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Keeping Busy…
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 25, 2017  |  0 comments
Top Kamasan Starlets team man, and Preston Innovations brand manager Scott Geens explains how the key to consistency often lies in targeting multiple species… Good anglers win matches, but great anglers win leagues. I have always really enjoyed league and team matches as you always have something to fish for – whether it be one point or ten the incentive is always there for you to keep going. As much as I enjoy the occasional open match too, they are often very predictable, with certain boss pegs or fliers dominating proceedings, if a good angler happens to draw them. There are also ways that you can turn average pegs into winners, but often these involve fishing in a feast or famine type way – which isn’t conducive to consistency.
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A Great Day For A Great Cause
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 19, 2017  |  0 comments
On Saturday I had a trip to Fir Tree Fisheries in wigan, to take part in one of the charity qualifiers in association with Adlington Angling centre and Adlington Angling Club to help raise money for Christies. Fir Tree is a venue I had only fished once before, about 6 years ago, and had a shocker to honest. Today I drew peg 34 which meant nothing, with alot of anglers fishing, I knew fishing the far bank at 16m on the pole would probably be my best bet of catching a few. Started across on an Marukyu's Amino Focus 6mm pellet, feeding Fishery pellets flavour with a bit of Marukyu's Scopex Amino, within minutes I hooked a 4lb mirror which I lost at the net, the next few hours were slow, nicking to odd small carp and a few stocky F1s, but nothing over a pound.
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Give Your Bait The X Factor
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 19, 2017  |  0 comments
Stu Redman gets his super-bright bait dyes out to show you how you can make your maggots and pinkies stand out from the crowd! Just in case you have been living under a rock or something, the fluoro bait phenomenon is well and truly happening! Those of you who frequent Facebook with any regularity will surely have spied some rather luminous looking maggots and pinkies on various anglers’ side trays. Many anglers have seemingly noticed an opportunity to get a bit of an edge when it comes to the effectiveness of their baits, particularly when the water is still clear and a hi-viz bait will work well. Just think about how anglers are catching on Method and Hybrid feeders these days, and most of the time they are using super-bright high-visibility hook baits. So the question must be asked, why not take the same theory and apply it to pole fishing? ‘Mad scientist’ Stu Redman is one man who is never afraid to do things a little differently.
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Sonu Sensation!
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 12, 2017  |  0 comments
Here's your opportunity to win! What You Can Win • Worm Fishmeal - £6. 49• F1 StikiMethod Pellets 2mm - £3. 49• F1 StikiMethod Pellets 4mm - £3. 49• Band'um Pellet 5mm - £3.
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Weston Pools Fishery & Par 5 Charity Golfing Group Club Together For Kids Coaching Day
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 11, 2017  |  0 comments
As well as providing visitors with some of the very best fishing in the country, for the past few years Weston Pools Fishery has been involved in its fair share of extra-curricular and charity work along the way. Recognising the need to get more youth into angling, that is what the fishery staff set out to do by inviting Marches School of Oswestry to the fishery each year to take part in a fishery-run coaching day. The fishery staff have always done what they could with regards to providing tackle for each of the children wanting to take part in the event but, as many of us may know, that is often easier said than done. Thankfully, when local charity Par 5 Charity Golfing Group was in the fishery’s own clubhouse discussing ways they could help in the local community, owner Mike Philbin was quick to come up with a solution.
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Fishing's Biggest Secret
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 11, 2017  |  0 comments
Dan Webb lets some of the England Feeder team's cats out of the championship bag. . . There seems to be this idea flying around that this little piece I'm writing each month might not be entirely serious.
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Two Grains To Match Success!
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 06, 2017  |  0 comments
Thinking angler Giles Cochrane takes you through a simple yet deadly approach that just keeps on winning him matches! When tackling any commercial in the winter there are a few basic approaches that work well and have done for years but, due to the popularity of certain methods, ultimately they lose their effectiveness. Perhaps it has more to do with the ease and convenience of the approach and the number of anglers using them that leads to fish wising up and becoming more difficult to catch. The Method feeder and pole, for example, now result in much lower weights than they did in previous years and consequently, I seldom set up either through the winter. Chucking the Method through the summer does account for some respectable weights of fish but it’s nowhere near as effective as a straight lead and loose-feeding approach, simply because the fish have associated it with danger and have learned to avoid it.
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2017 Mega Match This Qualifier Maver Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster, 2nd April 2017
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 04, 2017  |  0 comments
Angler's Name Weight (lbs/oz) Peg # / Lake Leigh Hodgkinson (Marukyu) 64-12-00 68 (Adams) Andrew Bailey (Daiwa Dons) 58-11-00 42 (Island) Martin Wood (Markham Main) 56-02-00 80 (Adams) Liam Miller (Barnsley Bait & Tackle / Frenzee) 49-09-00 47 (Adams) Luke Hawksworth (Colmic Woodlands) 46-11-00 36 (Adams) Andrew Fulleylove 45-10-00 69 (Adams) David Burley (Hayfield Lakes) 44-05-00 12 (Island) Kevin Smith 43-14-00 81 (Adams) The second Mega Match This qualifier in as many days marked another sell out event at Maver Hayfield Lakes. Conditions on the day were mixed with temperatures overnight dropping as low as 3°C coupled with period of bright warm sunshine later in the afternoon. Fishing on the day was extremely difficult with many anglers catching just odd fish. That said, however, despite the weights being relatively low, it was an incredibly close match which, going into the final hour, anyone could have won.
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Martin Stokes Met The Guys From Fishing In The Northwest!
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 04, 2017  |  0 comments
Last Thursday, I decided to do something a little bit different, and do a feature with the guys from fishing in the northwest. The lads are great and do some great work, helping new anglers gain lots of information and tips on, loads of north-west commercials and natural waters. After a bit of discussion, we decided to pay Lloyds Meadow Fishery a visit, the lake we fished was Badger, A lake I fished for the first time only a few weeks ago. This time was decided to go for some of bigger carp in the lake on the pole, now the weather had improved.
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2017 Mega Match This Qualifier The Glebe / Mallory Park, Leicester, 1st April 2017
Match Fishing Staff  |  Apr 04, 2017  |  0 comments
Angler's Name Weight (lbs/oz) Peg # / Lake Rob Wootton (Dynamite Baits) 146-09-00 2 (Lake 1) Jon Whincup (Frenzee / Bait-Tech) 145-08-00 17 (Lake 1) Andrew Bailey (Daiwa Dons) 141-07-00 109 (Lake 7) Keiron Rich (Middy) 127-14-00 1 (Lake 1) Bryan Travis 119-11-00 105 (Lake 7) Barry Mason (Guru / Bag 'Em Baits) 116-11-00 98 (Lake 7) Stephen Rothery 108-13-00 38 (Lake 2) Simon Fry (Garbolino) 108-09-00 100 (Lake 7) The 2017 Mega Match This qualifier campaign began on a high with a sell-out event at The Glebe. Conditions on the day were very cold for the first couple of hours with quite a blustery Westerly wind, which eased off during the latter stages of the match. Temperatures, as a result, warmed up a couple of degrees, which saw respectable weights recorded given the time of year. First to secure his place in the minimum £50,000 Match This Grand Final on Saturday September 2nd was Dynamite Baits rod, Rob Wootton.
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