Why don't they sell annatto maggots these days? Had some belting catches on them in the 60-70s.
Perhaps the most successful match angler who had bucket loads of "wins" with annatto maggots was Geoff Kirk-- otherwise known as the Bollington Butcher from Cheshire, he and his angling partners the Lovatt brothers took fenland apart back in the mid sixties particularly on the Witham at Kirkstead. When other anglers finally cottoned on to what they were using they had pocketed rather a lot of money.
The famous angler who sadly passed away with cancer that was put down to chrysodined maggotts was the great Clive Smith, a very sad premature death.
I know anglers even today who still claim to use chrysodine in their bait and seem to ignore the fact that its a carcinogenic!!
Maggot colour for me-- obviously its down to what I am after- if its big roach then its big whites,If I,m trotting for them then bronze do it ok, last week I had some good tench over five pounds and they came to reds.
ps, anyone still using gozzers-- I am when I get hold of the occasional wood pidgeon?