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Barby Banks evening series, 27th June. Match Fishing editorial assistant Joe Carass took his first victory in the series with a relatively low 65lb 4oz. Joe's catch was made up of 30 small pastie-sized carp that were caught on 4mm expander over micro pelletsfished in 10 inches of water tight to the island. Running the winner close was Pole Fishing's Tom Scholey with a level 60lb.

NSW SCAC Winter League Round 2 resultLocation of match: Sydney, AustraliaDate of match: 1/7/12Number of pegs/anglers: 17Report: Another cold spell in Sydney for the week before the second round of the NSW SCAC winter league saw low weights recorded on Caddis Creek. Despite the hard fishing it was still a close match with wild goldfish making up the difference in many of the weights. Dara Finnegan won today’s match catching all carp on the pole/worm and is now leading the winter league with one match to go. Ivan Mitchell was 2nd and Richard Brown has moved into 2nd in the league with finishing 3rd in today’s matchTop 5 anglers and weights:1: Dara Finnegan Weight: 10.

Airsprung AA Open resultLocation of match: Bristol Avon Barton Farm Date of match: 1/7/12Number of pegs/anglers: 16Report:The Bristol Avon had fined down nicely following the previous weeks floods but was still carrying a touch of pace. The expected bagging session just did not happen. Most of the action was on the first 3 pegs by the rowing club, and coming out on top on peg 2 was Garbolino Blackmore Vale’s Richie Tomala. Richie fished the pole at 13 with a 3 gram rig over groundbait and caster.

Joe Carass checks out the latest bait development from Japanese bait giant Marukyu. Is there such thing as a wonder bait? Over my years in angling I have seen all manner of weird and wonderful baits come along that are supposedly the ‘next big thing’, and guaranteed to put more fish in the net. But let’s be honest, most of these things catch the angler and not the fish and most are no more successful than the last big thing. When I first saw JPz I must admit to thinking that same thought that I’d had many times before.