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2 • IYCF Issue 243


W ELCOME to an exclusive 16-page sneak preview of the new-look Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine – launched on Wednesday, February 23.

For the fi rst time the nation's best selling monthly fi shing publication is being produced as two magazines sold in one great value pack.

Leading the way is a redesigned 132-page IYCF that celebrates the best of British fi shing on public venues.

As this magazine will reveal it's bursting with new content drawn from fi sheries across the nation, you'll fi nd the features inspiring, entertaining and varied.

But in a fi rst for any fi shing magazine the new Improve sees the launch of a FREE monthly supplement that will build into a must-have library of angling skills.

Called Tips & Tactics this 48-page guide is packed with instruction, advice and expert tips that will help you catch more fi sh irrespective of your level of expertise.

Supplied FREE with IYCF every month, you'll want to collect this bible of fi shing knowledge so you can refer back to it time and time again.

Improve Your Coarse Fishing has been Britain's top selling magazine for 20 years but the best is getting better!Kev Green, Editor

144lb of redfi ns in a day. Chris Watson and Mark Allison explain

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Chris Watson and Mark Allison are disciples of great roach fi shing and each year they head across the North Sea to plunder the huge stocks of Dutch silvers.

But each winter they turn their eyes westwards and make the journey to Wyreside where they have discovered huge stocks of immaculate roach.

With specimens over 2lb falling to their simple pole or waggler tactics the lads have enjoyed peaceful and productive winter sport when many other anglers are wondering where the next bite is coming from.

In the new Improve Your Coarse Fishing we join the Durham duo on one of their long distance journeys as they go in search of dream roach sport.

As the headline says “Fishing doesn’t get better than this”…

E VERY angler’s dream is to fi nd an untapped source of fabulous fi shing where

a backdrop of great scenery is only bettered by the quality of the fi sh you catch there.

Such a place exists in North Lancashire where the roach of Wyreside Lakes live in almost splendid isolation thanks to the venue’s established reputation as a top-fl ight carp and pike fi shery.

Two lads who discovered this rich seam of silverfi sh sport have enjoyed such brilliant fi shing that they make a weekly pilgrimage to the North West from their homes on the other side of the country in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

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WRONGThe‘ ’

perchday for The weather and conditions were

against him but Grant Albutt proves that perch can still be coaxed to feed

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As you’ll exclusively see in the relaunched issue of Britain’s best selling fi shing magazine, the West Midlands matchman didn’t let the conditions trouble him.

By targeting a swim with a vital element of tree cover he was soon bagging up and building a great catch of hard-fi ghting perch.

To learn how he did it read Grant’s great feature in the new issue of IYCF launched on February 23.

IMAGINE a cold, bright blue-sky winter’s day… the sort of day when you know before you’ve cast a line that bites are going to be very hard to come by.

Now imagine that your mission is to catch perch, a fi sh that has almost Vampire-like form for avoiding bright days like the plague.

Surely a blank is a near certainty?Enter stage left Mr Grant Albutt,

a man who could catch fi sh out of a bath tub and who knows exactly how to combat the most testing conditions and emerge with a catch to be proud of.

In the new IYCF top matchman Grant visits the Meadowlands day-ticket fi shery near Coventry to search out its shoals of stripies.

Rather than automatically opting for worms, most anglers’ No.1 perch bait, on a bright frosty day Grant put his faith in pole-fi shed caster.

perch

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one piece of exceptional kit that stands out from the crowd.

This month, Shimano’s new Beast Master Commercial Feeder rod gets our accolade. To fi nd out why our tester rates it so highly read his report in the new issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing.

If you’re in the market for a match reel to go fl oat or feeder fi shing don’t spend a penny until you’ve read our buyers’ guide. It tells you what to look for, what’s out there and suggests a few good choices to look at fi rst.

DECIDING what to spend your hard earned cash on is about to get a whole lot easier with

the birth of the new Tackle Shop section in IYCF.

The biggest gear guide in any UK fi shing publication it covers 23 pages that are packed with reviews and news on the latest kit.

Every issue we’ll lavish praise on our ‘Product of the Month’ award,

TACKLE SHOP23 pages of brilliant new gear and expert advice on what to buy

at fi rst.our ‘Product of the Month’ award,

TACKLE SHOP23 pages of brilliant new gear and expert advice on what to buy

TACKLE SHOP

This month, Shimano’s new Beast

gets our accolade. To fi nd out why our tester rates it so highly read his report in the new issue of Improve

If you’re in the market for a match reel to go fl oat or feeder fi shing don’t

our buyers’ guide. It tells you what

suggests a few good choices to look


THE history of angling is adorned with a few individuals for whom the tag ‘genius’ is apt.

