IYCF 353

Fishery Focus
Buscot Park - Oxfordshire
Bristol Avon - Keynsham, Bristol

Tactics
The ultimate waggler rig for tench - Simon Ashton
Tame barbel with a pole - Kelvin Tallet
4 essential shallow baits - Kayleigh Smith
Worm secrets for canal bream - Tommy Boyce
Quick fix - how to use a disgorger
Monsters under your feet - Mikey Williams
Know your species - rudd
Empty your swim with one tin of meat - Matt Bingham
How to boost your pellets with jelly - Bill Reynolds
Rig school - rudd surface rig
Traditional v modern for big tench - Paul Elt
Fish better with Des Shipp - Fish snags without fear
Q&A

Carp Tactics
Canal carping made easy - Jordan Marsh
Rig of the month - The extended D rig
Carp Q&A
Going against the grain - Steve Renyard

Tackle
Carp Spirit HD3 Bite Alarms
New gear
Live test: Middy XM10-3 pole
Live test: Daiwa Black Widow Twin Tip rod
Korum Aeronium Supa Lite chairs
Buyers’ guide to pellet waggler rods

Free Ultimate Bait Guide tips booklet
- Maggots
- Casters
- Sweetcorn
- Pellets
- Micro pellets
- Groundbait
- Paste
- Boilies
- Luncheon meat
- Peperami
- Bread
- Worms
- Prawns
- Particles
- Fake baits
- Cheesepaste

IYCF 352

Fishery Focus
Hayfield Lakes - South Yorkshire
Stonebridge Lakes - North Yorkshire

Tactics
The secret life of tench - Paul Garner
Creep up to islands - Dale Calvert
Five barbel edges - Paul Elt
Experts’ tench rigs
How to bag-up in corner pegs - Steve Parry
Succeed on summer rivers - Nick Gilbert
Catch 50lb of roach - Darren Scott
Five ways to pimp your pellets - Ian Giddins
Rig school: Barbel cage feeder
Try the Hybrid PVA feeder - Darren Hudson
Fishe better with Des Shipp - Master the margins
Q&A

Carp Tactics
Get more from your boilies - Aron John
Rig of the month - Adjustable zig rig
Carp Q&A
Pop-ups v bottom baits

Tackle
Kodex QX-i Twin Tip rods
New gear
Live test: Daiwa Black Widow G50 carp rods
Middy Sawn-Off Shotgun Feeders
Guru MW Signature Pole Floats
Buyers’ guide to… summer clothing

IYCF 350

Fishery Focus
- Grand Union Canal, Bedfordshire
- Hallcroft Fishery, Nottinghamshire

Tactics
- Bag up on a pint of pellets - Shannon Swallow
- One, two, three… plop - Steve Whitfield
- Winning worm & waggler tactics for tench - Rob Thompson
- Know your meat
- Pellet waggler masterclass - Dan Hull
- 5 top shallow fishing tips
- Master the short feeder - Zac Brown
- How often is ‘little and often’? - Mikey Williams
- Waft your way to shallow success - Phil Reynolds
- Rig School: Long-range bream feeder
- Fish Better With Des Shipp… Hooking baits correctly
- Q&A

Carp Tactics
- The day-ticket carp bait guide - Luke Vardy
- Rig of the month: Surface missile
- Carp Q&A
- How to cast accurately

Tackle
- Mitchell Full Runner MX6 reels
- New Gear
- Live test: Shakespeare Agility 11ft 6in feeder
- Rod Hutchinson baits
- JRC Stealth chairs
- Buyers’ guide to margin poles

IYCF 349

Fishery Focus
- Monk Lakes - Marden, Kent
- Mousecroft Pool - Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Tactics
- Bob Nudd - Hemp for commercial roach
- Neil McKinnon - commercial specimens
- Jamie Read - Juggle your groundbait options
- Bait types: Pellets
- Tom Downing - Three rigs, three depths and a load of fish!
- 5 must-have pole pot types
- Rob Swan - Master casters for silvers
- Quickfire tips - essential knots
- Tony Curd - Heavy rigs for silvers
- Rig School - Flatbed Method feeder
- Jon Arthur - Method feeder… with a twist!
- Fish Better with Des Shipp - Add yards to your cast
- Q&A

