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Conquer The Cone!

The pellet cone is a great tactic for cold weather when a bite or two can make the difference between a dull session and a match win. It’s all about setting a one-bite trap in the correct place, ready to tempt a passing lump into having a go. Pemb Wrighting…
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One Line To Catch Everything!

Jamie Hughes explains how a single-minded, catch-everything approach can be the key to match wins this winter! For this month’s feature, I’d like to talk about something that is becoming increasingly popular on commercial fisheries, and a method that I really look forward to using once the weather begins…
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Guru Graduation!

Match Fishing magazine gets on the bank with the first two graduates of the Guru Match Academy! You’d have thought that, at just 14 and 15 years of age respectively, Rob Swan and Will McCranor spend most of their days locked in a dark bedroom playing computer games and…
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Big Carp In The Cold

Five-times world champion Alan Scotthorne looks at targeting quality fish in the cold and explains why a plummet is your best friend! At this time of year on commercial fisheries the target fish should be firmly on the bottom, so all that slapping and shallow fishing has almost gone…
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The Irish Rover!

Webb’s World Dan Webb recalls the recent Northamptonshire County Cup, and a less than profitable trip to Ireland… Well, there it is… 12 months have passed since I started writing these, er, chronicles. Yes, chronicles, I like that! Much has changed in that time, although I am a…
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Gary Matthews reports back from Partridge Lakes winter league

January 22nd, Peg 151, Covey Six Today was the second round of the Partridge Lakes winter league and after managing a second in section on the previous round I hoped that I could build on that this week, but after my performance on the teams of four I wasn’t that…
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The New Age Floats

Something that provides plenty of opinion and conflict is the surge in people wanting to make their own floats, not for personal use but those wanting to make a few quid something I once did a fair few years back too before all the craze. For me and it really…
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10 Of The Best!

Des Shipp’s Commercial Edges Who better to give you 10 top tips for catching carp on the short pole this month than England superstar, Des Shipp! 1 - Keep Quiet One of the most important things to do when you’re planning to catch at close range is…
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Fishing To Win!

Mark Pollard reflects on a very successful trip to the Emerald Isle, and recounts his lessons learnt… The Irish festival scene has seen a huge rise in popularity in the past few years and in turn winning over on the Emerald Isle is becoming increasingly difficult. Well, that’s the…
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Winning Style

Garbolino Lindholme’s Alex Docherty reflects on the differing approaches that top anglers take to winning matches..
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Touchy Subjects

Matrix sponsored angler, and former Junior Fish 'O' Mania champion Cameron Cross ponders one of the biggest questions in modern match fishing... Whether it’s political votes, the fight against terrorism or Leicester City winning the Premier League, no subject has caught my attention of late more than anglers and the matches…
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