I 2nd all that
well put dingdong!

hardlines to matt hall too,, really nice fella, would have liked to have seen matt win today too, but there cn only be one!

Indeed, well done to Nathan & Neil. Both fished superb respective match’s.

well done nathan

Well done Nathan,top result for a top bloke.Made my day~clap ~clap ~clap

Just a few points

What is the problem between Keith and Nathan?

The ones who are miked up had an advantage as at times they were told who was catching and where and the amount of time left to land a fish.

felt sorry for tom pickering was routing for him.

I enjoyed the coverage overall felt they talked over each other on occassions. andy may was good.Maybe the commentators on the bank could include the likes of Giles Cochrone, Dave Harrell, Bob Nudd for a better insight and less banal questions

Well in Nathan made up for you mate, you fished the best match on the day and remained mega calm in the most difficult conditions.~clap You had the women drooling in mine when i told them i had 20 quid on u. Hope you get another sponsorship mate

Well done Nathan, chuffed for you mate hope you made Keith Arthur eat humble pie.

Well done Nathan !
Despite all the flak you took on here last year (most of it personal and unwarranted!)you came to the lake today and proved that you are indeed a great angler and that is what the tournament is all about – Angling!

A revelation today. Forget the fishing. We all know he can fish but I criticised him last year. Today he was the consumate professional and represented the sport superbly. Class act ~clap

Self important, self indulgent, never misses an opportunity to remind you of how good he is /was … however .. to the more important man of the moment .. well done Nathan, against all the knockers you shone through, even ‘fighting’ the fish rather than playing them, perhaps times have changed? How comes SR ( I am not knocking Steve here at all btw) is big and strong enough to play the fish into the net very quickly but Nathan ‘fights’ them into the net. Also noticed how he wasn’t covered in advertising, I’m amazed he was even shown on TV without be painted blue and taught the PI song… Congrats Nathan, we don’t need fisho as much as fisho needs us! … or some people might be out of a job?

@slopes wrote:

Self important, self indulgent, never misses an opportunity to remind you of how good he is /was … however .. to the more important man of the moment .. well done Nathan, against all the knockers you shone through, even ‘fighting’ the fish rather than playing them, perhaps times have changed? How comes SR ( I am not knocking Steve here at all btw) is big and strong enough to play the fish into the net very quickly but Nathan ‘fights’ them into the net. Also noticed how he wasn’t covered in advertising, I’m amazed he was even shown on TV without be painted blue and taught the PI song… Congrats Nathan, we don’t need fisho as much as fisho needs us! … or some people might be out of a job?

Obviously you wasn’t listening when they talked about the “fighting fish” they said how they both do that and thats what most youngsters do nowadays.

But they were refering to Nathan skull dragging them a few years ago when he was at Hayfield, with Steve they were saying that he gets them in quick. Theres difference between the two, have a look at and you’ll see.

I was aware of the Hayfield times and time was precious then, but today they referrred to SR being quick at getting them out but NW fought them out, there was no difference between the two except in the commentary.

Well done Nathan & Niel top results also bad luck Tom & Matt you were all winners on the days but not as much as the audience top viewing.

@NW Cut Angler wrote:

A revelation today. Forget the fishing. We all know he can fish but I criticised him last year. Today he was the consumate professional and represented the sport superbly. Class act ~clap

hats off to that man there!
~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap

~clap ~clap well done nathan fished an awesome match and kept or seemed real calm.probably helped not having the mic in. was exellent viewing all weekend. bring on next fisho i hope i will at least get a ticket next year ~think ~think ~think

Do not get yourself banned Leaky

I was very impressed how Nathan handled himself re the interviews etc. The young man done good and what happened in the past, is ancient history. On the basis of his recent appearance he could handle a TV slot on Tight lines etc with relative ease.

I am bumping this thread because this is the type of thread Nathan deserves IMO

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