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TACTICS How To Fish The Long Pole

to bag up on your local commercial fi shery?Preston Innovations-backedAnt Rogers reckonsyou should, to stay ahead of the opposition.

Would You GoThis Long...his Long...P

icture the scene: you arrive at your

local fshery to fnd there has been a

heavy ground rost and all the pre-

match banter is about who will get the frst

bite! Things are not looking too good. Thento cap it all you draw a peg that has good

orm in the summer, but it defnitely isnt

summer today.

Theres an island within reach o your

peg, but only i you have 19 metres o

carbon to get there and oating poles

arent allowed. However, you take the

extra extensions needed rom your

holdall and set about targeting the

island, and you are the only one

to attempt to fsh it with a pole.

Five hours later you need help

heaving your three keepnets

out o the water and weigh

in a new winter matchrecord o 180lb, and

second place is a modest 42lb. Sounds too

good to be true? Not i youre Ant Rogers!

This was the exact scenario he aced

in a winter-league round and he even

surprised himsel with the overall outcome.I never even imagined that sort o weight

was possible, commented Ant. You fsh

these matches looking or a

section win to help your

team win the day.

I didnt catch

much early on

because I fshed

a line at 14.5

metres to see what

was in the peg and

only shipped out

to 19 metres

ater having

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just 10lb in the frst hour. Its hard work

but there are ways to make it easier or

yoursel. A lot o anglers asked me ater the

match how I did it, so Ive brought the APF

cameras along to the same peg to show

how to make the most o the long, long,

long pole!

The venue is question is Izaak WaltonFishery, near Chebsey in Staordshire. Its

a well-established our-lake fshery only

yards away rom the cottage where Izaak

Walton once lived, many years ago. Ant

added: I dont live too ar away rom here,

so I like to fsh the teams-o-three league in

winter. Its a very competitive league that

means you have to fsh very well on each

round to win your section.

There are several pegs on

the bottom lake that

are within reach

o a 19m

pole.

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ADVANCED POLE FISHING 17

ROLLERS

To get the best from your collection of rollers they need to be in the

right positions.This will allow you to ship backeasier and quicker.I like

to have one quite close behind me to take the strainvery quickly as I

ship back. I like to position it about four metres behind me and at a

slight angle. If you are right-handed like me then you will tend to strike

to the left, bringing the butt sections behind you round to the right. This

is where the roller should be. The second roller should be positioned

well back, at around the join between the 16msection and the 17.5m

extension. This roller should be higher than the front roller so youship

backwith the butt higher than the tip.The last roller should be placed

in the middle of these two,where the pole sags slightly.This willtake

the strain of the middle length. Again, this should be higher thanthe

front roller but lower than the backroller.

ANGLER PROFILE

ANT ROGERSANT ROGERSTeam: None

Sponsors: Preston

Innovations,

sonubaits.com

Pole used: Preston

G91

Biggest match

weight: 252lb at

Rolfs Lake

THE RIG

4x10 PrestonInnovations Chianti

0.13mmPowerLine

Three No10s

No10

0.11mmPowerLine

Size 14 PR32

IZAAK WALTONIZAAK WALTONCOARSE FISHERYCOARSE FISHERYLocation: Chebsey, Staffordshire

Directions: From the M6, exit at Junction 14

and head towards Eccleshall on the A5013.

As you pass through Great Bridgeford look

out for a road on your right signposted to

Izaak Waltons cottage. Follow the signs

to the cottage and Chebsey. The fishery is

signposted on your left hand side just after

the cottage

Cost: 4.50Contact: 01785 761535

VENUE FACT FILE



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BAIT PREPARATION

Pour in one bag of the

sonubaits.com Fin

Perfect Micro Pellets

into a large bucket.

Add about a third of a

pint of water.

Mix the water and

pellets vigorously to

evenly spread the water

among the pellets and

prevent them from going

mushy.

Wait about 20 minutesfor the pellets to absorb

the water. Repeat the

process twice but with

a little less water each

time.

The pellets should be left

for a while then put into

a sealable plastic bag

and placed in a fridge

overnight. They will be

perfect in the morning.Can your pole do this?

