Marsh Trail Lakes Suffolk

Today I fished a open match 5 minuets from home.
The day started badly as I left my phone at home lol
We fished C lake which consists of carp skimmers
Tench and silvers. I drew peg 2 this is a hard peg so choose to have 3 pole lines the first was 14.5 meters the second was 8 meters and finally my right hand margin i also had a straight led rod. At the I started on the deck with a 6m banded.pellet feeding micro through a toss pot as after a really cold night I new it was going to be hard after 20 minuets I had my first bite it was a small skimmer the next put after a wait had a carp of about 2 lb so decided to try my 8m line there was nothing on this line. So went back to the 14.5m line then I had a couple more carp after trying different baits with no success. I decided to sit it out on the long line and back to banded pellet had to wait for bites. In the end I had 3 skimmers and some roach and 9 carp for 34lb. I was happy with the way it went and was surprised to find out I was 4th overall and had enough to win my section. But unfortunately no camera for picture

The Browning xitan z14

Good morning everyone I had a great day at Tunnel Barn with some great people from Browning looking at 2 of their flagship poles, the Xitan Z14-1 and the Champions Choice Silverlite. My day started at getting up at 2am for the 4 hour drive to Tunnel Barn and arriving there just before 7am and having a great breakfast. The day started by meeting some of the people from Browning, one of Browning sponsored anglers James Hall (Jim to his mates) agreed he was going to help me, so after getting set up I sat on the Browning box and was handed the Z14-1 at 11 meters this was very light and stiff and felt great, then I was handed the short pole protector it looked strange as the end that goes in the was round the other end was square but what a difference this made as having your arm on a square section gave more control and stopped the pole rolling so is handy if your using a catapult for feeding. The Z14 come with 3 of these that fit the 13m 14.5m and 16m sections and with the pro

package you also get a standard reversible protector for the 9 & 11.5m. At 14.5m the normal length I can fish comfortable all day at I was surprised how light this was compared to other brand poles, the final test was the 16m section. only one word explained this for me and that was WOW I feel I could fish this length all day but unfortunately they wouldn't lend it to me for the day, the graphics and finish are superb too. Browning do 4 sizes of standard top kits called Single Length Kits (SLK) in 3.0mm, 3.9mm, 4.5mm, and a 5.5mm then you can have thepuller topkits these come in 3 bore sizes of 3.9mm, 4.5mm and 5.5mm their is also a choice of the uprated power kit Single Length Kit Power (SLKP) and an all new top kit which is a one piece with a 4.5mm bore this is ideal for up in the water and for F1 fishing. Then I saw the pole holdall another great idea the holdall has 2 pockets on the out side for the pole protectors so your not struggling at the bottom of the bag trying to find them. This is a great pole and one that will be on the bank with me soon and hopefully will be helping me with my England disabled team trials and hopefully if I can make the team will be in Portugal next year. 

I just want to thank a few people for a great day firstly thanks James Hall for all your time and help also Bob Nudd the face we all know and to Frerk Petersen European manager for Zebco Browning and lastly all the other guys from Browning I met it was a great day with great products with great people. To see more please go to www.browning-fishing.com 


THANK YOU EVERYONE 

Bloodworm & Joker Lesson

Good morning everyone,

After my experience at this year's Fish'O' Mania Final I was asked if I would be interested in going for England disabled team trial in readiness for next year's events, this is a dream come true and have jumped at the chance, the down side was I'd never seen bloodworm and joker before never mind fished with it. So after an initial panic a really good friend Carl Shepherdson spoke to me and offered to help me to achieve a dream. 

It was a 4 hour drive from my home in Suffolk but luckily I was heading north to fish the Hooked for Heroes match at Lindholme Lakes and I wasn't going to turn the opportunity down I needed to see if I could do this. We had a chat and after some ringing around and sending emails we found the best place to go was the Aire and Calder canal.

When we got there we started the day by going through groundbait choices and mixes, we also decided to add leam to the mix to ensure it reached the bottom in the the deep water, we also took a look at different floats for this venue ranging from a 1.5g to a 3g and the varying patterns. Now it was time to set up, after the info we was given I decided to plumb up 2 lines one at 14.5m and one at 8m. Once we started to fish and it wasn't long before I had my first fish and once they arrived they kept coming. By the end of the day I had about 30lb of roach, perch and skimmers. 

What a great day and one I really enjoyed, and I think I can get used to this style of fishing and can't wait to go again.

I also have to thank Carl Shepherdson for his time and patience and making it so enjoyable

The Aire & Calder Navigation - Pollington Stretch was the venue for the session

All the equipment and 

For someone who has never prepared bait like this 

Talking about measuring bait quantities out (left) - Hooking 

It's amazing how even just a couple of hours you get the bug back for canals again - amazing session

A fantastic first ever session - 30lb net of silvers all taken on Bloodworm & Joker

Welcome Everyone

Hi all and welcome to my blog the next several months are going to be a whirlwind but filled full of excitement and I will be writing several articles of what I have been up to, I hope you enjoy the read and please feel free to follow me, ask questions or if your on the bank come and say hello.

Tight lines, Gary