The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Before I moved down this way,i used to use Oakwood angling in reservoir road,Barnet,That bloke could not do enough for you,he would even offer you some of his dinner which was always chips! Hope he is still there, he deserves to do well.

RBTraditional wrote:Still cheaper than ale....

Unless you brew it yourself !

I always take some maggots with me but it's not my first choice of bait, Preferring corn, bread, or worm.

Some lads get them for £1 a pint I hear from a recent post on another forum tizer

I haven't used them for years,pellets store and save a trip to the tackle shop.

Match Aerial wrote:Some lads get them for £1 a pint I hear from a recent post on another forum tizer

Hello there,any more info please

I go to a maggot farm a few miles away and get half a gallon of maggots for £6, sometimes they charge only £5. It's a very good measure. I take one of those buckets about 9in dia and it ends up about 2/3 full.

I have to order mine by post if I really need some. I normally just raid my local super market for baits such as prawns, sweetcorn, cat meat. I'm fishing tomorrow so I've just mixed up some cat biscuit ground bait...it works a treat. It's surprising what baits can be made yourself.

I still wish we had a local tackle shop though, instead of one 30 miles away.

£2 up er in the grim north. From a shop supplying match man supplies. Guess it's their bread and butter trade.

Hovis wrote:£2 up er in the grim north. From a shop supplying match man supplies. Guess it's their bread and butter trade.

The place I'm forced to use is also geared towards our friends the match men as well as the bivvy boys. I guess he realises he's the only tackle shop for miles so can charge what he likes.

Tizer wrote:

Match Aerial wrote:Some lads get them for £1 a pint I hear from a recent post on another forum tizer

Hello there,any more info please

If I remember correctly I think it was Hull Angling Centre