavouring". You can order it from Archie's web site, that also contains a lot of interesting articles. Go to http://www.braddocksbaits.co.uk
You can make up several batches, complete with different flavours, and keep them in the freezer for when you need them. Great for emergencies or spur off the moment trips.
Sometimes, dead maggots outfish live ones, sometimes it's the other way around. But they certainly do work!
Fantastic Feeder Fishing is an excellent book. Indeed, because of the section of flavourings, I'd rate it as one of the most important fishing book of modern times! Yes, I reckon it's that good!
Archie's also done a book called "Archie Braddock's Magic Book on Bait Flavouring". You can order it from Archie's web site, that also contains a lot of interesting articles. Go to http://www.braddocksbaits.co.uk
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 03:44 AM
I have used dead maggots on the grand union for the bream and seemed to get a better catch rate than when using live ones.
Did mess about using live, one cast and dead the next, bigger bream were tempted more by the dead ones by my reckoning at the end of the session.
Did mess about using live, one cast and dead the next, bigger bream were tempted more by the dead ones by my reckoning at the end of the session.
just one more cast then I'am off home
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 03:50 AM
quote:
is dead flavour a bit like strawberry
nah, its like ....chicken
Q? if flavouring work so well why have bait at all....why not not just have a strawberry flavoured hook :confused:
[ 20. March 2004, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: frodo_uk ]
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 04:37 AM
good point frodo
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Posted 21 March 2004 - 02:11 PM
I've had maggots re-animate after freezing and found the whole process to be a waste of time.
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Posted 22 March 2004 - 05:41 AM
In 'Fantastic Feeder Fishing' Archie recommends freezing the maggots for 24 hours to kill them. Unfortunately, as a result of 'her indoors', it wouldn't only be the maggots that got killed in my household. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can drown maggots by filling the bait tin with water, but I can't remember how long it takes. Maybe half an hour? Does anyone know?
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