Izaak wrote:
: Does anyone agree with me that there are too many holes in swim
: feeders? Sounds daft I know but when I fill one up with maggots, wind
: the line to casting length, swing back the rod and cast, by the time
SNIP
i've been doing this for years with black insulation tape around the body of
the feeder and just leaving the holes open top and bottom, making for a
slower, steady stream of maggots around the hookbait.
I agree that the shop bought feeders are next to useless for the job they're
supposed to do without some form of DIY!

BTW, have you not tried dead maggots in a cage feeder?
(they dont burrow away under the dead leaves/mud/silt etc)
make up a small bag of groundbait, take half a pint of dead maggots (to kill
them simply pour some hot milk over them) and mix them in thouroughly, you
can add cooked hemp or riddled meat at this stage, to make an explosive
mixture which fish will 'browse' over for a long time (if you can get it to
the same place each time!)


HTH