I did not fish the final myself as i stepped down due to not justifying a place in the team and thought other lads in the squad deserved a place ahead of me but did run the bank and covered 3 sections of the river up at railworld.
Joff, I personally think the nene is a great venue for the final, not just for the fishing but the location to have the tackle show. Only thing that was wrong was you could actually practice up the friday which may explain why the venue fished harder or was it that some cold water had come in the river as I did hear a few anglers say that the fish they caught felt cold. Next year the venue should be closed on the sunday before the final itself.
Joff the only people that want the venue changed are the teams that are based around commercial anglers and are new teams to the final. They are playing catch up with the teams like starlets, barnsley, shakey etc that have been around for many years and spent a lot of time and effort establishing themselves over the years on all types of venues so lets have a bit of respect for them when they do well instaed of saying 'if it was on a commercial we would batter them'. The better teams will always adapt to the fishing quicker and get it right whether it be on a commercial or natural venue.
The teams fishing the final are some of the best in the country it aint going to be easy.
It is down to some anglers stuck in there own little comfort zones and then just expect to rock up and win because they think it is easy.
I am sorry but these big finals are a different kettle of fish.
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