Pole Fishing Blog

Time For A Change…

After six years fishing for Matrix Dynamite Trentmen, Tom Scholey is moving on…. I have Rob Perkins to thank for getting me involved with the then Fox Match Dynamite Trentmen. I was first invited to join the team in January 2011, after a few good guest performances on the…
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Go Small For Margin Success

Lee Wright explains why margin fishing needn’t always be about big baits and piling the particles in! Do you ever find yourself fishing a certain method or tactic without putting much thought into it? Do you fish it the same way every time and then if you don’t catch simply…
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To Pot Or To Ping? That Is The Question…

Feeding a swim correctly is a vital aspect of angling. Jordan Hall manages King’s Pools near Wolverhampton, where we caught up with him to gain his insight into when to use a pole pot or a catapult. The seasons are changing now and it will become more and more difficult…
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Go Natural!

Lee Kerry visits the beautiful Underbank Reservoir for some truly wild pole fishing. There is something about fishing big, natural, wild waters that really excites me. It’s the rawness of the fishing, the deep water, the uncomfortable banks and the uncaught fish. It’s pole fishing in its purest form and…
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Pastures New with Amer Jawad

Amer Jawad was asked by Pole Fishing magazine to fish a venue he knew nothing about, with the even tougher task being that he could only use a pole. Angler File: Amer Jawad Age: 47 Lives: Cambridge Sponsors: Rive, Champion Feed Pole: Rive R16 Professional The obvious and…
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An Ever-Changing Environment

Rob Wootton takes the PF cameras to an idyllic stretch of the River Wye, in Herefordshire, for a running-water adventure. My brief was to catch quality fish from an idyllic-looking stretch of river, so my first job was to find a venue that fitted the bill! Plenty of rivers…
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Back To Basics!

Back to Basics: Shotting Patterns We take a close look at shotting patterns and the variations you can use… It is important when deciding what shotting pattern you use to think about what you are trying to achieve by laying out your shot in such a way. Do you…
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A Day On Jazz’s Peg

Stu Conroy on The Mersey Pole Fishing joins England legend Stu Conroy for a session on a venue – and peg – that means a lot to one of angling’s genuine nice guys. When you think of the River Mersey it’s probably not fishing that springs immediately to…
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Bob Nudd’s Favourite Method

Bob Nudd uncovers the method that got him selected for his first World Championship back in 1984, and still works well in UK pole fishing these days! The pole-to-hand method involves using a pole with a rig the same length as the pole. For example, if you have a…
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Slop For Success

We join MAP-backed Tony Curd on one of the smaller lakes at the fantastic Barston Lakes complex, Solihull, for a close look at capitalising on F1s. Shallow fishing for F1s in the summer months is one of the most popular methods with anglers who are pole fishing on commercial venues.…
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The Wetter The Better!

Angling’s supreme innovator, Andy Findlay, sheds some light on yet another home-made tactic that is getting him some impressive results! Those in the angling world that know me will know just how much I like to create and come up with new tackle inventions or adaptations of baits and methods.…
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