Barby Banks Evening Series, Rugby, Warwickshire – Wednesday 13th June. The carp were in an iffy mood on the second Barby Banks evening contest but, just like last week, two ton-up catches headed the frame. First place this time went to Mark Griffiths (Guru) with a fantastic 126lb 8oz catch in just three hours. Mark caught most of his fish late on with maggot and worm over groundbait and included carp to 8lb plus a bonus 2lb barbel.
NSWSCAC Winter League Round 1 Result. . . 3rd June 2012 - Sydney, AustraliaNumber of pegs/anglers: 17Report: Seventeen anglers turned out for the first leg of the NSW SCAC Winter league last weekend at Hawkesbury racetrack’s lake.
Victoria Products League - Round Seven results. . . 3rd June 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 22Report: Two in a row for Walton - Twenty two Exeter members fished seventh round of the Victoria Products League at KiaOra Gold Pond.
Harry Billing ended with a good result in the White Acres Garbolino Spring Classic. Here’s how he got on…
I was really looking forward to the Garbolino Spring Classic at brilliant White Acres. It is smaller in numbers than the usual festivals, but still full of very good anglers and I would need to get my drawing arm going this week! I was also hoping to continue the Garbolino-sponsored anglers domination of the recent festivals, with Grant Albutt, Andy Geldart and Darren Cox all winning the three major Spring festivals!
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Really fancied this peg but it was windless and really struggled for 19lb. I couldn’t make anything work, all the fish seemed to be to my right which was where the wind was blowing.
Kennet & Avon Spring teams of 4 League, Final Round Result. . . 27th May 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 88Report: After a spring that has felt more like the winter at times, the temperature soared for the final Round of this competitive 4 match canal series, and the weights followed suit with over 20lb needed to top the event and 14 anglers reaching double figures!On top of the pile was Sensas Wiltshire angling’s Mark Lloyd who drew peg C9 on the bush at the Station section below Great Bedwyn, Mark weighed of 21lb 4oz of skimmers which he caught steadily throughout the 5 hours and also included a couple of bream around the 3lb mark which he tempted on the chopped worm against the bush at 14MAlso on the same section was second placed Mike Marsden of Pewsey who was on C1 near the car park.
EDAA KiaOra Gold Pond Result. . . 27th May 2012Number of pegs/anglers: 16Report: Sixteen Exeter members fished the rescheduled match at KiaOra Gold pond this Sunday in glorious sunshine.
Everyone loves it when an underdog comes good! Browning has produced good poles for years but never seemed to reach the cult ‘must-have’ status of manufacturers like Daiwa, Maver, Garbolino and Preston. However, Alex Bones says the Z12 could change all that…Now and then certain products really excite me. Many we get for review I could take or leave – in fact they never make the printed pages – but this, however, is something very special indeed!Wind the clock back a couple of years and Browning admitted it was struggling to break into the pole market. Then came the Z12’s predecessor – the Z9.
This fantastic new pole from Maver features ground-breaking technology that has never been seen before in a pole in this price point. It has an RRP of well over £2,000 but for a limited time is to be sold at the special offer price. The pole is wonderfully stiff and extremely strong. It is also supplied with four Easy Flow Power kits.
Joe Carass takes a look at a new addition to the Preston Mini rod range that is not quite so mini!The Mini range of rods from Preston Innovations has been one of the biggest success stories in fishing tackle in recent years, and if you walk around any commercial fishery in the country you are sure to see some of the rods on the bank. The range has, however, now been extended to cater for the huge variety of commercial fishing available in the UK. A recent trend has seen matches fished that require a long-distance approach; venues such as Barston Lakes in particular regularly see distances of 80 yards plus needed to reach the fish. Initially anglers turned to the Preston Dutch Master rods to reach the mark but the actions weren’t quite right for playing the F1s, carp and skimmers that make up the weights.
These 2mm and 3mm pellets are made from high-quality GPS90 fishmeal. They also include feed stimulants betaine and spirulina and come in 600g bags. RRP: £2. 99.
