The larva of the common housefly, used by anglers as bait.
mass noun catches are of small roach on bread or squatt
count noun bread and squatts worked a treat
Example sentencesExamples
- Alternating squatt and pinkie over groundbait at 10m he netted roach, perch and gudgeon for his 6lb 10 oz.
- He alternated squatt and bronze maggot over groundbait and hemp at eight and 11 metres for roach and perch scaling 2.790.
- But Shaun wasn't afraid to ring the changes as he also tried squatts, pinkies, worms and casters on sizes 20, 22 and 24 hooks.
- Close by was Kevin Weatherall who fished bronze maggot over hemp for an all-roach net of 12 lb 13 oz to edge out Paul Burton (Anglers World York) who alternated squatt and maggot for his mixed net of 12 lb 9oz.