Commonly know round my parts as UNITED's. Why you can't get sky blues I don't know as I'm sure they'd out fish united's any day of the week :lol2:although I do use red and whites. I never have any stain from them though.
I would never use bronze maggots!
Commonly know round my parts as UNITED's. Why you can't get sky blues I don't know as I'm sure they'd out fish united's any day of the week :lol2:
Try rubbing hands with Cif.
I have never used bronze after the cancer scare. Even if they are supposed to be stained with something else now I am still suspicious. Who knows if someone has used something they shouldn't.
Anyone remember the big name who died.
The local tackle shop to me still uses the powdered crystals that where supposed to be banned. Apparently it wasn't banned and it's still legal to use it. They just put it on the maggots and shake them around and the powder covers the maggots and impregnates their skin. I was given some by accident mixed into my normal reds and whites and the stain ruined my white stradic reel and made my rod corks yellow n'all. It also stained my hands and I wasn't to pleased. I let the shop assistant know my feelings next time I went in the shop!
I found this on google and wondered what these dye's might be doing to the fish that eat them?
How are maggots coloured?
Maggots are naturally white and are generally coloured by eating meat that has already been died. The dyes used to colour the meat include rhodamine (for fluoro maggots), auramine (for yellow maggots) and Sudan Red (for red maggots). Although the first two are carcinogenic, because the dye is within the maggot the danger to the angler is thought to be limited. It should be noted that following its research into red maggot dye, the Dutch Angling Federation banned the used of all coloured maggots in Holland and is calling for a European wide ban.