Carp Tactics
- Rob Hughes - Hit-and-run tactics
- Rig of the month - Speci Method feeder
- Carp Q&A
- Jonny Fletcher - Step up to big-water carping

Tactics
- Daiwa 18 Ninja LT reels
- New Gear
- Live test: JRC Defender combo
- Kodex Karp Lokker luggage
- Buyers’ guide: Match rod holdalls
- Guru spring launches

IYCF 348

Great British Fishing
- ‘Natural’ commercials - Darren Cox
- Spring into action with a ton - Will Reynolds

Tactics
- Catch further out on the pole - Jamie Hughes
- Boost groundbait with glug - Ade Mansfield
- It’s time to get pinging - Mark Poppleton
- Three feeders to bank on - Sean Cameron
- Bait types: Groundbaits
- Celebrate with silver on speci carp lakes - Andy May
- Quickfire tips for crucians
- 7 tips for spring - Steve Gregory
- Combat wind with diamonds - Chris Telling
- Rig school: Mini adjustable zig rig
- Rely on maggots late on - Andy Dyson
- Day-ticket surprises - Stu Lennox
- Light lures for constant action - Dan Brackley
- Fish better with Des Shipp: Session management

Carp Tactics
- What a washout - Jake Lund
- Rig of the month: pop-up fake corn rig
- Carp Q&A
- 10 ways with maggots

Tackle
- Preston Supera luggage
- New gear
- Live test: Browning CK Carp & F1 Tickler rods
- Buyers’ guide to brollies
- iceTackle 2019
- Live test: Mitchell Impact Feeder rods

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IYCF 347

Great British Fishing
- Marina magic - Andrew Cranston
- Roach fishing down the Bain - Phil Taylor

Tactics
- Big perch on spicy prawns - Nate Green
- Cast less and catch more - Tommy Pickering
- Slow-sinkining rigs for canal success - Pemb Wrighting
- Bait types: Naturals
- One rig is all you need - Rob Wootton
- Supercharged cheesepaste - Martin Barnatt
- Whip up a net of silvers - Robbie Griffiths
- Put predators into a spin - Dan Brackley
- Rig school: Running line pole float
- Shallow up for winter redfins - Ben Fisk
- Fish better with Des Shipp: Pole elastic selection

Carp tactics
- Winter zig rig edges - Wayne Izsatt
- Rig of the month: PVA stick rig
- Carp Q&A
- Beating the cold

Tackle
- Homemade floats
- New gear
- Live test: Korum Ambition 11ft Feeder rod
- Buyers’ guide: Reels for river fishing

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IYCF 346

Great British Fishing
- Sedge your bets with silvers - Dan White
- Clean up in town centres - Graham West

Tactics
- Big perch love casters! - Iain Swanson
- 5 ways to keep cold-water bites coming - Nick Speed
- Mix that excites sight and smell - Jake King
- Best feeders for stillwaters
- Head to the towpath this winter - Matt Godfrey
- 10 steps to perfect preparation - Kristian Jones
- Wobble your way to success - Dan Brackley
- Fish better with Des Shipp: land every fish you hook
- Q&A
- Rig school: Chub feeder rig

Carp Tactics
- Top tips for winter carping
- Carp Q&A
- Catch carp on winter rivers

Tackle
- Daiwa 18 TDR reel
- Live test: Middy Reactacore XT15-3 pole
- Korum Snapper accessories

Plan Your Year
- January: Gary Knowles - pike
- February: Andy May - silver fish
- March: Phil Ringer - skimmers
- April: Tommy Pickering - commercial carp
- May: Paul Garner - crucians
- June: Paul Elt - tench
- July: Ian Russell - specimen carp
- August: Andy Loble - rudd
- September: Mike Lydonn - specimen bream
- October: Dean Macey - barbel
- November: Phil Spinks - perch
- December: Dai Gribble - chub

