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Rob O’Brien’s Near 25lb Pike

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:28:44 +0000

Here’s a photo of customer Rob O’Brien with an impressive Pike of nearly 25lb. Here is what Rob had to say.

“Not been fishing for most the year but got out over the Xmas holidays and had this near 25lb pike was on some dead bait I had of you over a year ago!”

Well done Rob

Dave

He Who Dares!!

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:21:20 +0000

During a recent winter session, when the lake was empty and all the other anglers were at home I landed 7 fish to 25lb 2oz. All the fish were landed using snowman hookbaits presented on helicopter rigs incorportating Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks and Korda Wide Gape Hooks. The snowman hookbaits were topped with Mainline Hi-Visual Tutti Frutti 10mm Pop-ups.

Get out there and get catching.

Tight Lines

Dave

Guru Inline Pellet & Method Feeders – How To

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:01:17 +0000

Guru produce two types of inline feeders, the Guru Inline Method Feeder and the Guru Inline Pellet feeder. They are setup the same way but are used with different bait loaded onto the feeder. The Guru Pellet feeder is designed to be used with soft scaulded pellets as loose feed in the feeder and the Method feeder is to be used with a method mix moulded around one side of the feeder, both giving similar presentations with different baits. Both of the Guru feeders come in two sizes, 24 grams and 28 grams.

Step 1.

Remove the small tail rubber and swivel from either end of the feeder, like so.

Step 2.

Now thread you mainline through the tail rubber (Narrow end first) and the feeder.

Step 3.

Attach the swivel supplied to the end of your mainline using a Palomar knot.

Step 4.

Push the tail rubber back into place at the top of the feeder, then pull the swivel back into the bottom of the feeder.

Now to attach the hooklink. If you buy Guru’s readymade hair rigs they will come with a loop tied in the end but if you like to tie your own then tie a loop in the end using a Figure of eight loop knot.

Step 5.

Pass the looped end of the rig though the swivel of the feeder.

Step 6.

Now pass the hook though the loop at the end of the rig.

Step 7.

Pull the hook end of the rig until everything tightens down. The rig will look like this.

Your feeder is now ready to be baited and cast out.

Give them a go. To purchase either the pellet or method feeders click on the the above links.

Dave

Tackling Illegal Imports

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:40:34 +0000

I’m sure a lot of you are aware of the problem with illegal importations of large carp into the this country and the risks it possess to our current fish stocks. The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released this short video to raise the awareness of illegal importations and the dangers involved.

Tackling Illegal Importations Video

Take a quick look, its a very interesting and potentially eye opening video to those of you who are unaware of what goes on with the importation of illegal imports.

Dave

It’s Boilie Time!

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:37:54 +0000

Its that time of year again when boilies come into there own and tend to out catch most other baits. During the Autumn as the temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter the carp begin to have a feed up for the coming winter months and boilies are one bait they know are good for them. During a recent session on my syndicate I landed this 26lb Mirror carp on a 15mm bottom bait topped with a 10mm Mainline Tutti Frutti Hi-Visual Pop-up over a small bed of mixed size boilies. Use a good quality boilie like Mainline Fusion Or Nash Scopex Squid.

Get yourself some boilies and go catch ‘um!

Tight Lines

Dave

Rig Marole Bore Rings – How To

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:33:38 +0000

The New Rig Marole Bore Rings are an ingenius idea to make bait attachment, fast, simple and effective. No more searching for that lost baiting needle or dropping your last bait stop on the floor, you simply have to screw your bait into place. The Bore Rings are designed to be used with D-rigs, Chod rigs, Blowback rigs etc, basically any rig you would normally have a ring on the rig which your bait is attached to.

The Bore Rings are very versatile in the range of baits they can accomodate. The Bore Rings are ideal for anything from Boilies, Pop ups, Corkball pop ups, Pellets, Artificial Baits, Maize, Nuts and other hard particle baits.

The simple idea of the Bore Rings enables anglers to quickly change their baits without the need for baiting needles, bait stops, rig rings or bait floss.

The rig shown is one of many applications for the Bore Rings, they can even be used for zig rigs and surface fishing. These have been tried and tested, your bait will not come off on the cast.

Give ‘em a go! To purchase click on any of the above links.

Tight Lines

Dave

Bluebell Lake’s Sandmartin Thirty

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:30:47 +0000

After 2 years, regular customer Simon Hogan, finally bagged the one he was after from Bluebell Lake’s Sandmartin in the shape of this long 32lb 8oz Common. Just look at the tail on it, I bet that fought like a demon!

Good angling Simon.

Dave

Solid Bags Do It Again!

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:02:01 +0000

After another weekend session on my Nene Valley syndicate I managed to bank 2 carp to 24lb. The fish were landed using Korda Solidz PVA Bags filled with PVA friendly hemp, which was made by drying off some Dynamite Baits Frenzied Hempseed and adding a generous amount of Mainline Hemp Oil and leaving it to soak in for atleast an hour. Dynamite Baits Frenzied Monster Tiger Nuts where critically balanced and used as hookbaits with Avid Carp Sight Stops for added visual attraction.

Tight Lines

Dave

Kingfisher Thirty!

admin — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:07:30 +0000

Heres a nice 33lb common carp caught by customer Gavin Mcmillan while on a trip to Bluebells notoriously difficult Kingfisher lake. The fish was landed using the ever popular Chod rig.

Well done Gavin.

Carp Catchers News – Nash Fishery Roadshow

admin — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:34:31 +0000

The Nash fishery roadshow is back again this year with six different dates spread around the UK. It’s the perfect opportunity to come along and meet the Nash team, getting hands-on with the latest 2011 products in real life angling situations. The action packed shows will give you, the angler, the opportunity to fish in a swim with some of the UK’s finest anglers (maybe even catch a fish or two yourself!)

11th June – Linear Fisheries, Oxfordshire

16th & 17th July – Cudmore Fisheries

23rd July - Hawkhurst Fishery, Kent

30th July – White Springs Fishery, Wales

5th, 6th & 7th August – Rookley Country Park, Isle of Wight

3rd September – Great Linford Lakes, Buckinghamshire

10th September – A1 Pits, Nottinghamshire

For more details of each individual event, directions to venue, anglers in attendance and any other specific info please check out www.nashtackle.co.uk – www.nashtv.co.uk