Match Practice with a Strange Target Species. 

Hi Carl, thanks for watching. Happy new year.

Hi mate, it can be dodgy underfoot. Taking your time and good set of studded waders usually does the trick. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching, scratching can give you such an enjoyable session when fishing is slow.

Hi Rick, yeah its tricky underfoot just have to be cautious and take your time. Happy new year mate.

Cheers mate, it is rough but tackle losses were minimal that day. Happy new year.

Hi Alan, they can be tricky but I class myself as a bit of a mountain goat at times 🤣🤣. Happy new year to you. Thanks for watching.

@@BanditFishingUK Thank gawd I fish shallow sandy beaches in Norfolk & Suffolk. Our biggest boulders are pebbles🎣🦈🐟

Thanks for watching Andy, I think it’s always nice to target the smaller species and as match fishing views you have to resort to that in order to get on the board. Some of my favourite sessions are catching the smaller species. Happy bee year mate.

Thanks for watching mate

Happy new year Mike. Thanks for watching through 2020 and hopefully 2021 will be a good year for us all.

Cheers Tom. I liked your perch one. I need to have a go on them!! Been something I’ve wanted to do for years now.

Hi Andy, yes it’s one of the rougher marks around with us but with the right approach you don’t lose that much gear. Rockling are a fantastic looking fish just something that I like about them. Happy new year mate have a great 2021

Hi Dan, yeah we’re still out hunting cod. Travel restrictions are proving difficult at the moment but I’m sure we can get out soon. Well done on your cod

@@BanditFishingUK Covid is very annoying. It being able to go to different places is a pain. Tight lines.

Hi Liz, yes glad I winkled out a rockling I love them. Thank you for watching and same to you all the best for 2021.

Hi Kris, thank you for subscribing and watching 👍

Cheers Shaun, hopefully see you on the beach in January 👍

Happy days glad you took something from it pal. 👍

We haven’t given fixed spool reels a good try yet but Phil has got a Penn spinfisher loaded up with braid ready to try when the lockdown is over. Thanks for watching Stephen

Hi Will, thanks for the kind comments and glad you’ve taken some tips from the videos. I think the AFAW range of reel seats grip on to the btt section when you tighten on your reel. The real foot usually pushes a small section of plastic to lock it in place. But you can also put a wrap of electrical tape where you want your fitting and pull it down over that making a tight and stopping it from moving up and down. Hope that makes sense 👍

@@BanditFishingUK that’s what I was thinking about doing to stop it sliding Down every time Had a pair for Xmas can’t wait to get out and use them 🎣🎣 Cheers guys tight lines

Hi mate, last year I fished matches with Holton road, Bargoed SAC and in the shore league. Had some good results but a couple of blanks too. 2020 was probably my best years fishing. Do you fish with a club now?

Thought you might have! 👍 I used to fish for the Holton Road Angling Match Team and was in fact Captain when we first started the team for Rays shop. Haven’t fished it for years though however my old man still fishes for them. Not entirely sure who else is in the team at the moment though.

Hi Dan, in my option fresh pouting is the best bait for big conger. You can catch almost anything on it, Cod, Dogs, Huss, Rays they will all take a liking to a nice pouting bait. It may not produce numbers of fish but might pick out some of the bigger ones.

Hi Keith, The reels are loaded with Trileen Smooth Cast XL. I believe it’s a .43 diameter that’s just shy of 30lb breaking strain. Thanks for watching and happy new year. Good luck on your day hunt in 2021

Hi James happy new year. It’s a Guy Cotten smock. Very impressed with it so far. Thanks for watching.

@@BanditFishingUK Nice ill have a look. Been looking for a good waterproof jacket/smock. Good cuffs. Havent seen anything yet.

Yeah these got neoprene cuffs stops anything running up your arm.

Happy new year mate, no didn’t loose much that day. 1 full set up on the big bait I had out but on the scratcher just a few leads.

Some days you might lose 2 or 3 weights. Other days you might sacrifice a weight every cast. It all depends on conditions and of course how rough the ground is your fishing over. Thanks for watching

Hi there, yes we make all our own rigs. Thanks for watching.

@@BanditFishingUK do you have a video on how you make them? i was intrested in the 3 hook flapper looking rig. tight lines

We haven’t got a video on the rigs featured in this episode yet but we plan to record some rig tutorials in the near future

Mark, you need to understand we don’t release our videos immediately after recording. They take time to edit and we aim to release one video a week so if we are lucky enough to have a surplus we will hold videos back so that we have something to post when we can’t get out fishing for whatever reason. This means that sometimes these videos may be released a month or more after being recorded. Also in Wales we don’t work with Tiers. We have “alert levels”. This video was not filmed during a lockdown.