Barby Banks Evening Series, Rugby, Warwickshire – Wednesday 20th June.
Pole Fishing editor Jon Arthur topped the field with his third successive ton-up catch in the Barby Banks three-hour evening contests.
The Pole Fishing editor used a variety of tactics in his 13m wide swim, including pellets, groundbait and maggots and the Method feeder underamed tight across for 30 carp and a 118lb 8oz winning catch.
In second place was Mark Griffiths (Guru) with 87lb 4oz with worm over groundbait while Mick Timson (Dynamite Makins) was third with 65lb 10oz (he wasn't allowed to weigh in the surprise crayfish he caught!).
Barby Banks Evening Series, Rugby, Warwickshire – Wednesday 13th June. The carp were in an iffy mood on the second Barby Banks evening contest but, just like last week, two ton-up catches headed the frame. First place this time went to Mark Griffiths (Guru) with a fantastic 126lb 8oz catch in just three hours. Mark caught most of his fish late on with maggot and worm over groundbait and included carp to 8lb plus a bonus 2lb barbel.
NSWSCAC Winter League Round 1 Result. . . 3rd June 2012 - Sydney, AustraliaNumber of pegs/anglers: 17Report: Seventeen anglers turned out for the first leg of the NSW SCAC Winter league last weekend at Hawkesbury racetrack’s lake.
Victoria Products League - Round Seven results. . . 3rd June 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 22Report: Two in a row for Walton - Twenty two Exeter members fished seventh round of the Victoria Products League at KiaOra Gold Pond.
Harry Billing ended with a good result in the White Acres Garbolino Spring Classic. Here’s how he got on…
I was really looking forward to the Garbolino Spring Classic at brilliant White Acres. It is smaller in numbers than the usual festivals, but still full of very good anglers and I would need to get my drawing arm going this week! I was also hoping to continue the Garbolino-sponsored anglers domination of the recent festivals, with Grant Albutt, Andy Geldart and Darren Cox all winning the three major Spring festivals!
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Really fancied this peg but it was windless and really struggled for 19lb. I couldn’t make anything work, all the fish seemed to be to my right which was where the wind was blowing.
Kennet & Avon Spring teams of 4 League, Final Round Result. . . 27th May 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 88Report: After a spring that has felt more like the winter at times, the temperature soared for the final Round of this competitive 4 match canal series, and the weights followed suit with over 20lb needed to top the event and 14 anglers reaching double figures!On top of the pile was Sensas Wiltshire angling’s Mark Lloyd who drew peg C9 on the bush at the Station section below Great Bedwyn, Mark weighed of 21lb 4oz of skimmers which he caught steadily throughout the 5 hours and also included a couple of bream around the 3lb mark which he tempted on the chopped worm against the bush at 14MAlso on the same section was second placed Mike Marsden of Pewsey who was on C1 near the car park.
EDAA KiaOra Gold Pond Result. . . 27th May 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 16Report: Sixteen Exeter members fished the rescheduled match at KiaOra Gold pond this Sunday in glorious sunshine.
Joe Carass takes a look at a new addition to the Preston Mini rod range that is not quite so mini!The Mini range of rods from Preston Innovations has been one of the biggest success stories in fishing tackle in recent years, and if you walk around any commercial fishery in the country you are sure to see some of the rods on the bank. The range has, however, now been extended to cater for the huge variety of commercial fishing available in the UK. A recent trend has seen matches fished that require a long-distance approach; venues such as Barston Lakes in particular regularly see distances of 80 yards plus needed to reach the fish. Initially anglers turned to the Preston Dutch Master rods to reach the mark but the actions weren’t quite right for playing the F1s, carp and skimmers that make up the weights.
Three different-shaped bombs to cover all kinds of fishing situations. Available in flat pear, bullet cube and distance bomb to cater for different distances, all shapes are available in 0. 5oz to 1. 5oz.
Mid-Wales-based Frenzee is a company that excels in forward thinking and problem solving. It produces several items that have been designed because of specific needs encountered in our fishing. Alex Bones investigates…One of the items to be launched from this stable is the brand-new range of Soft Pots. Having spoken to the guys at Frenzee it’s clear they’re not happy producing products “just for the sake of it;” they want to be innovative and the Soft Pots certainly tick this box.
