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MATCH BLOG (Tues): The great pellet rip-off!

WELCOME TO the Tuesday blog. Tuesdays mean Steve Collett, the boss of leading online tackle retailers Harris Sportsmail.
Steve’s blogs focus mainly on match fishing but also delve into his styles of pleasure fishing and specialist angling. He also writes an absolute must-read My Say column in this week’s big value Angler’s Mail magazine – out now!
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East Midland & East Anglia match fishing results for May 11/12, 2013

East Midlands and East Anglia match fishing results for May 11/12, 2013
Cross Drove, Hockwold, Norfolk. Wed, 24. Stewart Bracey (Shimano Dynamite Baits) 122-2-0, F1s to 4lb, brown goldfish to 2lb,14.5m maggot & pellet, peg 20; Alex Bates (Sensas Mark 1) 89-8-0; Bruno Norman (Kev’s Tackle) 85-13-0; Tony Guy (Cross Drove) 61-6-0; Dave Pearce (Wisbech) 59-4-0; Simon Easey (Stanjays/Waterbeach AC) 57-10-0.…

South East and South West match fishing results May 11/12, 2013

 
South East and South West match fishing results  May 11/12, 2013
 
Back Arun Fishery, Arundel, West Sussex, Carp Lake, 12. Andy Potter (Greenridge Farm) 73-0-0, pole and meat, peg 17; Paul Romaniuk (Back Arun) 59-8-0; Alec Bicknall (Back Arun) 40-8-0.
 
Bake Lake, Wed. Flamingo Lake. 11. Roy Booth (Bake) 136-4-0, carp on pole and corn, peg 16; Rodney Stokes (Bake) 96-0-0. Sun. Help…

North East match fishing results for May 11/12, 2013

 
North East match fishing results  May 11/12, 2013
 
Bank End, Finningley, S Yorks. Sun. 29. Dean Foster (Kerfoots Tackle) 88-3-0, carp on waggler and pellet, peg 28; Matt Grove (Bank End) 84-13-0; P. Warren (Bank End) 80-15-0; Phil Gullitt (Clay Lane) 69-0-0; Steve Cawston (R & R Sports Bawtry) 65-12-0.
 
Barnburgh, Doncaster. Tues, Over 50s. Les Peace (Barnburgh) 87-0-0, F1s, pole and pellet; K…

West Midlands and Wales match fishing results for May 11/12, 2013

 
West Midlands and Wales match fishing results  May 11/12, 2013

Cefn Fforest, Redhill Fishery. Sun, 26. Norman Sterry (Lydney) 140-4-0, carp, short pole and corn, Sophie’s Pond peg 4; Trevor Tarling (Pengam) 114-0-0; Lyn Jones (Cefn Fforest) 102-14-0.
Cefn Mably, over-50s. Match Lake. Wed, 22. Bob Mitchell (Cefn Mably) 69-0-0, carp,pole and pellet, car park side; Mike Yandle (Tredegar) 69-0-0; Tony Worgan (Tredegar) 68-0-0;…

North West match fishing results for May 11/12, 2013

North West match fishing results  May 11/12, 2013

Bannister House, Match Canal. Merseyside. Sun, 33. Mark Halliwell (Ted Carter’s Preston) 71-0-0, carp to 5lb, bream and roach, pellet shallow, 16m, peg 16; Keith Wilson (Elton Tackle) 62-12-0; Paul Bottomley (Coppull Angling Centre) 62-4-0; Graham Holland (St Helens) 61-8-0.
 
Blundell’s. Cheshire. Wed, Roving, 29. Kieron Rich (Daiwa) 196-7-0, mirror carp and F1s to…

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Police probe death of match angler

A WELL-LOVED match angler has died in mysterious circumstances after celebrating the end of a festival in a fun-loving boozy town centre.
Mick Kearns had enjoyed a match at popular White Acres in Cornwall and later went out on an ill-fated drinking session in nearby Newquay that is know as the party-capital of the south west.
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West Midlands and Wales match fishing results for May 4, 5 and 6, 2013

 
West Midlands and Wales match fishing results for May 4, 5 and 6, 2013
 
Aberglais, Pixley Pool. Sun.18. Nick Lane (Merthyr) 48-7-0, carp on method feeder and pellets, peg 5; Mark Jones (Tredegar) 43-12-0; Carl Davies (Merthyr) 32-2-0; Gary Miles (Merthyr) 31-7-0.
Barston Lakes, Solihull,  Main Lake, Mon.14. Steve White (Kobra Feeders) 88-4-0, skimmers, poled pellet and corn, peg 24; Rich Watkins…

East Midlands match fishing results for May, 4, 5 and 6, 2013

Read this week’s Angler’s Mail – including a brilliant masterclass by Dave Coster in feeding methods, best pellets tested and a mystery death of a top matchman.

 
East Midlands match fishing results for May, 4, 5 and 6, 2013
Aldercar Lane Fisheries, Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire, Tues. Snipe Pool, 12. Jason Lebosquet (Garbolino) 35-0-0, carp and silvers, feeder fished pellet, peg 21; Andy Mason (Aldercar Lane Fisheries)…