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By Matthew Kingsford My second French trip of the year was fast approaching, having just returned from a great week away on holiday with my Fiancée I had to cram in some work and also prepare for a week away at the fabulous Jonchery complex, all within 4 days, tight you may say? But I am a seasoned pro at last minute, this should be a piece of cake……. Well not quite……I don’t generally do things by halves as I am sure my fiancée would agree on, and had my work cut out to get it all done, my initial optimism in thinking I would breeze it with time to spare soon rapidly left my thoughts and turned into blind panic. Luckily before I went away I had already put my bait orders in with DNA Baits, having opted for the awesome baits “The Switch” and “Nuttas” in 2 different sizes of 15mm and 18mm, so the important part was already taken care of. This still left a mountain of other preparations, sorting out tackle I would need and not need, clothes, food, charging up the numerous camera batteries, Ridgemonkey Power Pack and lights as well as tying copious amounts of rigs! I could of done it on the bank but I much prefer to tie a selection of rigs to cater for all eventualities beforehand, just in case when arriving on the venue the fish are on it, I want to be on fish at any opportunity without the hassle of unpacking to then tie up rigs etc, better to be prepared and not need it, than not be prepared need it is what I say.

It had been in the pipelines for a little while to try and get a few of the Main Kraken Team members together so after deliberating where the event would be held we settled on a venue that would be a comfortable distance for everyone to get to, other than owner and Boss Mark Williams who unfortunately had a four hour Drive to get to the lake. On the day it was Mark and Team Captain Scott Who arrived at the lake first as it was a social we had already discussed the swims we wanted to fish before hand. Depending on the location of the fish would obviously be a key factor and Luckily enough when they arrived at the lake the pegs that we wanted to fish were free and had fish showing all over the swims along with a couple of anglers due to leave two of the pegs further down the bank that we wanted for the following morning when we were expecting a couple more kraken members. Throughout the Day both mark and Scott kept me up to date with how the lake was fishing, with Mark already having a small Stockie, for me work couldn't finish quick enough.

Ready, Steady, Go… Maximising your time on the bank is essential. MARTIN WIFFEN uses ready-to-go baits to his advantage and here’s how you can too. Every angler would like enough spare time to prepare their own particles and roll their own boilies, but in this ever-turning world it simply isn’t that feasible. With the developments in bait manufacture in the last five years there is no excuse to be using second-rate bait.