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WELL before 9.30am when the doors open, there is a queue of enthusiastic punters all looking for bargains. Those with an eye for a bargain can pre pay for their tickets either by phone or internet with
a saving of £1 per ticket or four tickets for the price of three. Children under-14 are free of course and anyone not purchasing any goods can have a full refund!
After paying for entrance make sure you have your hand stamped.
It means you can come back the second day for free. As Thomas Jones and Mick Gough explained to us at the Stevenage show: ‘There might be a few bits and pieces we missed.’ The last hour is half price entry at £2.50.
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AT MANY of the shows all over the country there is an Angler’s Mail stand manned by the regional Where to Fish columnist to give up-to-date advice on tackling nearby in form venues plus some free
literature.
It’s great to meet our readers (and anybody else) and to hear your views and news about venues, clubs and shops at present unknown to us.
There is even the possibility of becoming famous by being used
for ‘Your Shout’ slot in the column - or for match anglers coming up with an exciting idea for a ‘Competitive Edge’.
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WITH his own design team and brands, Nottingham’s new ‘Robin Hood’, Roger Surgay, is in a position to sell many items direct to the public missing out the wholesaler and thus offering
unbelievably low prices.
His own brands include Dragon Carp, Match, Pike and Surf, plus Avanti, Conquest and CK Kinetics. Some of this top value kit has even impressed the Mail’s critical Dave Coster (see Method Man
Special in this issue).
Roger commented: ‘People are learning, just because it’s not a top branded product it’s just as good making fishing accessible to everyone.’ As well as his own brands, with five
retail and two mail order outlets plus three warehouses, he also buys from wholesalers thus offering an extensive range of items.
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SOME interesting new kit gets a first airing at Tacklemania events. ‘People just think this is just another gadget until they see the E Z Feeda feeder demonstrated,’ said inventor and
manufacturer Barry Hemmings.
He told us as a dedicated club circuit matchman at the age of 40, he found it increasingly difficult to compete due to arthritis in the shoulders and had to find a way to accurately feed at
distance with a minimum of effort. He initially came up with the idea of a pole cat for which he won an award in 1995. But, not entirely satisfied as it was too noisy, he completely redesigned the current E Z Feeda.
We both
had to try this single handed feeder for ourselves and were most impressed with its accuracy, range and easy operation of this tool which we will be using in future.
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