In article , Steve Walker
wrote:
In message , Derek.Moody
writes

However: If you want to catch plenty of fish then avoid matches like the
plague - the first thing any match angler does is to scare all the fish out
from under the near bank and all the put all the larger fish off the feed.
On your own you can creep in and catch those first.

Although; I once turned up to fish a chub session on a small river, just
as the match was weighing in. There was a guy fishing one of my
favourite chub swims proudly weighing in a couple of pounds of gudgeon
and roach, caught on the stick float. He didn't mind if I started
fishing, so I dropped in at the bottom of his swim and lowered a big
chunk of bread flake into the roots of the tree.

He looked a little gutted at the first-cast result...

That's right. He'd just stopped repeatedly disturbing the water and had
thrown in all his remaining groundbait...

Cheerio,

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