Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 3678 i Angling Times

EVER since I was a kid, the Carp Society’s Horseshoe Lake has been on my bucket list of venues to fish. I used to love the episodes of Total Fishing filmed there for tench, and spent many hours watching the first ground-breaking Korda Underwater DVDs, which were shot at the famous gravel pit. So, when Brian Skoyles, organiser of this year’s Festival of Carp, said it wouldn’t be a problem to fish in one of the pegs on the Friday night before the show the following day, I couldn’t wait. Unfortunately, fate conspired against me, as the carp began to show signs of spawning earlier in the week, so the team there made the sensible decision to not allow any angling on the lake. As such, I had to settle…

SO, THE General Election has come and gone. It’s fair to say that our fine country has been in a bit of a political muddle for a while, with a government that seemed a little lost and a collective opposition that wasn’t sure what it was, or sometimes even where it was. Hopefully, that will now change. The different colours all blame one another for the tangle we’re in, but it has always been thus. The question is – will our new leaders take action on the issues that are important to us anglers? Many of us voters were unsure about where to place our cross as hapless politician after hapless politician voiced their claims detailing why they were the ones to choose. Fortunately, the environment and the horrendous pollution…

Join top match anglers Lee Kerry and Rob Wootton each week as they unveil the tactics and techniques that really make a difference THE TRENT is packed full of fish but, like many UK rivers, it can be a little out of sorts in the summer months. Its roach, dace and perch can be in no mood for feeding , but barbel and bream offer a more reliable target. This week I fished a 50-peg open on the river and, when I got to my peg at Crankley Point, the state of the water immediately caught my eye. An algal bloom had died out, leaving it a horrible colour. A handful of bites was what I had in mind, given the conditions, but while many would chuck out a feeder…

Should I fish directly in the middle of my loosefeed when using the pellet waggler?CHRIS BRADY, NORTHALLERTON I HAD great success with the pellet waggler during a recent match, and how I fished it in relation to where the loosefeed was going in proved to be important. It was the first round of the UK Angling Championships at Makins Fishery and I drew peg A4 on Lake Two. A floating boom to fish the waggler to at about 22m offered a bit of cover for the carp to mill around, and I ended the match with a section win and third place overall with 244lb 7oz. How you feed the pellet waggler line is key, but several other factors are worth considering first. “I caught half of my fish over…

SHALLOW, narrow, and running directly through the town centre, the River Wey at Farnham, in Surrey, may not instantly strike you as a mini angling paradise. But dig a little deeper and you’ll soon realise that it’s a bit of a hidden gem, and home to a very healthy population of quality chub. Fishing is free throughout the stretch, and roving is the name of the game. Short stays in likely-looking spots to try to tempt a bite, before moving on, are the best tactics to put a number of fish into your net. The length between the Riverside car park and South Street bridge can be particularly productive, and a mainly concrete path connects the two zones. The river is lined with plenty of shrubbery, and it’s often a…

Levi Oldham 9lb bream, local stilwater, Lincolnshire Marcus Killick 17lb 15oz mirror carp, Center Parcs, Elveden, Norfolk Finlay Kennedy 10oz perch, Tibshelf Ponds, Derbyshire, maggot Noah Clarke 4lb 9oz tench, local club lake, Essex, boilie Arlo Tordoff Brown trout, River Went, Yorkshire Oliver Fry 8lb common carp, Albans Lake, Hertfordshire, wafter Harrison Monk Perch, Pipehill Fisheries, Staffordshire, maggots Maria Gaskin 1lb 8oz grayling, River Kennet, maggots Olivia Morley 5lb common, Felton Farm, Northumberland, maggots Junior Charles Common carp, River Trent, Notts, sweetcorn Ted Mutimer 4lb common carp, Church Farm Ponds, Norwich, boilie Jamie O’Reilly 11lb 6oz barbel, River Trent, boilie Will Hanson Brown trout, local river, Barnsley, S Yorks, maggots Ivan Phillips 34lb 12oz mirror, Badshot Lea Big Pond, Hampshire Toby Rushby 31lb 12oz mirror carp, undisclosed venue SEND IN…

DID YOU ever get the feeling that fish had too much food to choose from? When faced with a huge natural larder, or even excessive amounts of bait, the most eager diners are inclined to say ‘no thanks’ to dessert. Or at least that was the case on a recent trip to Blagdon Lake. After my dad hit the big 80, his two eldest sons decided to treat him to a day out on an iconic trout water. The omens looked good, too. There were hatching buzzers by the thousand, and countless damsel nymphs. Surely something had to be feeding? Fly choice could hardly have been easier, and within half-an-hour I had a wrenching take and a leaping rainbow, hooked on a buzzer. But it was a false dawn –…

THIS WEEKDRENNAN CUP CATCHES OF THE WEEK EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE WORLD OF FISHING EARLY each season, anglers head to the UK’s eastern flatlands to target specimen rudd on countless miles of Fenland rivers and drains. A few good fish are usually reported, but the past week has been extraordinary, with a whole rack of three-pounders hitting the bank. Arguably the most impressive catch was taken by Norfolk angler Stephen Gibbons, who had one of the all-time-great hauls of big rudd, including one of 3lb 5oz... plus 22 others over 2lb! “I started early in the morning , fishing both floating and sinking bread on the waggler, and caught four ‘twos’,” he told us. “When they stopped showing , I switched to a Method feeder with a pineapple…

