I'm still going on for the odd pleasure chuck, but my SDAA match days are at an end for the time being I think. Having said that, despite not fishing the matches, I've been having rather a lot of success while experimenting this season. I realise that anyone walking past me whilst fishing could reasonable ask "where's the match?" because I always setup as if I'm fishing one, but that's where the similarity ends. I'm well off the beaten-track as regards groundbait these days; there are now two or three mixes I use which always seem to work - none of which use badged products from tackle shops - all of which are as cheap as chips and work exceedingly well.
Today is a good case in point. I went up to the match length and decided to walk far enough to be out of the way, but not that far that I needed oxygen when I got there. The first job was to pitch as much groundbait in as I could, allowing it to do it's thing while I setup. Once that was done, I used the left-over bait from the weekend to fish with and caught a fish a chuck, mainly skimmer & hybrids - 12-14oz apiece for the best part of 5 hours. That's how I like fishing on there these days - just to catch as many fish as I can while I'm there. I might stay for 2 or 3 hours of an evening, or 4-5 hours if I go during the day.
My match interests haven't completely disappeared - I did fish the WDAA flyer at Parbold on Sunday - because when I got up, that was what I wanted to do. I drew crap and got tonked either side by the Walker brothers, but hey-ho, that's the gamble. In actual fact, I really enjoyed it - I caught next to nowt, but even considering the walkers, cyclists and boats, it was good to be back on the flyers again.
Enjoy your fishing - whatever flavour it is. More in a month (or sooner - again, if I can be bothered)
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