Many anglers use a small eeder or

straight lead but accuracy at such short

distances is very hard to achieve, and

many a eeder has been lost in the ar-bank

vegetation. By fshing the pole you can be

accurate with your eeding and rig placement

and you can strike at any indication, which isneeded on some colder days. The hardest part

is getting to grips with the extra length!

Naturally I use Preston Innovations

products or all my fshing, including a 2G91

pole. All o the Genis poles have parallel 16m

extensions available, so you can extend your

pole to whatever length you need or want.

Most poles having these parallel extensions

can be used, as long as they are quite strong

and have little ex through the middle. This

will help keep the pole o the water and

prevent you having to lean back too much to

support it.

The hardest part o fshing with a pole

this long is getting it out to 19 metres with apole-mounted pot o bait. To do this properly

you need at least two rollers; I have three and

use the very large Preston Pro-V Rollers. The

large target area between the two upright

rollers makes it easier to locate the rollers

when trying to ship a fsh back and gives you

more room or error. The more rollers you

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TACTICS How To Fish The Long Pole

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FILLING THE POT

11Put several grains of sweetcorn into

the pot. Adjust this amount up or down

depending on your catch rate.

Fill the pot up with prepared sonubaits.

com Fin Perfect Micro Pellets.

Compress the pellets into the pot using

your thumb.

The bait will remain in the pot until its

tapped out.

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use the more support your pole gets. Its

crucial to position your rollers in the right

place to help you ship out smoother and

quicker.

When you are ready to start shipping

out, make sure its done smoothly. Speed

is not o the essence here getting to

the ar bank with bait in the pot and

an untangled rig is. I tend to ship out

as usual to about 16 or 17 metres then

shue the pole out using my orearm

and thigh as stabilisers. Once I get to 19

metres I will rotate the pole and tap it to

release the bait, then lay my rig in over

the top. Its then time to sit and wait or a

bite. By using your thighs and arms more

than usual this method isnt too bad and

long stationary periods can be achieved

without any aches and pains.

I have seen a lot o people try to ship

out maggots and loose pellets then look

in despair as they reach 17 metres and

the pot spills bait into their peg. The lids

on the Carp Cad Pots do help to prevent

this, but I have a better way o ensuring

your bait ends up in the right place every

time. I use sonubaits.com Fin Perect

Micro Pellets that have been wetted and

prepared the night beore. By doing

this the pellets are slightly heavier and

pull through the surace tension easier,

preventing them rom blowing away in

windy conditions. These can then be

compressed into a small Cad Pot with a

ew grains o sweetcorn

and the consistency

o the pellets holds

everything in. You

can even ship out

upside down and

they stay in! The

only baits I used

when I weighed

in 180lb were

a tin o

corn and

a bag o

sotened pellets.

Rig wise, I have ound simplicity is

by ar the best option. The more you

complicate the rig by adding loads o

shot the more chance you have o it

tangling. I used a 4x10 Preston Chianti

tied to 0.13mm

PowerLine.

The hook was

a size 16 PR32

on a 0.11mm

PowerLine

hooklength

set a couple o

inches overdepth. My shotting was very

simple, with three No10s as a bulk 12

inches rom the hook and one No10 six

inches below as the only dropper.

Throughout this winter campaign I have

been helping develop the new Preston

Pulla Kit, which allows you to pull the

elastic through a strengthened area

o the top kit, thus enabling you to

alter the amount o elastic in

use. This is especially useul

when using sot elastics

and trying to land

big fsh.

I have seen people ship out apot of bait, then as they reach17 metres the bait spills into

their peg not good.

SHIPPING OUT11Ship your pole out as usual using your

arms for strength.22 Once you have gotas far as possible,

use your thighs

more as a rest and

push it out across

your legs.

You will need

to use yourforearms to

shuffle the

pole along

your legs.

Tuck the

pole

under your

forearm

and across

your thigh to

support the

majority of the weight. Tap the pole with

your front hand to release the bait from the

pole pot.

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With catches like this, can

you afford not to go long?


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