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Wootton Signs For Starlets
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 09, 2013  |  0 comments
Leicester rod to 'broaden his horizons. 'Regular Match Fishing and Pole Fishing contributor Rob Wootton has announced that he has signed for the Midlands' top team – Kamasan Starlets. Rob, who is individually sponsored by Shimano and Dynamite Baits has previously had a reputation for being an individual angler. The Leicester based rod has enjoyed a great run of form over the last couple of years, and was last year’s Drennan Knockout Cup Champion, and won this year's Shakespeare Championship at Evesham.
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Larford Winter Dates Announced
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 09, 2013  |  0 comments
High interest for popular winter series. The dates have been revealed for the return of the popular Larford Lakes winter-league series, beginning on Sunday, November 10th. The league will see top placed teams qualify for the 2014 Maver Mega Match This Team Championship Final taking place on Sunday, August 31st, 2014. Deadline for entries is Monday, November 4th.
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Teenage Dream
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 08, 2013  |  0 comments
Youngster's festival winning 228lb bream bag from Midlands reservoir. Atherston teenager, Mark Greenway enjoyed the weekend of a lifetime, after winning the Love Lichfield festival with two massive weights of reservoir bream. The first day of this unique event takes place on Stowe Pool, a council owned reservoir that offers day ticket fishing. A total of 31 anglers fished, and Mark took top spot with a colossal 113lb of bream and skimmers, all caught on Method feeder tactics with white boilies on the hook.
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Pellet Power
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 04, 2013  |  0 comments
Scotthorne's deadly autumn edge revealed. "The anglers who score best as the water cools are the ones who scale down their approach to keep bites coming. " These were the words of England ace Alan Scotthorne, before revealing what he considers to be his biggest autumn commercial fishing edge. "One of my favourite autumn baits is pellet.
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A Bright Future?
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 03, 2013  |  0 comments
Tom Scholey on what the Angling Trust do right. As any regular readers of my blog will know, in the past I have been quite critical of the Angling Trust and some of its competitions. I make no apologies for that, because as a journalist with an interest in match and pole fishing it is my job to highlight issues and problems as they arise. However, perhaps one thing that I am guilty of is not giving praise where it is due for some of the better ideas and events that the Angling Trust has come up with.
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A Line Up Of Champions
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 03, 2013  |  0 comments
Ashby makes the RiverFest Final. There are just three qualifying matches remaining before the RiverFest roadshow draws to a halt. The field already boasts some top-class river rods, including Terry Moroz, Tony Marshall, Rob Wootton, Jamie Robbins, Andrew Murphy, Scott Geens, Matt Derry, Andy Powers and Paul Glenfield. One of the latest qualifiers was former World Champion Sean Ashby, who qualified on the River Trent at Burton upon Trent last weekend.
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Richie Rules
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 02, 2013  |  0 comments
Drennan northwest star wins at Weston. Drennan northwest angler Richie O Connor has won the Frankie Dorran memorial match fished at Shropshire-based fishery Weston Pools. The match was organised to remember local angler Frank Dorran who passed away earlier this year. Big Frank was a popular regular at the fishery and well known on the northwest match circuit.
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Riverfest Gets Richer
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 02, 2013  |  0 comments
River competition receives £4,000 boost. The Angling Trust has announced a new £4,000 sponsorship deal with Thames Water and Severn Trent Water that will see both companies backing the Trust's RiverFest 2013. The sponsorship will ensure that there is a prize pool of at least £24,000 available to anglers competing at the grand final, to be held on the River Wye on November 16th and 17th, 2013. This is already the largest payout for a river match in the UK and could rise further to £26,000 if the remaining qualifiers sell out.
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It's Not Over Yet
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments
Day Two of the Drennan Final gets underway. The second day of the Drennan Knockout Cup final has got underway, on the Day Ticket Lake, at the picturesque Docklow Pools in Herefordshire. Yesterday, Milton Keynes rod Michael Buchwalder established a significant lead over his rival, Lee Kerry – weighing in with 141-1-0 to Lee's 75-14-0. This means that to win, Lee will have to catch 65lb 3oz more than Michael on today's match.
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Hard Times
Match Fishing Staff  |  Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments
Buchwalder leads as fish play hard to get. As the second day of the Drennan Knockout Cup Final passes its halfway point, Michael Buchwalder still holds a comfortable lead over his rival, Lee Kerry. On the day, Michael is thought to be leading with 35lb to Lee's 29lb, though the venue is believed to be fishing hard. With Michael also holding a lead of 65lb from yesterday's match, Lee's chances of taking the title are decreasing by the minute.
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