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On Saturday, it was second and final day of our venture to Alders Farm Fishery and this time it was on The Match Lake "Ash". After speaking to Trevor Price, the Fishery manager and local expert, he informed me that the fishing would be alot better than the previous day, he wasn't wrong! The Open Match was sponsored by Marukyu with lots of prizes, for the winners. At the draw I drew peg 7, with the wind blowing the other end of the lake and lots of carp spawning, I started the match negative, just in case the fishing was hard. After catching a few on the long pole shallow early the previous day, I started on this line again, 6mm Marukyu Focus Pellet flavoured with Scopex Amino on the hook, pinging 6mm fishery pellets again flavoured with Amino Scopex.

Angler's Name Weight (lbs/oz) Peg # / Lake Simon Skelton (Maver / Dynamite Baits) 294-09-00 23 (Lake 1) Darren Cox (Garbolino) 230-01-00 100 (Lake 7) Kieron Rich (Middy / Burt Baits) 193-14-00 12 (Lake 1) Andy Power (Preston Innovations) 190-00-00 80 (Lake 5) Chris Barley 180-12-00 19 (Lake 1) Perry Stone (Cresta) 180-05-00 109 (Lake 7) Wayne Ibbotson 176-01-00 85 (Lake 1) Greg Cooper 173-03-00 97 (Lake 6) British Pole Championship Qualifiers: Darren Cox, Kieron Rich & Andy Power Another superb Match This qualifier event at The Glebe / Mallory park with some truly outstanding weights recorded! Once again, the venue attracted the maximum number of anglers, with some truly phenomenal sport being enjoyed from all over the complex with a total of thirty three (33) weights over one hundred pounds being offered to the scales. Conditions on the day were pleasant with plenty of sunshine seeing a continuation of a great spell of weather. Anglers targeted the resident carp mainly with pellet waggler or shallow on the pole with some big edge fish being caught late on. Making his way through to his fourth Mega Match This final was Maver's own, Simon Skelton.

Digital Subscription–Print Subscription Pellet Masterclass Finding fish in winter can be difficult, catching them even more so. One angler who can most others can't is Mark Pollard, and he has a simpleapproach to help put more fish in your nets this winter It may sound obviousbut in winter finding the fish is the secret to success. The mistake I see a lot of anglers make though is not approaching a swim with an open mind" Punching With Perch 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.

Organisers of the Evesham Angling Festival are celebrating a new sponsorship for one of match fishing’s showpiece events. Dynamite Baits – one of the top manufacturers of fishing baits in the UK - has agreed to become title sponsor for The Dynamite Baits Individual Evesham Championship – the headline event of the Evesham Angling Festival. The match, which invites 35 of the nation’s top anglers and pits them against 35 qualifiers, carries a top prize of £3,000 and kicks off the biggest spectator angling event in the calendar. Dynamite is a great fit for the event,” said festival director Roger Mortimer.