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Digital Subscription–Print Subscription Will Raison Will Raison has the recipe to catch big skimmers when small fish dominate match weights at Barston Lakes. Darren Cox With many venues seemingly fishless early in the day yet solid by late afternoon, Darren Cox has come up with a novel two-line attack that sees him dictate the fishes’ movements. Master The Creep! There is more to open-water carping than just launching to the horizon. Steve Ringer guides us through the finer points of a misunderstood tactic.

Digital Subscription–Print Subscription- Single Issue WIN - Range Of Sonubaits Now that you have seen how Sonubaits goes about creating its latest concoctions, here's your chance to win a set of ALL of its new match baits "Sonubaits has been extremely busy behind the closed doors of its Telford factory, creating lots of new products ready for 2017. Thanks to the generous people over at the bait-manufacturing giant we have over £337 of the brand-new goodies to give away!" Big-Water Bream Steve Ringer visits the famous Furzton Lake in Milton Keynes for an insightful day's bream fishing "It's always nice to visit different venues and while Furzton is only about 30 miles from my home, I don't actually get the chance to fish here very often. This water is actually a huge man-made park lake that was constructed to deal with floodwater from the area" Maggot Magic Adam Richards explains how a simple maggot approach could be the key to unlocking your local snake lake! "After a long winter of feeding next to nothing, there is nothing I like better than filling a pole pot with bait and feeding positively! For me, no bait is better for this than maggots. " What's Hot! We take a quick look at the beautiful new Map Elite Z36 Carbon seatbox! "Map loves to push boundarieswhen it comes to the use of carbon; the 901, for example, arguably set a new benchmark for poles.

Steve Barraclough is on the cover of the May issue and we decided to join him on his first match back after lockdown. 

He was fishing the two-day silver fish festival at Woodland Lakes, Thirsk, and it couldn’t have gone any better on day one for the Browning sponsored angler. We followed his match from start to finish so you can see how he won his first match back. Steve Barraclough is on the cover of the May issue and we decided to join him on his first match back after lockdown.

Digital Subscription–Print Subscription ALAN DONNELLY Alan Donnelly reveals there’s nothing he likes more than a tough team match on the canal. WHAT'S HOT? We check out the £1,199-rated Browning Xitan Z6-2 pole. BAIT CLINIC We have teamed up with Dynamite Bait's experts to answer your questions. ANDY POWER It’s been a huge month for Andy as he wins the £50,000 Golden Reel Final! TACKLE SPECIAL It’s trade show season so we wanted to bring you all of the new tackle we have seen, fresh for the 2019 season! WIN AN HGV MK2! Fancy winning one of the fantastic Frenzee HGV MK2 trolley systems? Now is your chance to win one! Digital Subscription–Print Subscription .

BUY Digital Issue– BUYPrint Issue PVA Equals Bigger Fish Fish are wising up to heavily used tactics on some commercial venues and Phil Ringer combats that by using PVA bags on a flat feeder BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue The Past Master Fishing beyond your feed is a big part of Des Shipp’s success and here he shows you how he does it on the Method feeder. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue It’s broke, so fix it! Will Raison arrived with a plan in mind on a recent trip to Bough Beech, but he had to adapt his tactics to turn a failing approach around to keep the fish coming. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue Less Is More There’s a big difference between targeting silver fish on commercials compared to their cousins that live in natural venues as Joe Carass demonstrates. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue Garbolino Club Angler Of The Year – Midlands Qualifier & The Final It’s the last chance for club anglers to get to our prestigious final so check out who made it from the Midlands qualifier.

Digital Subscription–Print Subscription Steve Ringer – Big Bream Tactics We all love a big bream, right? If you do then you have to read this The Deadly Combo Tony Curd lifts the lid on a method that keeps working for him The Practice with Lee Kerry We join Lee at the beautiful and vast Bough Beech in readiness for the Feeder Masters final The Numbers Game England's Kevin Folwell has been catching over 1,500 fish in five hours – here’s how! Win a seat box Fancy winning the new Preston Innovations Inception SL30 boxes? Here is your chance Dynamite Bait Clinic This month: the panel answers your burning questions: Loose Feed or Not Colmic Rig Clinic This month we look at River Hemp Rigs What’s Hot An early look at the eagerly awaited MTX pole range from Matrix Digital Subscription–Print Subscription . . . .

BUY Digital Issue– BUYPrint Issue Staying In Control It’s a bit of a dying art but fishing with a float attached top and bottom is a key skill for any river angler, as Rob Perkins demonstrates. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue Three In One Dynamite Baits’ Andy Kinder reveals how he tackles Hayfield Lakes by fishing three different methods on one line. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue Fishing On The Edge Bagging machine Des Shipp shows you a great tactic for catching more carp down the edge when feeding groundbait. BUY Digital Issue–BUYPrint Issue Blocked Out Of Our Memories! Garbolino’s Darren Cox is fishing the blockend feeder with chopped worm on a low and clear Warwickshire Avon.