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Fish-O-Mania International Event

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joffmiester
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Must admit i was in two minds whether to go after all you can get great coverage on the TV . What i can say is i'm glad i went as i really enjoyed the day especially when its fished to International rules . The venue i'm not sure about as i know the Germans would of love to of fished the competition yet it was at the limit for teams . Walking round you see lots of International anglers all with there own little quirks whether its tackle or or there tackle and rigs . One thing for sure is how professional England looked and performed on the bank they showed real class .leading from the start to the finish building a lead on every half hour weigh in and turned out to be great viewing. plus the final hour saw 4 teams in with a chance of 2nd place which also pays a cheque now . Yesterday was orange day for Holland who also brought there own film crew to cover the competition [and that wasn't cheap i can tell you]. I managed to get behind Jean desque and just in ear shot of having a few words and at the end a in depth chat about his day. Jean is Mr perfectionist when it comes to Bait ,Rigs, Presentation and hook bait choice . With Jean its not just picking a worm or maggot up and thinking that will do . Jean picks what he thinks is the right sized worm or the right shade of colour for the venue . if you ever get the chance to watch any of the French team do so its a real eye opener ;) ;)

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Jean did say the french way and the English way is very hard as Jean felt his peg had lots of skimmers in . Yet the heavy rigs just would'nt catch them lots of missed bites and bumped fish. Yet when he put his very light rig to work he'd have a string of skimmers coming to the net . The only problem with this is the carp that came into his peg and more often than not fouled hooked would trash his rigs ::) ::)
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Again and Again frustating for Jean but he can't wait until next year

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The french way of playing fish is often to stand up and step back ;) ;)
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Watched the full international event this morning on sky as I'm off work with a crappity smacked up leg . England were a class above  :thumsup :tiphat also it reminded everyone I hope how important silverfish catching skills are  ;) it ain't all about carp carp carp  :nono . TV coverage was also better for the international event than the Saturday final where there was way too much waffle  ::) some of the anglers didn't help the TV coverage though fishing stupid noddy methods catching nowt ::) ::) full credit to the lad that won it he fished a blinder , class act  :thumsup :tiphat
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FEW MORE PICTURES DODGE :thumsup
DES Shipp in action

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Holland had a good coach with Darran ;)
So an english/dutch product.
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