If you want to try something different, it’s always best to pick a venue and a day when the fish are feeding freely, as Cam Hughes demonstrates.
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Over the winter months there is a great silver-fish league on a venue local to me, living in Derby, called Rycroft Fisheries. Now, obviously, the weather dictates how good the fishing is through the colder months, but generally you will need a 20lb-plus weight to win. Today I have come for a little practice before the league starts; the weather is still warm so I expect it to be better than it will be later in the year, but still a good chance to sort a few things out.
I have sat on Peg 2 on the carp lake – anyone who knows the venue will know it is a really good area; it’s also a peg I have only ever drawn once (we can’t all be as lucky as Andy Taft, Sean Ashby or Darran Bickerton now, can we?).
I am going to keep things simple today by fishing casters out of my hand at around seven metres as this is where the lake bed starts to flatten out properly. I’m also fishing a line at 13 metres straight in front of me with worms and ground bait, where I will hopefully be able to catch some skimmers.
Among the rigs for fishing on the bottom I have also set up a couple of shallow rigs, as there are a lot of fish showing. These rigs can also double up for fishing down the edges for perch; this is a great tactic for the winter months as they can be up to 3lb, which soon boost your weight. On the longer line I am using the ever-faithful Gloucester float in 4x16. As I am getting a lot of bites on the drop I have set this up as a double-bulk rig so it passes through the smaller fish quickly, and hopefully once a skimmer picks the bait up the float will lift instead of going under.
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Opposites Attract
Preston Innovations-backed England international Des Shipp explains why approaching your peg in contrasting ways is the key to successfully targeting a bag of commercial bream.
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Pole Fishing Pairs: The Story So Far...
All Out! The preston innovations qualifiers have come to an end, but let’s have a look at how the final two rounds of qualifying shaped up…
The Stuff Of Childhood Dreams!
Pole Fishing set £70,000 Maver Match This winner Rob Wootton a challenge: to catch his fi rst-ever canal carp on the good old ‘jam roll’.
Practice Makes Perfect
If you want to try something different, it’s always best to pick a venue and a day when the fish are feeding freely, as Cam Hughes demonstrates.
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1 Line & 2 Baits
A simple approach of groundbait and casters is all Dynamite Baitsbacked Alex Dockerty needs to keep the silver fish coming all day.
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Species Hunt:Bream Bonanza
Jake Fowles is on familiar territory this month, hunting his favourite species at one of his favourite venues.
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Slop Till You Drop!
Stu Redman is well known for thinking outside the box and coming up with unusual methods and tactics. Here he details his way with slop… or should that be soup?
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It's About Time
After the frustration of lots of near misses in recent months our assistant editor has ventured back up north, where he has hit a bit of form thanks to a simplified approach that surely just makes sense?
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If You Thing It, Do It!
Top match angler Darren Cox begins a new monthly column in which he shares his thoughts about improving your pole fishing performance.
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Make The Most Of The Shoal
Rive’s Simon Willsmore looks at how to catch quickly and keep them coming on the canal in the cooler months when there are fish in front of you.