dye maggots

what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?

/Olle

Olle Lundin wrote:
:: what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?

In Britain we buy them already coloured, most tackle shops have an
assortment of colours, red, yellow, orange, green, bronze etc...it's just
food colourings added to the rotten meat that they are grown on and the
maggots turn that colour - I suppose you could colour them yourself in much
the same way, just get some food colourings (cake making shops have them and
some supermarkets) and add a few drops to some damp bread and put it in the
maggot box, another method is to use blackcurrant cordial.
For yellow maggots use ordinary tumeric which is used in making curries,
both these will also add a bit of flavour too.

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Phil L wrote:
Olle Lundin wrote:
:: what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?

In Britain we buy them already coloured, most tackle shops have an
assortment of colours, red, yellow, orange, green, bronze etc...it's just
food colourings added to the rotten meat that they are grown on and the
maggots turn that colour - I suppose you could colour them yourself in much
the same way, just get some food colourings (cake making shops have them and
some supermarkets) and add a few drops to some damp bread and put it in the
maggot box, another method is to use blackcurrant cordial.
For yellow maggots use ordinary tumeric which is used in making curries,
both these will also add a bit of flavour too.

I can buy coloured maggots from the tackla shop too but it costs to
much. The methods you mention won't it just dye the maggots on the outside?


/Olle

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Phil L wrote:
Olle Lundin wrote:
:: what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?

I can buy coloured maggots from the tackla shop too but it costs to
much. The methods you mention won't it just dye the maggots on the outside?

Unless you breed and grow your own maggots you are stuck. To get the colour
inside you must feed it to them as they grow. It -is- possible to dye full
grown maggots but not without killing them.

Why do you need coloured maggots? At this time of year most larger fish
will take something else and maggots pupate very quickly so your bait might
not last the whole of a long session.

Cheerio,

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Olle Lundin wrote:
:: Phil L wrote:
::: Olle Lundin wrote:
::::: what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?
:::
::: In Britain we buy them already coloured, most tackle shops have an
::: assortment of colours, red, yellow, orange, green, bronze
::: etc...it's just food colourings added to the rotten meat that
::: they are grown on and the maggots turn that colour - I suppose
::: you could colour them yourself in much the same way, just get
::: some food colourings (cake making shops have them and some
::: supermarkets) and add a few drops to some damp bread and put it
::: in the maggot box, another method is to use blackcurrant cordial.
::: For yellow maggots use ordinary tumeric which is used in making
::: curries, both these will also add a bit of flavour too.
:::
:: I can buy coloured maggots from the tackla shop too but it costs to
:: much. The methods you mention won't it just dye the maggots on the
:: outside?


Our maggots are about 3 Euros per half litre and this is in any colour, I've
never tried to colour them myself because they are so cheap, personally I
prefer natural (just plain white) maggots as this is a more natural bait, IE
something that wild fish would eat occasionally when carrion floats to the
surface and becomes home to millions of fly larvae.

As Derek said, you will have to get rotten meat and add food colouring to do
it properly, but the methods I mentioned would give you a tinge of colour.


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Can fish distinguish colours ?



"Phil L" wrote in message
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Olle Lundin wrote:
:: Phil L wrote:
::: Olle Lundin wrote:
::::: what do you use when you dye maggots (red)?
:::
::: In Britain we buy them already coloured, most tackle shops have an
::: assortment of colours, red, yellow, orange, green, bronze
::: etc...it's just food colourings added to the rotten meat that
::: they are grown on and the maggots turn that colour - I suppose
::: you could colour them yourself in much the same way, just get
::: some food colourings (cake making shops have them and some
::: supermarkets) and add a few drops to some damp bread and put it
::: in the maggot box, another method is to use blackcurrant cordial.
::: For yellow maggots use ordinary tumeric which is used in making
::: curries, both these will also add a bit of flavour too.
:::
:: I can buy coloured maggots from the tackla shop too but it costs to
:: much. The methods you mention won't it just dye the maggots on the
:: outside?


Our maggots are about 3 Euros per half litre and this is in any colour,
I've
never tried to colour them myself because they are so cheap, personally I
prefer natural (just plain white) maggots as this is a more natural bait,
IE
something that wild fish would eat occasionally when carrion floats to the
surface and becomes home to millions of fly larvae.

As Derek said, you will have to get rotten meat and add food colouring to
do
it properly, but the methods I mentioned would give you a tinge of colour.


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In article , Ged
wrote:
Can fish distinguish colours ?

Some can, not all.

Cheerio,

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Which fish can distinguish colours then ?


"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Ged
wrote:
Can fish distinguish colours ?

Some can, not all.

Cheerio,

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FFS the ones that aren't colour blind

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"Ged" wrote in message
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Which fish can distinguish colours then ?


"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Ged
wrote:
Can fish distinguish colours ?

Some can, not all.

Cheerio,

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Ged wrote:
:: Which fish can distinguish colours then ?

No one really knows, it's still widely thought that dogs only see in black
and white, fish are way down on the list of scientists' research on eyes.
Personally I beleive that most animals can see all colours perfectly well,
pretty similar to us, trout and salmon are examples of this, ask any fly
fisherman if all flies are just the same regardless of colour.

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