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Hayfield Open Match 31/07/21 On Saturday I headed up to the awesome Hayfield Lakes in Doncaster to fish the open match. Due to the heavy rain we had been experiencing, I expected it be tough. I drew Peg 49 which gave me plenty of options. Because of this I decided to set up a variety of methods to hopefully try...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F99AyrGYXY8 "Well we're here today at Gold Valley. It's the first round of the Rushmore League, now the Rushmore leagues I really like fishing. There's a lot of money to be won and it's a team match as well, it's not only you trying to win a lot of money for the individual price but there's also a team prize...

Right guys, this is my setup. First of all, the pole i'm using is the Maver Signature Pro 800. Now this pole fufils my requirements perfectly. The best  best thing about it for me is how stiff it is, you can fish it at lengths of 14-16m and when you're getting little tiny bites from these F1s, it's really responsive...

My shotting pattern in the last month has actually changed totally to what I used to do. I know these floats that I'm using today take eight no. 12 shot, and what I used to do is just string them out over a four inch gap in a very basic 'shirt button style', but I've actually changed totally what I'm doing now...

My top tip for this week is shotting rigs correctly. When approaching most modern day commericals, one of the biggest questions I have to ask myself is which bait is going to be best; maggots or pellets. But it's not quite as simple as that, you have to shot your rig correctly depending on what bait is going to be...