Who breeds or uses Gozzers now?

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For many the perfect Maggot is the Gozzer but you can not buy these in tackle shops that i know of so you have to breed them,not many like the idea of that but it is a simple thing to do,do any of you guys breed these if so do you think they are the best maggots you can use?
 
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If I remember rightly, it's a case of getting a sheeps heart (from the butchers) and putting it in a dark place for a week or so, not tried it myself though even though it sounds simple enough.
 
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If you want a full explaination of how to produce gozzers by the master .Get yourself a copy of Ivan Marks on match fishing he goes into the subject in depth . what to use when to use it . He says if he did not have gozzers he would not fish for summer bream.
 
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Don't use them these days, but used to always take them to the festivals in Denmark or Sweden, sometimes if you ordered ahead the bait-man would keep them for you too.

First class bait for Bream in the stillwaters and on the rivers the bigger Roach loved them.
 
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Just out of interest, is it a different species of fly to the usual bluebottle that is used to produce gozzers? If so, how do you ensure that only the right fly gets to the pigs heart?
 
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David Dalton said:
Just out of interest, is it a different species of fly to the usual bluebottle that is used to produce gozzers? If so, how do you ensure that only the right fly gets to the pigs heart?
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You have to get specially trained bluebottles:D;):)
 
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Crikey Stan......that's a long forgotten bait matey...

However....it is a great bait for bream, my brothers used them all the time in their heyday............( that's my brothers' heyday......not the gozzers )

...never tried it myself though.

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The gozzer fly is a subspecies of the regular bluebottle, and which only blows fresh meat in the dark - according to my Encyclopaedia of Coarse Fishing Baits. If anyone is interested, I can look up the scientific name.

Never tried to breed them, but would consider it if I was to fish a hard bream water.

Loads of the old books go into great detail regarding the process of breeding these super maggot hookbaits, which I suppose gives an indication of the faith/value placed on them by the best match anglers of the day.
 
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Anyone seriously contemplating this needs a word of warning-the stench when you open up the newspaper wrapping is quite unbelievable-totally indescribable.
 
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