We check out the new Daiwa clothing range.
Daiwa has long had some of the nicest looking clothing on the bank; its classy branding makes for a great brand that many anglers want to wear. Fresh for 2018 is a new range of three garments that only serve to increase its appeal.
Soft-Shell Jacket
A quality soft-shell jacket is a must for anglers.
Our resident Irishman Cathal Hughes travels to Cornwall to see what all the fuss is about at White Acres.
Having done very little fishing over the past month, I really thought that I’d be writing about yesterday’s charity match in this month’s magazine. But if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, and in typical fashion I blanked, and in doing so scuppered any chance of scraping a feature about the miserable two hours I stayed on the shores of Lough Garadice playing with my new SLR feeder rod.
Not for the first time in my life I found myself in a bit of a pickle and on my way home I was racking my brain trying to think about what I could write about.
Jon Whincup reveals some findings from his winter commercial campaigns!
F1s – Simple Is Best
I spend most of my winter targeting F1-style venues and one thing I have learnt is that simple is by far the best. A simple bait choice with a simple match attack will always beat a complicated multi-bait approach.
There is definitely a need to fish several lines by the end of the day, but on larger F1 venues such as Decoy Lakes, where I am today, three or four lines will often be enough.
I am very happy to be patient and have found success by being far more patient than some of the younger anglers around.
David Haynes continues his conversation with the genial big guy, Des Shipp.
DH: You’ve been a regular in the England setup for how long now?
DS: About 13 years, I think it is.
DH: How did that come about?
DS: I was fishing for Dorking and those people that fish for England basically come through Starlets, Barnsley and Dorking – they’re the three teams from which the England team normally gets chosen.
I had good success with Dorking, then I started fishing the Sensas Challenge matches, which are really important with Mark Downes there, the England captain, and I did well in some of them.
Words and pics: Steve Haywood
River master Joe Oakes visits the River Soar to demonstrate how to put together a match-winning weight of perch.
Perch are abundant in natural venues and regularly take part in the weighing-in ceremony, sometimes in the starring role or maybe a bit part in a well-rehearsed silvers’ onslaught, but on some days they can be the saviour of a very difficult day.
But how much attention do we give the perch? The role they play is definitely forced by the matchman’s hand and it’s the specifics of the venue and a careful nod to the conditions that will determine their appearance.
Today we are on the River Soar in Leicestershire and here the perch will always figure to some extent in match weights, and Middy’s Joe Oakes is certainly a fan.
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Single balls for Skimmer Success.
Catching big weights is of skimmers is not as easy as you might sometimes imagine. The biggest problem, believe it or not, is having too many fish in your swim!
Mark Pollard thinks that getting your feeding right is the secret to a trouble free skimmer session
Fishing on a knife edge
Early to mid spring is a strange time in fishing as the fish haven't quite fully woken up yet, but Dynamite Baits' Alex Dockerty there is still a way of catching well if you're clever. .
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