NATHAN GOODERHAM:

Suffolk-based match fishing young gun who has just qualified for the big-money Golden Rod Final next month.

RESULT:

1 N Gooderham, Bait-Tech, 77-0-0; 2 M Edis, 73-12-0;

3 A Power, Preston Innovations, 70-4-0. QUALIFIERS:

N Gooderham, P Twigg and R Wootton.

HOOKLINK

4ins of 0.19mm N-Gauge puts the hookbait right in among the micro pellets in the feeder.

HOOK

Nathan went for a size 12 Guru QM1 hook and bait bayonet to speed up the baiting up process. Top hookbait was a 6mm pink or yellow wafter.

MAINLINE

6lb Guru Pulse Pro made up the mainline linked to a 10lb shockleader of around three rodlengths long.

FEEDER

Due to the relatively short cast, Nathan fished a Guru 30g Mini Hybrid feeder with an X-Safe elasticated stem inserted.