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One of These with a quick drag conversion. Supposedly an improvement on the SS.
Or the original shimmy Aero GTE's, GTE-B's, I have both in various sizes and they've been faultless for years. No experience with other Shimmy's!
This advice comes from anglers travelling to Ireland 30 or 40 years ago when you struggled to find maggots when you were over there. They sacked gallons up for days for the duration of the travel and got them out in portions that suited their stay.
If you suck the air out of the bags they come in, they go comatose and can be cold stored for a good while. They look dead when you open them but they come round after a while. Also make sure they're in good condition and not stinking before you do this.
Never done it intentionally but they're probably as good as live if killed fresh and not stinking. Trotting them gives the fish little chance of rejecting them.
Little tale;
Back in the 90's a mate and myself bought a few pints of maggots for trotting a section of the swale. Turned up, few...
I've been using Fox micron sx digitals for 20+ years, bomb proof. If you come across any, highly recommended.
I bought 5 delk evd's from Rob Linwood and have to say, they seem to do everything you need, I even went so far as ordering the Union flag stickers for them but they're in my tackle...
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