flavoured maggots.

[Nigel Bryans]

hi all.was thinking of trying flavoured maggots this year.is liquid or powder best for this.
cheers.nige.

 

[Nic Costar]

Both work Nigel, if you use a liquid then 2-3ml to each pint of maggots.

 

[Bob Gill]

Yes have used both liquids and powders and appear to work.
However, now prefer to use a spray (Richworth do some good ones).
If you carry one in your bag you can apply as and when on the bank.
Found it them useful on other baits.
Cheers
Bob

 

[Jon Frisby]

Have a look at Archie Braddocks flavours, think they are marketed by Richworth's. Someone could tell me wrong though.
Geranium oil works for me.

 

[Steve Sorrell]

A liberal sprinkling of garlic salt works too...

 

[David Hall]

Have a look at Archie Braddocks flavours, think they are marketed by Richworth's. Someone could tell me wrong though.
Geranium oil works for me.

i thought it was quest.

 

[Clive Kenyon]

A liberal sprinkling of garlic salt works too...

As does Tumeric and Paprika.

 

[Darryl Davis]

See Archie's Pages at: Using Flavours By Archie Braddock
His powders are from Quest vaits at: Braddock’s Additives at Quest Baits

 

[Neil Smart]

hi all.was thinking of trying flavoured maggots this year.is liquid or powder best for this.
cheers.nige.

As said Archie Braddocks.

Tried flavouring, but I reckon the good old whites are better than anything else.

 

[John Walker]

i like using hemp oil; on em only drawback is bream love it

 

[Paul Thompson]

Liquid flavouring for me (well for the maggots), a drop or two of Archie Braddocks Fruit Surprise the night before to get them well saturated.

Excellent tench method, probably better for them than barbel in my experience (not that that helps any )

 

[Mark Walters]

Liquids for me, Source or Activ-8 score highly

 

[Andrew Boyne]

Are Braddock's baits still available? Could tell users of the liquids a mile off - Archies Aftershave's we used to call them!

 

[Gary Wagstaff]

saw the powders in a tackle shop yesterday andy under the quest label

 

[Keith Speer]

I have used powder flavour on my maggots for the last 4 years and for the last two years I have used powder flavours from All Season Baits.

For me less is more so I do not over do the flavour, but I do like to mask any Ammonia that is on my bait, there will always be a hint of Ammonia even on freshly cleaned bait!

I suppose it is a confidence thing, I am very confident it works so I flavour them without fail.

 

[David Hall]

Liquid flavouring for me (well for the maggots), a drop or two of Archie Braddocks Fruit Surprise the night before to get them well saturated.

Excellent tench method, probably better for them than barbel in my experience (not that that helps any )

and mega tench is back as well.

 

[Nigel Bryans]

thanks for all the useful replies chaps.I remembering using powder termaric on maggots when fishing for roach in cold weather.with so much to choose from I.d better get experimenting.
cheers.nige

 

[Ian Crook]

Had a lot of success feeder fishing for barbel in the winter in the past with maggots liberally soaked with scopex spray.

 

[Dean Aston]

few weeks ago using maggots with barbel pro from teme severn worked for me

 

[David Gauntlett]

A few weeks ago I had a session using unflavoured maggots and had a bite every cast, usually within 20 seconds of casting in, and I subsequently landed several of the biggest lumps I have ever seen....some quite possibly river records

Sadly, they were all crayfish

Does anyone now of a flavour that barbel love, but which these little monsters hate?

If you do....patent it now (after you have PM'd it to me of course) you won't need to win the lottery then

Of course, if a certain person who catches monster barbel on the pin, seemingly at will, had shown me how to do it, I might have the confidence to try that method, thuss avoiding the little barstewards

Cheers, Dave.