VENUE INSIDER

Browning match man and venue expert James Hall: Tackle: “On the day I fished with two main rigs – one on the deck and another shallow. The carp, F1s and goldfish feed confidently on pellet here so both my rigs were banded for 6mm and 4mm pellets, although a lasso can work equally just as well.”

Baits: “For the session I fed 4mm and 6mm pellets and alternated between the two in the band. My on-the-deck rig started with a 6mm hookbait and I fed 4mm oéerings, while up in the water I fed 4mm pellets and fished a 4mm oéering on the hook. Late in the day I fed and fished 6mm pellets down the edge. Corn and meat will work too.” Tactics: “The plan was to fish the deck rig on a top-2 plus two sections and fish shallow over this as the fish came up in the water. All the while I fed 4mm pellets via a catapult to keep the fish there. If they stopped showing shallow I could switch back to the deck rig over loose oéerings. Later on I’d fish down the edge to try and pick up a bigger fish.”