LATEST ADDITIONS

In the latest £1000 qualifier sub fishe’s Dan Watson took the honours with a fine bag of stocky carp from peg 22 on Kestrel Lake, Dan fished pellet at 13m in the open water to catch steadily all day. Sunday £1000 Qualifier Match Kestrel Lake • 1st Dan Watson, Sub Fish, 98lb 08oz • 2nd Dan Semper, Anglers Corner, 73lb 08oz • 3rd Pete Andrews, Westwood Lakes 71lb 02oz Tuesdays £1000 qualifier was won by Dynamite and Middy backed Tony Evans. Tony Evans drew peg 8 and fished soft 4mm pellet over 2mm micro pellets to record 74lb 08oz of small carp barble ide Skimmers and Tench. 
 
Tuesday’s £1000 Qualifier Match Skylark Lake • 1st Tony Evans, Middy/Dynamite Baits • 2nd Steve Lane, Castle A/C, 70lb 08oz • 3rd Toby Pepper, Hunstanton Tackle, 64lb 14oz Thursday’s Over 50’s Skylark Lake 22 pegs • 1st Gus Jarret, Anglers Corner, 61lb 08oz • 2nd John Gooden, 66lb 08oz • 3rd Ken Clark, Westwood Lakes, 58lb 12oz • 4th Smudge Smith, Bag em, 57lb 10oz Friday’s Open Evening Kestrel Lake 13 pegs • 1st Luke Morley, Miracle Baits, 86lb 08oz • 2nd Steve Lane, Castle A/C 60lb 06oz • 3rd Ron Roberts, Westwood Lakes, 30lb 14oz.

The G-Max feeder rod range was a massive hit in the Match Fishing office, so when the float rod range came in we all got a bit excited! But are they any good? Joe Carass took a closer look…After being hugely impressed with the G-Max feeder rods that we tested a couple of months ago I could not wait to get my hands on the new float rods from Garbolino. I have long been a fan of Garbolino rods having used several of them from the Super G range for quite a long time. They have always been great value and top performers, so when Garbolino’s main man Darren Cox told me that these new offerings were in a different league then I must admit to getting rather excited!First up in the range is the 11ft 6in Commercial Waggler. This rod is a two-piece model that has been designed for commercial-fishery situations.

Joe Carass reveals his thoughts on Browning’s new Xitan Z7. 5 pole. Will it be another success for the tackle giant?With Browning’s Xitan range of poles growing in popularity, I couldn’t wait to have a look at the latest addition to the range – the Z7. 5 – to see if it could live up to the standard set by its predecessors.

We’re in an era when good-quality seatboxes are arriving at our offices every few weeks, so just how good is the new Sensas 700? Joe Carass checked one over to find out… For the past few years Sensas has been trying to make a name for itself in the seatbox market, and several models have been brought out since the company’s first designs. Now, though, I think that a product of a quality synonymous with the Sensas name has finally hit the tackle shops. The 700 box really is the perfect example of what the modern match angler is looking for in a seatbox. It has a modular design so that trays can be added for extra storage, along with a slide-out rig section where anglers can house hundreds of rigs or various other bits and bobs.