MAP launch curved side puller bush. Side puller devices are all the rage now with several companies releasing their own versions.
MAP are the latest to evolve the side puller with their curved PTFE bush. The PTFE Side Puller Bush has been designed to increase the performance of a side puller kit by centralising the elastic inside the top kit.
We bring you some of the highlights from the 2014 Tackle & Guns show. The 2014 Tackle & Guns show has seen a huge range of new tackle releases for you to get your mitts on over the next 12 months. We will have a detailed run-down in the December issue of Match Fishing, but for now here are some highlights from what we saw.
Maver
Maver had a very eye-catching stand and star of the show for the company were the new UFO and Z-Frame seatboxes.
Alex Bones releases 'The Truth About Pole Fishing' DVD set. Plus, WIN a £2,999 MAP TKS901 pole package. Due to popular demand Alex Bones and film director and producer, Dave Wesson, have launched the second generation of 'The Truth About. .
WC Bradley Co acquire Preston Innovations WC Bradley Co, a privately owned multi-brand supplier of high-quality consumer goods headquartered in the USA, has announced the acquisition of Preston Innovations, a leading European fishing business headquartered in Telford, England, along with Primo, its distribution business located in Holland. The purchase price was not disclosed.
“I am pleased that we were able to conclude this deal and continue building our presence more globally in fishing,” said Marc Olivié, CEO of WC Bradley Co. “Our fishing businesses are doing well in both the US and Europe, and it is good to see us take another significant step into the European market with Preston Innovations.
Editor, Alex Bones, checks out what’s new… To add to its already glowing portfolio of products, Shimano and Dynamite have some new additions for release before the end of this year. Match Fishing Editor, Alex Bones, visited the HQ to find out what’s in store.
First up is the new mid-price-range Super Ultegra AX Match and Feeder range of rods available in three match (float), five feeder versions and one winkle picker model to cover a multitude of disciplines.
Designed with performance and versatility in mind the feeder versions are available in lengths from 11ft to 14ft, the float ones in 13ft, 14ft and 15ft versions and the little winkle picker, which is likely to be a hit on many of today’s commercials, comes in one version, 8ft-9ft.
Jamie Hughes wins big at Barston Lakes. The Midland Angler Of The Year is held at Barston Lakes each year and is based on a format of two three-hour matches. The first three hours on the feeder, then three hours on the pole after a weighing in the first catch.
Jamie Hughes took the title with 28lb of F1s and bream in the morning session, for 2nd in his section, then caught 99lb of bream and big F1s on the pole in the afternoon match, to win the section and score three points.
Editor, Alex Bones, visits Europe to check out the convention-defying square Z14-1 Advance. When the designers at Browning sat down to revamp their flagship pole it was always going to have to be a bit special to beat its predecessor, the mighty Xitan Z12.
With most manufacturers now taking advantage of advances in carbon technology it’s fair to say that if you stripped the graphics from most flagship poles on the market you’d struggle to separate them in terms of performance.
Where Browning has scored, in particular with its Z12, was the comprehensive nature of the package.
October is the month for angling on Sky Sports. Competition Angling enters the Sky Sports spotlight in October with a whole raft of big events put together by Rob Hughes of RHAPMedia, whose company has now made an incredible 117 TV programmes specialising in fishing alone.
“After a massively busy summer filming a number of fishing projects, including some of the top events in the UK and world angling scene, I’m pleased to announce they will be broadcast in what is proving to be an epic October for angling”. Sky Sports have once again shown their support to angling by broadcasting a raft of even programming along side their usual Fish ‘O’ Mania and Tight Lines regular programmes.
