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Phil Seedhouse – Commercial match angler

match fishing blog – keeping the float dipping!

  • Welcome
  • Tactics & Methods
    • Match Fishing Tactics Using a Pole on Commercial Venues
      • Fishing the Jigger Rig for summer Carp and F1’s
      • Pole Fishing Floats for Commercial Fisheries: Your Complete Guide
      • Short Pole Pellet Fishing for F1s: Fast, Simple, and Incredibly Effective
      • Pole Fishing with Hard Pellets on Commercial Fisheries: A Winning Edge
      • Summer Margin Fishing for Big Carp & F1s
      • Shallow Fishing with Caster on Commercials: A Match Anglers Summer Weapon
      • Winter Maggot Fishing on Commercial Fisheries
      • Mastering Meat Fishing on the Pole at Commercial Fisheries
      • Fishing Soft Pellets Over Micro Pellets on Commercial Fisheries: A Winning Combo for Big Weights
      • Unlocking the Secret: Fishing Dead Maggots on a Commercial Fishery
      • Winter Maggot Fishing on a Commercial Fishery
      • Mastering Fishing with Groundbait and Maggots on a Commercial Fishery
      • Mugging Carp with the Pole: A Match Fishing Edge
    • Pellet Waggler Fishing on Commercial Fisheries: The Ultimate Guide
    • Method Feeder vs Banjo Feeder: What’s the Difference in Match Fishing?
    • Mastering the Preston ICS and ICM System for Method & Bomb Fishing
    • Fishing the Bomb and Bread on a Commercial Fishery
    • The Benefits of Fishing a Traditional Waggler on a Commercial Fishery During Winter
    • Fishing for Carp on the Bomb
  • My Views and Opinions
    • Why start Match Fishing?
      • Fishing Clubs in the UK: A Haven for Anglers of all levels
      • Match Fishing is good for your Personal Wellbeing
      • Entering Your First Fishing Match: A Beginner’s Guide
      • Why you should join the Angling Trust
      • Can match fishing become an obsession?
    • Bait Limits in Commercial Fishery Open Matches: Fair Play or Unnecessary Restriction?
    • Buying the match with Casters in the Summer, Is it a fair deal for all ?
    • Vacuum-Packed Caster verses fresh casters ?? What’s the pro and cons
    • Why the average person finds fishing boring – and why match fishing is a whole different game
    • Why do some anglers fish a match, whatever the weather conditions are?
    • Social Media is revolutioning the way we learn match fishing tactics
    • The Pro’s and Con’s of being a Sponsored angler in the UK
  • About me
    • Venues I fish
      • Manor Farm Leisure
      • Woodland View
      • Solhampton
      • Hillview
      • The Jam Factory
      • Hawford Bridge
      • Tunnel Barn Farm
      • Jubilee Fishery
      • Cob House
      • Tirley Court
      • Lower Park Fisheries
    • My angling life story – Jam Jars to open matches!
      • Achievements
      • Memories over the years
      • Open match wins
      • STAGfest – a 3 day Stag weekend fishing festival down in Somerset
      • Evesham Jubilee Angling Society
    • Fishing in Evesham
      • The History of Match Fishing in Evesham
    • Pole rigs
    • Tackle Reviews
    • Leave me your feedback
    • Contact
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Tackle Reviews

Daiwa TDR Reels

A only use TDR reels for my running line work. Yes they are expensive, costing around £160 each but once you have used one you really don’t want to use anything else. My 2508 and 3012 single handle version are a pleasure is use Their amazing winding power is impressive and with their smoothness they make large fish playing easy work. The hard aluminium body … Continue reading Daiwa TDR Reels

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Hillview for the Sunday open. Drew on the 4th canal, peg 86. A slow start but caught well on hard pellets on the bottom. shallow no good today, 100lb in the keep nets going into the last hour and all good, then the wheels have fallen off !! Only 2 fish in the last hour. Weighed in just over the tonne for a day’s fishing Hillview for the sunday open on the canals, drew 95 on the 4th canal, started on a top kit + 1 on the bottom before coming shallow in the left margin. Weighed in 113lb 14oz to win the pool and section Hillview for the Sunday open, 14 on Moorhen so tightly pegged. Drew peg 4 in the corner, fished towards the aerator on the bottom with hard 6mm before coming shallow on caster later to win the match with 106lb With the week off work I was able to jump on the Manor Farm Leisure open on Island pool. Drew peg 16 and spend the day picking off the odd fish, a couple on the Method to the island, a couple on the bomb and a couple shallow but the last hour in the margin came good with dead reds and groundbait, weighed in 56lb 4oz for 2nd overall, just missing the win by a few ounces. Hillview Saturday open today on Moorhen, drew peg 9 and the carp and F1”s had other things on the minds. Caught a 39lb of silvers and 43lb of F1’s late on to finish 3rd with 82lb Out with the Exel lads today at Makins, Reptile pool phase 2. Ran to my peg as it was on the end of the pool with an island at 13 metres. However only caught two carp all day. Angler next to me only had one. All the carp at the other end I guess. Still managed in win the Silvers pool though so not to bad Out with Exel AC today at a new venue for me, Shearsby Valley lakes at Lutterworth. Lovely venue, Two pools in as 20 fishing, drew on the Hurricane pool. Spend the day moving around the peg on different baits to catch 64lb which was 2 overall, Out with the Exel AC at Alvechurch and my first time on the Horseshoe pool, good turnout but every peg in with 24 fishing. So expected a slow start but found a few carp at 13 metres on hard pellets later on for 55lb 6oz and 4th overall Hillview for the Saturday open, both lakes in today. Drew Moorhen 5 to weigh in 70lb for just a days fishing but nice to catch 30lb of Silvers on soft pellets

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