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IYCF 345

Great British Fishing
- Silvers, not gold at the end of the rainbow - Dan Squire
- Give winter a good id’ing - James Davies

Tactics
- Window feeders for perch - Lee Kerry
- A pinch of pellets is all you need - Barry Mason
- Tommy Pickering’s best-ever bait secrets
- Float or feeder for big chub? - Martin Barnatt
- 10 quickfire roach tips
- Baits for a bumper canal trip - Dan Jones
- Running water feeders
- Subtle tweaks to trick F1s - Russell Shipton
- Rig school: Perch float rig
- Fish better with Des Shipp: Groundbait mixes
- Q&A

Carp Tactics
- How to get slick with oils - Jim Wilson
- One-bite PVA perfection
- Carp Q&A

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First look at the must have gear set to catch you more in 2019!

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IYCF 344

Great British Fishing
- Summer weights… in the cold! - Tommy Boyce
- Swinsty winter wonderland - Sean Cameron

Tactics
- Back to the future for big F1s - Jamie Read
- Make bread your No.1 bream bait - Graham West
- Big perch for pennies - Phil Taylor
- Feeding tricks to fool bigger silvers - Andy May
- 12 quickfire perch tips
- Old school v new school - Adam Rooney
- Commercial feeder types explained
- Bream on the lift method - Scott Rispin
- Black magic for F1s - Rob Wootton
- 14 essential perch rigs to tie
- Fish better with Des Shipp: rod and reel choice
- Q&A
- Rig school: pop-up deadbait rig

Carp tactics
- Mohawk magic - Richie Leat
- Carp Q&A
- Get ready for winter - Darren Apps

Tackle
- Middy Arco-Tech rod range
- New gear
- Live test: Browning Sphere Spliced-Tip River rod
- Winter clothing guide
- Live test: MAP Dual Competition feeder rods

Fishery Guides
- Cudmore Fisheries, Arena Lake
- Greenwood Fisheries, Kingfisher Lake
- Makins Fishery, Lake One
- Larford Lakes, Match Lake
- Weston Pools, Weir Lake
- Hillview Lakes, Moorhen
- Lake John, Top Lake
- Shiplate Farm Fishery, Main Lake

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IYCF 343

Great British Fishing

- Silver-only waters tipped for the top – Ian Jones

- Herding ‘cattle’ on the Trent – Mark Perkins

Tactics

- Pole fishing with Bob Nudd

- How long is your hooklength – Mark Malin

- One line, two tactics, more bites – Alex Dockerty

- Big rewards from small rivers – Jake Benson

- 10 quickfire chub tips

- Back off the feed for bream – Pemb Wrighting

- Specialist floats explained

- How to tackle a new lake – Matt Powell

- Get ready for the predator season

- Go the distance on the tip – Kevin Durman

- Drop in with a jigga – Geoff Ringer

- Fish better with Des Shipp: autumn waggler tactics

- Q&A

- Rig school: chub maggot waggler rig

Carp tactics

- Big carp on the Method

- Carp Q&A

- Rig of the month: Mag-aligner

- Why it’s time to get inline

Tackle

- Sonik Vader X FS reels

- New gear

- Live test: Middy Muscle-Tech 300 Feeder rod

- Buyers’ guide to distance feeder rods

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IYCF 341

Great British Fishing
- The UK's most scenic canal - Iain Swanson
- Too rudd to be true - Tom Scarr

Tactics
- Play the waggler waiting game - Kieron Rich
- A new way to feed margins - Mark Poppleton
- Rely on maggots for chub - Jake Benson
- Two line attack on silvers - Adam Rooney
- 13 quickfire tench tricks
- Paste made easy - Marc Rodger
- Float types explained
- When a bomb beats a pole - Dan White
- Six great tench rigs to tie
- Revealed: The 3 inch rule - Matt Bingham
- Fish better with Des Shipp: Guide to the Method
- Rig school: Slider float

