Well I prepped my own casters,as back then there were only two shops within thirty miles that did quality caster(now none,as myself and Chevin4 have recently discussed),one particular match at Newport Pagnell the river had been high with snow melt and I had struggled to turn caster,the temperature was too low outside,so I brought them in,a recipe for disaster,but caster was THE bait on the river,even indoors they weren't turning,until the Thursday evening when I got a small handful off,poor,soft shelled,elongated things,but they were fresh,by the Sunday morning I had a quarter of a pint,I really needed at least three quarters of a pint,I took my riddle,and caster maggots with me,I drew a very long walk,so my gear hurt me lugging the riddle and the casting bait,to cut a long story short I caught 9lbs 14ozs of quality roach and won by around 3lbs,I must have put those maggots through the riddle six or seven times during that match,the casters were all like the first soft and long,but they were freshly turned,I couldn't buy a bite on a maggot and they were quality maggot,we as a team had a designated driver(we subbed his petrol)who used to drive thirty miles for those,squats were always fattened up with a piece of sliced bread dampened with milk,I have no doubt the top anglers had either sources of top quality bait,or people to prepare it,I prepared gozzers most weeks during the summer for canal matches,those guys did too,as I say I was not great,but they would have spent more time in prep than me,combined with their superior knowledge and skill,we had no chance more often than not...