hi the best one to tell you on how to fish it would be dave brittain if you put another new post asking for him you might get somewhere. but if you speak to steve at viaduct he would tell you everything on what todo

keep it simple mate you will need pellet, pellet and more pellet. oh and a little bit of paste too.
pellet wag or bomb is scoring well with the pole down the edge if your on the right peg (corners usually!) you can catch on the pole long infromt of you both on the deck and then shallow. depends where you are. cambells is usually better for that as they are smaller fish. take PLENTY of 8mls and 10s are needed if itd windy. i personally domt bother with 6s but if you intend to fish the pole the they may be ok.

Spoke to Ian today Fished iffy over weekend due to sun and calm surface ! Good weights still but you need a ripple. 8mm pellet and fish the wag as it’s still going to be warm or shallow on the pole is working on campbell

I’ve sent you an email giving details on all the pegs, it’s the same info I sent Neil McKinnon prior to Fisho so it should stand you in good stead.

Also see this link regarding the pellet waggler http://www.fishing-world.co.uk/toptips.html

One thing I forgot to mention is that they’ve been fishing the conker for around four years at Stafford Moor. It was only in last years Fisho that a few lads tried it and found that it worked very well.

It will still take a lot to beat a good shallow angler on the waggler or the pole and that how I’d fish apart from the corner pegs where your options may be limited.

As for Campbel lake, a good angler can win from almost anywhere with the exception of the corners, however they also win a lot of matches especially if the wind is blowing into them.

James.

Some of the best anglers in the South West fish Viaduct, (Des Ship, Tony Rixon, Alex Murray, Steve Mayo, Andy Power, Andy Lloydd, Steve Denmeade, Josh and Paul Garrett, etc), and then on top of that there are the venue experts, who tend to excel at certain methods and rarely go anywhere else.

All of the above are very hard to beat and know the venue very well, which accounts for the big weights, however pegging will also play a big part in the winning weight.

If every peg is in, 150lbs will be a very good weight, however if it’s pegged so that you have 2 out of 3 pegs in, ie. 1&2, 4&5, 7&8, etc, 200lbs should be on the cards but only if conditions and anglers approach is right. You don’t need a lot of fish to get 200lbs and it’s important to make every fish count.

There is nothing special in what I or the other anglers do to get big weights, as it is something that we do week in, week out, due to being spoilt by the quality of some of the venues down here. You do have to be geared up for it and approach it correctly. Anybody who thinks that it’s a race will be onto a looser before they start as you have to keep the fish coming for the duration of the match, making sure every fish counts. Five fish an hour is a good target and will generally have you there or thereabouts come the end of the match.

Dave

Would there be any chance that I could get a copy of your email about Viaduct? I have a match there the beginning of October, so any info would be greatly received.

Thanks

Dave

With 19 of you fishing, 150lbs will be a good weight on Campbel however you may need more on Carey, depending on who draws where.

Locally, I tend to stick to Stafford Moor and Viaduct as you’re guaranteed decent turn outs and the standard of angling is very good.

As soon as the rivers come into form I’ll be off up to the Wye because if it fishes any where as well as it did last year it will be awsome.

Vic Bush bought into Avalon, however I have never fished there, although a lot of anglers have told me that it would suit me.

With regard to Viaduct I’ll probably get a few matches in there over the next few months as the summer league at Stafford Moor finishes next week.

dave, why havent you mentioned the purple plonker?? the viaduct master!!!

Bodge, it took me a while to suss it out, but I think I know who you mean. He is a very good angler and I get on with him quite well, so we’ll leave it at that.

As for Paul, Josh and Carl they still fish at Viaduct and are usually there or thereabouts. Paste doesn’t tend to do as well as it used to as the silvers can be a pain so I’d stick with pellet, 8mm for the waggler and 6/8mm for the pole.

Josh and Andy Power catch a lot of fish on the pole using 8mm pellet on the deck, however the waggler does dominate a lot of matches, especially if those around you fish the pole.

As for the paste recipe there were no secrets as Paul only used plain sillybait. As I said there are no secrets, just anglers who know exactly what they are doing.

You’ve had three very good draws on Campbel, however the 248lbs is one of the best weights this year so well done.

I’m glad you had a good week and that it fished well as there are occasions when you’d think that there aren’t a lot of fish in there however naybody who knows it well will tell you that when it does fish it can be very good.

I haven’t fished Cider Farm however I have heard some very good reports on the venue and there are several anglers wh are of the opinion that it will become one of the best commercials in the South West.

I dare say that I’ll be paying a visit in the near future.