My matches are mainly Commercial Opens with a odd local Knock up match between my fishing mates. When I've done well and had a brown envelope to pick up. I'll write it up on my blog page. I tend to give a fair and true description of what I did but I highlight what's running though my mind and the changes I may have needed to make during the match. We all read the Angling magazines for the latest tactics and tackle set ups so I only briefly mentions this. I try to concentrate my blogs on my thinking rather than the tactics used. There is plenty of online information on tactics and methods and this is done far better by some of the Country's top match anglers than I ever could anyway.
A lot of fishing tackle is really cleverly marketed to catch the angler and using the correct tackle is far more important. It doesn't matter if your particular item of tackle has the right brand name written on it or used by your favourite angler, so it must be good. You just need to use the right tackle for the style of fishing you are doing. As an example a cheap rod or pole will still catch fish. However the more expensive one's will land you more fish as they are more forgiving when playing fish leading to less hook pulls and lost fish. The best advice I can give is to buy the best you can afford as this will generally be better than the cheaper alternatives and will you enjoy your fishing more. I only review the items of tackle that I think are good value for money and have helped me land more fish.
This website doesn't provide me with an income. It's just something I do in my spare time that I enjoy and it's content is just something I am passionate about, writing about my fishing. However the following this website receives is increasing all the time with over 10,000 new and returning visitors per year, mainly due to my social media activity and match blogs from venue's people are interested in fishing. These pages have a huge following. But running this website comes at a cost personally to me and while I don't take an income from it I still have to fund the domain name and website hosting package. This is why I now offer website advertising at an extremely low cost to help fund the website.
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