Match Fishing - March 2022

What's in the March edition of the best selling Match Fishing Magazine

8 Read Between The Lines
A change is as good as a rest so we asked Nick Speed to have a break from commercials and big reservoirs to see how he would fare on a canal cutting off the River Don at Sprotbrough.

16 Andy Power’s Diary
It’s a bit of team fishing for Andy this month at Todber Manor, then it’s business as usual as he qualifies for another big-money final!

20 Clash Of The Titans
Former world champion Tom Pickering and current England international Rory Jones battle it out at Hallcroft Fishery using contrasting methods to target different species. Who will win the day in a battle of north versus south?

26 Unlocking A Canal Flier!
Richard Chave reveals his approach when it comes to taking a risk by going all-out for bigger specimens when faced with a known hot peg on the canal.

90 Dynamite Bait Clinic
All your bait-related questions are answered by Dynamite Bait’s panel of expert anglers.

94 Earn Yourself A Bonus
We joined England international Cam Hughes on a practice session for the On The Flyer TV Winter Classic final at Coopers Lake, to see if he could work out how to catch some important bonus fish in the silver fish only event.

104 Matt’s Month
The giner one has been practising for the Winter League Final on the drains.

108 Match Fishing Events
All the dates and info if you’re thinking of entering the Garbolino Club Angler Of The Year, Preston Innovations UK Pole Champs and Peg No1 Match Fishing Subscriber Classic!

112 Browning Hotrods
Things aren’t getting any easier for Kye Jerrom and his Browning Hotrods team, as the Old Nene proves to be a tough nut to crack.


FEEDER FISHING

34 Maggot Feeder With A Twist
Will Raison explains why he’ll mix up a bag of groundbait when he plans to catch F1s on the maggot feeder.

42 It’s All In The Timing
We join Darren Cox on one of his local stretches of the Warwickshire Avon, to show how important the right conditions are for bream fishing on the feeder.

48 The Same But Different!
Mark Cree is always looking to adapt, adopt and improve and with his new Hybrid feeder tactics, he reckons he’s done just that.

56 Feeder Essentials: Preston Innovations
You’ll be sitting pretty and solid as a rock on the Absolute Platform.


POLE FISHING

60 Venue Detective
This month Andy May displays all his lovely new Preston Innovations gear and gets in among the silver fish at Pipehill Fishery in Staffordshire.

66 Short Or Long?
Andy Neal and Danny Ashington tackle Drummond’s Dub in Herefordshire, where Andy is using the long pole and Danny is limited to fishing the whip.

72 Going The Distance
Fishing a pole in excess of 16 metres isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but in some pegs it can be better than a feeder. Russ Shipton shows how he fishes his pole at a staggering length of 18 metres!

TACKLE AND COMPETITIONS

54 Dynamite Competition
We’ve got five big bucketloads of brilliant bait up for grabs, worth £267.90.

57 Guru Competition
Here’s your chance to win a Guru Aventus reel and Pulse Pro line, worth £313.97.

78 New Gear
All the latest tackle and bait that will be hitting the shops from March onwards.

82 Live Test: Browning
Tom Scholey takes to the bank with the new Sphere Silverlite Plus 14.5m pole and is very impressed by its performance and package.

84 Up Close: Octbox
Not only do we show you the ultimate fishing station from Octbox, we give you 100 quid off it too!

86 Up Close: NuFish
We check out the awesome new range of competition luggage from NuFish.