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TackleTek Float / Match Fishing Consultant - Martin Hough

Martin is a lifelong angler and has done some very interesting things within fishing including an angling slot on a local radio station. Martin currently writes articles for www.matchangler.com and has offered his services to users of Lineaeffe fishing tackle (and no doubt anglers who don't) for those anglers looking to improve their coarse fishing or to overcome any problems that they are experiencing.

This is Martin's own area on the TackleTek web site where will post questions asked by anglers along with the answers that Martin has provided. Each month there will be a Star E-mail with a spool of new Magma line up for grabs. So go on - Ask the Angler and get realistic solutions to your problems.

Martin's Lineaeffe Tackle Review

While everybody was watching the World cup or opening their Fathers Day cards, I decided to pay a visit to a local commercial fishery called Woods Farm and try out my new Lineaeffe Regency 14ft Match rod and Dante reel .

The weather was overcast, but warm. I decided to fish under match conditions i.e. for 5 hours to the fishery rules though which meant no pellets, no ground bait or keepnets but apart from that I set everything under match conditions. The first couple of hours was hard, catching small roach up to about 4oz, which did not challenge my new rod very much, then into the third hour I struck in to another fish thinking it was going to be another small roach. Although I’d stepped up my terminal tackle to a Garbolino carp waggler 4lb main line, 3lb hook length to a number 14 hook with a double maggot bait, the fish turned out to be a 1lb crucian carp and at least bent the tip of my rod. Next cast my float dipped again, I struck and the tip of my rod bent right round, at last I was into a larger fish which gave me a hell of a fight when landed was a Mirror Carp approx 5lb in weight. After that it was back to small fry, until 5 minutes before the end of the session when again the tip of the rod went round again, this time I was into a 7lb common carp which put up a hell of a fight after 20 minutes I landed it. I know this was past the end of the “match” but because I had a fish hooked under match rules you can fish on until the fish is landed or lost.

Overall I have more expensive match rods than the Regency but they cannot handle the all round fishing conditions like the Regency did. Also some of the reel fittings on the expensive rods are pathetic for a rod costing around £100, but on the Regency they were excellent. The Dante reel sat perfectly and never moved even under extreme pressure it was smooth, it was easy to cast and when the large fish were hooked it was quite smooth to use. All in all I know what rod and reel combination I will be using in the future!

Martin's 5lb Mirror Carp

Followed Up By A 7lb Common Carp

E-mail Martin now on martin.hough@tackletek.co.uk

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