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The latest match results from Sherwood Forest Fishery. . . Sherwood, Langdale & Holmedale LakesSaturday 16/711Teams of 436 fishedMichael drew peg 14 on the Langdale fishing the pole and caster he landed 70lb of Ide – 1lb and 6 carp – 3lb for a total of 82lb 11oz and breaking that lake match record by 12lb, team mate Danny Jupp had the best weight on the Sherwood lake with a mixed net of skimmers ide and roach at peg 38 on the pole and caster for 67lb 15oz but they could only help there team Tupton A into 2nd place with 7 points, Kimberly came out the top team with the help of Norman and Kristian Powers both winning their sections on the Holmedale lake with 6 points, last years winners Shirebrook were 3rd with 17 points.

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.

After developing a successful range of gear that all started with pole pots, the Frenzee design team has now turned its attentions to rods. Dave Harrell checks out the initial range of seven… Having worked in the fishing-tackle industry myself in a previous life, I know more than most exactly how difficult it is to break into the marketplace with a new range of angling products. I went through the exercise just over 20 years ago when I created the MAP brand, and while taking on the big boys in the industry was challenging I sometimes found myself wondering if I could make products like rods any better than (or even as good as) what was already available from long-established companies. Thankfully, at that time at least, the answer was yes and sales were good for several years before the big influx of rods from China put paid to any competitive developments I could achieve in the UK.