Carp Tactics
- Catch on dog biscuits - Alfie Naylor
- Rig of the month: The Ronnie Rig
- How to fish in weed
- Carp Q&A

Tackle
- Sonik Gravity X rods
- New gear
- Live test: Kodex SX-i carp rods
- New from Guru
- Thinking Anglers terminal tackle
- Middy GFD reels
- Six of the best Method ready rigs

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IYCF 340

Great British Fishing
- Venturing off the beaten track - Sam Merry
- Introduce a junior to fishing - James Furness

Tactics
- Cast long for reservoir tench - Paul Hardy
- It's time to get dusting - Chris Cameron
- Chub on the simplest rig - Martin Barnatt
- Enjoy the simple life and catch more barbel - Phil Taylor
- Loosefeed like crazy for silvers - Adam Bowen
- 14 tricks to catch more rudd
- Get a bite a chuck all summer - Lee Kerry
- Five easy steps to become a method master - Mark Cree
- Why a PVA bag is the perfect summer tactic - Matt Godfrey
- Fish better with Des Shipp: Setting up correctly
- Rig school: Barbel combi rig

Carp Tactics
- Solid PVA bags made easy - Steven Coe
- Top tips for zig rigs
- Hookbait attachment methods explained
- How to catch from canals

Tackle
- Object of desire: Guru Aventus rods
- New gear
- Live test: Korum Twin Tip Plus rod
- Middy MX Series luggage
- Buyers' guide to summer clothing

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IYCF 339

Great British Fishing
- Fairway to heaven - Graham West
- Mini river marvels - Peter Bolt

Tactics
- Method feeder v the bomb - Mark Griffiths
- Want 100lb of bream? Then get baiting - Andy Grimes
- Shallow secrets for carp and F1s - Jon Whincup
- Combine rod and pole tactics for crucian success - Jake Benson
- How to fish deep commercials - Kristian Jones
- Rip up the groundbait rulebook - Matt Powell
- Bag up short on snake lakes - Colin Bartlett
- Six great river rigs to tie
- Jamies Hughes' summer edges
- Fish better with Des Shipp
- Rig School: Baggin' waggler

Carp Tactics
- Get active and keep catching - Brian Skoyles
- Rig of the month: The multi rig
- Quick session tactics
- Carp Q&A

Tackle
- Mitchell Avocet reels
- New gear
- Live test: Sonik SKSC Pellet Waggler rod
- Buyers' guide to sub-£100 barbel rods
- Live test: Middy Muscle Tech pole

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IYCF 338

Great British Fishing

-       Man-made for tench – Rob Thompson

-       The canal with ton-up potential – Dan Jones

Tactics

-       Cast 1,500 times a day – Pemb Wrighting

-       Ignore the pole on snake lakes – Robbie Griffiths

-       5 hookbaits bream can’t resist – Paul Garner

-       Change feeders to keep catching – Phil Ringer

-       Bag up on the 5m line – Tommy Pickering

-       Hit more shallow bites – Jamie Read

-       Keep silvers on the deck – Greg Cooper

-       The only rig you’ll ever need – Jordan Hall

-       The triple pellet trick – Matt Bingham

-       Fish better with Des Shipp – How to tie pole rigs

-       Rig School – Barbel feeder rig

Carp Tactics

-       Catch your first canal carp – Mark Peck

-       Rig of the month – Margin stalking rig

-       Carp love a crusty boilie – Rob Burgess

-       Carp Q&A

Tackle

-       Object of desire: Shimano Compact Ultegra reels

-       New gear

-       Live test: Shakespeare Agility 2 Pellet Waggler

-       JRC Defender Chairs

-       Buyers’ guide to pellet waggler rods

-       Live test: Frenzee FXT Match Pro 11ft Feeder

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IYCF 337

Great British Fishing
- Not a single carp in sight! - Mark Pollard
- Get in the Grove for roach - Barry Fisher

