{"id":6743,"date":"2025-01-27T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:49:12","slug":"my-best-ever-maggot-feeder-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=6743","title":{"rendered":"My Best Ever Maggot Feeder Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday was wild, wet and really windy on the Packington Winter League, but no complaints as I\u2019ve drawn peg 9 on Little Gearys. This is one of the most consistent pegs on the entire venue and I\u2019ve had one of my best day\u2019s ever on the maggot feeder, catching 102lb 10oz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was mostly F1s from 1lb to 5lb plus two carp to 5lb. All but one were on the maggot feeder. That gave me a very nice lake win and 2nd overall in the match, behind Lee Richards\u2019 111lb off Big Gearys 30, which apparently included a 22lb specimen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My rod of choice was a sublime Matrix Horizon Pro 10ft Bomb rod. I’ve used a medium-sized 20g Matrix Maggot Feeder, fitted with the optional swivel stem rather than inline. This is my favoured winter setup and has been absolutely perfect with double maggot on a size 16 hook and a 0.12mm bottom and altering the tail length anywhere from 12in to 2ft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a day in January and amazingly my second 100lb of 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conditions were atrocious but I’ll hopefully be able to voice over the film footage I took for a forthcoming Channel Members<\/a> vid!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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