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Match Fishing Staff | May 3, 2024

Welcome to the May issue of Match Fishing magazine and on this month’s front cover we feature Maver-backed Callum Dicks, and inside he highlights a great method to catch F1s shallow on maggots. This one of the most popular tactics on commercials as water temperatures rise, but with F1s becoming more and more educated on heavily fished venues you need to have a few tricks up your sleeve to keep those fish coming and win a brown envelope. Callum is a master at this style of fishing and shows you exactly how he does it.

Also in this issue, we join former Feeder Masters champion Zak Williams at the Specimen Lake at Larford Lakes, where he reveals his top tactics for catching skimmers on the feeder and also explains what it takes to win the Feeder Masters competition. His mindset and approach suit his style of fishing perfectly and he explains how you need to fish to your strengths to win big titles. There’s also plenty of other top features for you to enjoy from the likes of Steve Tucker, Andy Findlay, Steve Gregory, Phil Ringer, Matt Yorke, Joe Carass and Michael Buchwalder. And of course we have our regular columnists Andy Power, John Brooks, Matt Godfrey and Kye Jerrom as well as some top feeder fishing advice from Tom Pickering as he answers your questions in Ask Tommy.

There’s a crate full of new gear as Alex Bones tests Garbolino’s new X-Tend rods, Maver’s MV-RXX margin pole and the new MAP MKII Dual Pole rollers. We’ve also got £479.60 worth of MAP TKS Twin Core Hollow Elastics to give away in our latest competition, where five lucky readers will win a full set, worth £95.92 each!

EDITOR’S PICKS

THE DEEP SECRET OF FISHING SHALLOWCallum Dicks is at the prolific Tunnel Barn Farm to reveal some devasting tactics that are sure to help you win more matches on commercials over the coming months.

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HOW TO BE A FEEDER MASTERThe Bait-Tech backed Feeder Masters competition is one of the premier feeder-only events and we recently joined 2022 champ Zak Williams for an insight into his tactics and mindset that have made him a standout performer in recent finals.

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JOIN THE 18 TO 30S CLUBLong-distance casting is an arm of feeder fishing that is becoming more and more important. England Freestyle Feeder Team captain Phil Ringer explains how you can gain those extra metres with ease.

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DEEP WATER? NO PROBLEM!Deep commercial lakes can be a daunting prospect for many anglers but, as Colmic backed Matt Yorke demonstrates, deep water fishing for carp is as simple or as complicated as you make it.

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DON’T FALL SHORT!Commercial venues have sprung to life over the last few weeks but it’s still important to get your tactics right! MAP’s Michael Buchwalder explains more.