It’s that which he’d generally use to pinch a blob on the line just off the rod tip. It would swing in any breeze and jerk or twitch with the interest of inevitable gudgeon having a nibble.
As a kid when I used to say “can we get maggots?”, he’d look a bit put out. 40 pence worth would suffice in the efgeeco tub, but he’d rarely use any...”i’m after the big stuff on the bottom” he’d say.... another gudgeon would generally follow
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