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Solar team member Dale Turner’s landed one of his two target fish, a mid 30lb common known as Split Tale, as part of a 4-fish haul from his Essex syndicate water. Using a small piece of black foam presented with a size 8 Solar Wide Gape hook, Dale enjoyed some of the best fishing he’s had for years, as the East Sussex-based angler explains: “I got to the lake at around 5. 30pm straight from work at the Solar Tackle factory. I’d fished an overnighter on the water the week previous and lost a good fish at the net, so I knew the area that I wanted to be in.

An evening with Kevin Nash – Wednesday 18th MarchTickets are now available through Browns Angling for this one time only event and its set to be a real cracker. With a raffle and prizes on the night all proceeds will be going to a children's charity. So have a great night and do some good while you’re there. With a limited number of tickets available these will be sold on a first come first served basis, so be sure not to miss out! Tickets are priced at £15 per person.

On Saturday, August 9th, 2014 Leamington Angling Association will be hosting a junior masterclass event at Jubilee Pools in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry. It will be an easy-going, instructional event aimed at juniors up to 18 to encourage and help all skill levels – whether you’re looking to learn, polish or hone your skills, ranging from basic whip fishing to advanced rig mechanics and ‘big-fish rigs’, the aim is to cover all aspects, including fish and bank safety. There will be experts on hand, from various tackle companies such as Gardner, Mainline Korda and Dynamite Baits to name a few, all to help create a real-time classroom to teach different disciplines around the venue. Hopefully, there will even be the chance to land a few fish, providing the fish gods are smiling.

The long-awaited new website of the famous French carp fishery Les Quis has now gone live. The new comprehensive site covers all aspects of Les Quis, from trip availability to a swim-by-swim guided tour of the whole complex. It also gives you a weekly catch report showing you clearly what has been caught, unlike a lot of the other French fisheries. There are lots of tips and advice as to how to get the most from your stay, with videos to help you with such things as how to mesh your hook baits against the bait-robbing Poisson Chat.

Top bait rolling and wholesale firm Kent Particles has just relaunched its website. With brand-new easily navigable buttons, bait can be easily purchased from a variety of top UK bait manufacturers. Special bait deals are also available on the homepage and are well worth a look if you are stocking up with boilies before spring. To check out the new site visit www.

Pictured here is the mighty Two Scale Split Fin, which is one of the original A team from Lake Juvanzé, France. At 52lb 14oz, this monster was taken on a blow-back rig, size 6 barbless, with a critically balanced Entity barrelthat was shaved down. This was fished over hemp, tigers and a large spread of Entity boilies, which was topped up daily. This trip was my first in France and I finished the session with three lost fish and three landed, that consisted of a 27lb 7oz common, 33lb 8oz mirror and the big one.

Following a seven-week stint away from his Cambridgeshire syndicate water, Solar team member Carl Sharp returned this weekend in style. Presenting a Club Mix pop-up over a spread of 1kg of Seafood Take-Away boilies in a clearing in the weed on Monk's Pit, Carl landed a mirror of 28lb 8oz and 30lb 7oz over the course of his weekend session. Multi rigs tied with size 6 Stronghold 101 hooks were the winning presentation. .