Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
Senior Member
Which colour of maggot do you find the most successful?
Do you ever use good old fashioned white maggots?
Do you ever use good old fashioned white maggots?
Most Successful Maggot Colour
- Thread starter Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
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Yes, also red.
Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
And yellow.
Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
Senior Member
But do you find you tend to one colour more than another?
If so then why?
If so then why?
itsfishingnotcatching
Well-known member
Seemed to get more bites fishing with two red for Rudd, (got better fish though with punched bread)
Windy
Well-known member
Red, followed in a distant second place by natural undyed.
Depends on the venue I find.
One stillwater I fish the results are far better with Bronze maggot whereas on the river then Red is the dominant colour.
I tend to use White maggot only for feed, but always with a few on my hook colour maggots mixed in.
One stillwater I fish the results are far better with Bronze maggot whereas on the river then Red is the dominant colour.
I tend to use White maggot only for feed, but always with a few on my hook colour maggots mixed in.
dezza
Well-known member
There are only two colours for maggots - red and white.
And white is no bloody good.
And white is no bloody good.
Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
I didn't think this was a SERIOUS thread! I thought it was begging for a song
YouTube - Delta Goodrem - I Can Sing A Rainbow
Other than that, depends what the fish are switched onto. T'was red yesterday and if anything, white on Saturday.
Why don't they sell annatto maggots these days? Had some belting catches on them in the 60-70s.
YouTube - Delta Goodrem - I Can Sing A Rainbow
Other than that, depends what the fish are switched onto. T'was red yesterday and if anything, white on Saturday.
Why don't they sell annatto maggots these days? Had some belting catches on them in the 60-70s.
itsfishingnotcatching
Well-known member
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Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
Senior Member
If I remember rightly, annatto is a yellow colour used in butter.
Then there was crysadine! Long gone are the days when we returned home from a day on the Trent with our fingers, hands and arms orange up to the elbow.
BRING BACK PROPER BRONZE MAGGOTS - 2lb roach guaranteed!
Then there was crysadine! Long gone are the days when we returned home from a day on the Trent with our fingers, hands and arms orange up to the elbow.
BRING BACK PROPER BRONZE MAGGOTS - 2lb roach guaranteed!
Dave Slater
Well-known member
I always use red these days when fishing rivers as they seem to produce more fish, especially roach and chub. Red has always been my best colour for roach. White, and also bronze, used to work quite well for the chub years ago but do not seem to be as effective as red in recent years so I would always use red now.
In my serious tench fishing days yellow was always a good colour, but I rarely use maggots for tench these days.
Combinations of red and white seem to work well for general stillwater fishing.
In my serious tench fishing days yellow was always a good colour, but I rarely use maggots for tench these days.
Combinations of red and white seem to work well for general stillwater fishing.
itsfishingnotcatching
Well-known member
Thank you Mr Corkers
Windy
Well-known member
Cancer I believe.
Edit: quick bit of googling would suggest that I am wrong in that belief.....
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Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
Senior Member
That was crysadine - bladder cancer
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Annatto is used as a colouring in butter, red Leicester cheese, double Gloucester, Chedder, brie, custard, etc
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Annatto is used as a colouring in butter, red Leicester cheese, double Gloucester, Chedder, brie, custard, etc
Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
So, you weren't familiar with the famous 'natters'.
Went in one shop in Sheffield once and all around the counter were buckets, must have been 25 or more, all with maggots in, all different colours sizes or flavours. Choosing which was exceedingly difficult. Especially when you only had two bob to spend on them.
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Well, chrysoidine.
One famous angler died of cancer and it was said to have been the cause.
Ray Daywalker Clarke
Well-known member
Red for me, but caster beats any maggot hands down IMO.
Had fish with green maggots but never had a thing with Blue maggots. I know a few lads who like using the fluro pink
Had fish with green maggots but never had a thing with Blue maggots. I know a few lads who like using the fluro pink
beerweasel
Well-known member
Dye white maggies with Turmeric,the roach seem to like it but you end up with yellow fingers. I suppose the posh members use saffron.
No, they simply get someone else to do it for them, and also to bait the hook as well . . . . .
Jeeves, the hookbait if you please . . . . . .
barbelboi
Well-known member
Chap I was talking to at the pond today said he was catching well on gentles – didn’t ask what colour.