Tactics
- Method tactics for big tench - James Furness
- Meat... It isn't only for carp! - Pete Upperton
- Quick change, quick fix - Tom Downing
- Pellet feeder on the pole - Russell Shipton
- 4 great rigs to use with your free fake baits
- Launch a bomb and pellet attack - Richard Chapman
- Silvers from the margins - Adam Bowen
- Bait tricks to conquer big waters - Chris Rust
- Helicopter feeders for roach - Paul Garner
- Beat shy-biters with braid - Mick Vials
- Fish better with Des Shipp - How to plumb up with precision
- Rig school: Running Method feeder rig

Carp Tactics
- Make some noise - Mike Salisbury
- The correct way to play
- Rig of the month: Surface controller rig
- Floater fishing tips
- Carp Q&A

Cut-out & Keep Fishery Maps
- Moreton Fisheries, Cheshire
- Stonebridge Lakes, N. Yorks
- Wold View Fisheries, Lincs
- Arrow Valley Lake, Worcs
- East Delph Lakes, Cambs
- Astwood Fishery, Worcs
- Panshill Wood Fishery, Oxfordshire
- Rood Ashton Lake, Wiltshire

Tackle
- Guru Team Seatbox
- New gear
- Live test: Drennan Red Range Carp Feeder / Carp Waggler rod
- Greys apparel
- Buyers' guide to... landing nets
- Live test: Middy Arco-Tech K-800 whip

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IYCF 336

Great British Fishing
- Navigate your way to canal silvers - Paul Hardy
- Commercials with variety - Lee Kerry

Tactics
- The Big Fish Off's winning rigs - Dean Macey & Ali Hamidi
- Just one rod is all you need - Dave Watson
- 10 tips for spring F1s - Connor Barlow
- Improve your feeder fishing - Andy May
- Bank on bread - Dan White
- 5 top bream bait tips
- How to tackle new lakes - Joe Oakes
- Round them up with lassoed maggots - Glen Picton
- Fish better with Des Shipp
- RIg school: insert waggler

Carp Tactics
- Spring day-ticket carp tricks - Mike Bridges
- Spring carp location solved
- Baiting with a difference
- Carp Q&A

Tackle
- Thinking Anglers luggage
- New gear
- Live test: Sonik Dominator X carp rods
- New from Sonubaits
- Buyers' guide to... catapults
- Live test: Maver MV-R 8ft Mini Feeder

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IYCF 335

Great British Fishing

-       Punching above its weight – Tony Grigorjevs & Ian Jones

-       Taming of the Tamar – Graham West

Tactics

-       Are you hooking your baits right? – Adam Rooney

-       The groundbait pyramid trick – Matt Powell

-       Plumb rigs to perfection – Iain Swanson

-       White baits catch more. Fact! – Dale Calvert

-       Five of the best bomb baits – Chris Telling

-       Conquer the deeps with a feeder – Steve Whitfield

-       Five-point plan for early season carp – Paul Wright

-       Why you need to add boilies to your groundbait – Andy May

-       Fish better with Des Shipp – Loosefeed more accurately

-       Rig school: Bream cage feeder rig

Carp Tactics

-       Short session tactics for the long run – Matt Povey

-       Know your particles

-       Carp Q&A

Cut-out & Keep Fishery Maps

-       The Old Hough

-       Llyn Y Gors

-       Makins Phase Two

-       Woodland View

-       Water Meadows Fishery

-       Coppice Lane Pools

-       Trinity Water Fishery

-       Rib Valley Lakes

Tackle

-       Preston Innovations Centris NT reels

-       New Gear

-       Live test: Shakespeare Agility 2 13ft Match rod

-       Live test: Sonik Vader X rod & reel combo

-       Buyers’ guide to day session chairs

-       Mitchell Avocast Black Edition big pit reels

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