SOME of the biggest names in fishing – plus England football legend David Seaman – are attending a brand-new fishing event this summer, and you can join them. ‘Catch of the Day’ has been set up by Willow, a charity that provides ‘special experience days’ for seriously ill young adults aged between 16 and 40. The event, held at Linear Fisheries on the August 3, is hoping to raise significant funds, with participants able to fish alongside the likes of Scott Lloyd, Tom Maker and Damian Clarke. David Seaman will be on the bank too – he’s the charity’s honorary president. “As a keen fisherman, it’s an honour to be able to host this event on behalf of Willow,” David said. “It combines two of my passions – fishing…

Fish O’Mania qualifier, Gold Valley LakesGold, Middle & Syndicate Lakes (Sat) YET another star name was added to the line-up of this year’s Fish O’Mania final after Pemb Wrighting won the latest qualifier in a tight affair at Gold Valley Lakes. The Hampshire venue is renowned for its head of big carp, and the match was widely expected to be a hard-fought encounter, with mega weights unlikely. When Daiwa product development manager Pemb plucked peg 46 on Gold out of the bag , he felt he had half a chance, plus an inkling of what would be required to secure qualification. Here he picks up the story of how the event unfolded… SHALLOW ASSAULT “Peg 46 is in an area of Gold that the carp traditionally congregate in, and with…

STEVE RINGER World Feeder champ and a constantly successful matchman ADAM FISHER Angling Dreams owner, fishing guide and tackle shop proprietor JAMIE HUGHES Angling Times columnist, Fish O’Mania and Match This champ RICH WILBY Top specimen-hunter and former winner of the Drennan Cup DR PAUL GARNER Angling Times columnist and all-round bait expert ANDY MAY 2016 Fish O’ champ and triple Kamasan Matchman of the Year ALAN STAGG 2015 Drennan Cup winner and Gardner Tackle marketing boss SUMMER RUDD RIG What sort of float set-up works best when trying to stalk rudd in summer? Blake Palmer, Cambridge A Success with summer rudd is all about fishing up in the water, but how far up? The answer, in my book, is to use a light loaded waggler rig, with which you…

Honest advice to help you to catch more fish on every trip, without breaking the bank IF YOU do one thing this summer, may I suggest that you grab some floating baits and spend a balmy evening trying to catch carp off the surface? I can’t think of a more pleasurable way to catch carp, especially if you can find them in the margins, where you can really observe their behaviour. Every year I am reminded of just how much difference using the right surface baits and, in particular, the right attractors can make. In just 10 minutes you can learn what it can take years to figure out when fishing on the bottom! Let’s take a look at some of the key things that I have learnt, and some…

THE MOST popular commercial waters are those where variety reigns supreme – and that is certainly the case on Margaret’s, at Latchett’s Lakes. Located in West Sussex, the complex was previously known as Tanyards Fisheries before undergoing a revamp. Margaret’s has been created by joining together Coarse Pool Three and Carp Free Pool, and can now accommodate up to 20 anglers at a time. Carp from 5lb to 15lb are the primary target for most visitors, and a wide range of tactics will succeed if you execute them properly. These include everything from the pellet waggler into open water, to a Method feeder to cover, to a more specimen-orientated approach with a lead and PVA bag. All will bring bites from fish guaranteed to test your tackle to the limit.…

“A SESSION THAT DOESN’T COME AROUND OFTEN” Dom Salmon – 10lb 2oz tench “I’VE been lucky enough to have had some success with tench this spring but, on a recent session, I had the catch of a lifetime. “I’d landed a new personal best of 9lb 10oz, and while waiting for a friend to come over and do the photos, one after the other, each of my rods went within the space of a few minutes. “After the chaos, I looked into the net and saw three very large female tench, including one that could creep into the double-figure bracket. “Following the weighing and some quick photos, the final scores came back at 10lb 2oz, 9lb 10oz, 8lb 14oz and 8lb 6oz. It was the kind of session that doesn’t…

LAST week was a bit of a quiet one by my standards – just the one qualifier at Hallcroft Fishery, for the Golden Reel final. It was set to be an interesting contest, though. Since there weren’t many on, the fishery used different pools to the usual ones, putting us on Bridge, Croft and Reed. That meant peg 6 on Moat, which usually wins, wasn’t in. It made the match fairer in theory, but there were still certain areas you wanted, notably the corner pegs. Bridge 35 – my peg – wasn’t one of those! I didn’t really fancy it, but thought I might as well give it a good go. I kicked off mugging on the pole, and had a few decent carp in the first hour before things…

THERE are times in your fishing life when it seems as though you can cast into an open field and still catch a belter – well, I’m going through one of those spells right now. Let me explain. In the opening weeks of the river season I have caught a PB zander from the Warwickshire Avon at a shade over 10lb – a clonker of a fish from the middle reaches. Then I had a huge PB of another species that I’m keeping close to my chest for the moment. That made my season in just one bite. After that, I caught 27 chub to 5lb-plus on the float from the Severn, and then two double-figure barbel from its middle reaches to cap it all off. All this happened between…