One such man cut his fi shing teeth on a small Yorkshire colliery pond to become one of Britain’s best match anglers, who is still at the top of the tree aged 55.

To kick o� a brand new series charting the lives of those who are true angling greats we feature the

geniusAngling

Tom Pickering is the fi rst star of this new series and he reveals why he just gets better the older he gets

fi shing career of Tom Pickering.World Champion, World Match

Record holder and leading light in the all-conquering Barnsley Blacks match team, he’s now recognised as one of the best commercial fi shery anglers in the land.

Tom’s life has been a rollercoaster of great events and adapting to change and he reveals that the older he gets the better he’s becoming at catching fi sh.

Don’t miss this revealing insight into one of fi shing’s greatest characters.




Julian Chidgey visits a commercial day-ticket lake and hooks into the 'lost' giants that'll be waiting to be found in a lake near you...

COME HOMEPERCHGIANTPERCHGIANT


DAY-ticket fi sheries often hold a secret.

While the vast majority of anglers who visit

them target carp, carp and yet more carp with maybe a bit of a look at some roach and skimmer bream, lurking in the shadows will be more impressive creatures.

Usually tucked into marginal cover, such as an overhanging tree, bush or a dead reedbed you’ll fi nd a posse of giant perch.

Grown fat on the fry that proliferate from the huge stocks of fi sh that live in these man-made venues, the perch have taken a footing at the top of the food chain.

Thanks to the fact that there will almost certainly be no pike living in the lake the king predator will be the massive perch lying in wait in their

COME HOME

snaggy lairs.To start a great monthly series,

reigning Drennan Cup Champion Julian Chidgey heads to one such fi shery looking for hidden giants, Somerset’s superb Viaduct complex.

Taking a leaf out of the match anglers’ book specimen expert Jules tries to cherry pick the big fi sh, fi rst with a pole then with a 17ft long fl oat rod.

Using prawns as bait and surviving some invasions by big carp along the way, Julian works out how to tempt the big predators and enjoys a session to remember as a string of 3lb-plus perch come his way.

To discover how he does it and how you could use tactics like his to catch giant perch on your waters don’t miss the next issue of Improve.

Julian Chidgey heads to one such fi shery looking for hidden giants, Somerset’s superb Viaduct complex.

Taking a leaf out of the match anglers’ book specimen expert Jules tries to cherry pick the big fi sh, fi rst with a pole then with a 17ft long fl oat

Using prawns as bait and surviving some invasions by big carp along the way, Julian works out how to tempt the big predators and enjoys a session to remember as a string of 3lb-plus perch come

To discover how he does it and how you could use tactics like his to catch giant perch on your waters don’t miss the next issue of

Dthem target carp, carp and yet more carp with maybe a bit of a look at some roach and skimmer bream, lurking in the shadows will be more impressive creatures.

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TOUGHAre you

enough?The raging Welsh Dee is as hard asfi shing gets, but it offers great rewards, says Ellis Brazier

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scales that shimmer with shades of silver, purple and gold it is also the proud owner of a huge sail-like dorsal fi n, the sort of adornment that makes ocean sailfi sh stand out from the crowd.

To discover how to fi sh for these racing cars of the river we join lifelong grayling fanatic Ellis Brazier on his quest for Welsh Dee specimens.

Fishing amid stunning scenery near the town of Llangollen he runs huge Chubber fl oats down this surging river as he tries to track down this elusive and stunning fi sh.

As you can imagine the fi shing is not easy, it’s the sort of test that sifts the men from the boys, but if you learn to read the river and master the fl ows you too could soon be discovering why the grayling is one of Britain’s most treasured jewels.

RACING down from the Welsh mountains is the mighty River Dee.

Crashing over rocks and with steeply sloping banks that would be the ideal home for a mountain goat, it is a wild and uncompromising venue that has long been the preserve of salmon anglers wishing to do battle with the silver tourist.

But hidden amid its turbulent waters is a beautiful fi sh, a wiry warrior that can hold its own in the most challenging conditions and give any angler a fi ght to remember.

The stunning grayling is a fi sh that British rivers should be proud of. Resplendent in a cloak of metallic

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How a properly rigged insert peacock waggler fl oat can give you great bite registration with winter silverfi sh

delivers his advice on how to catch more fi sh on the fl oat.

Angled at the current month’s fi shing prospects, he starts his series by explaining the three variations of insert waggler rig he’d use right now.

If you want to catch fi sh this winter you can’t a� ord to miss this fi rst feature as you start to collect what’s sure to be an encyclopaedic series.

IF ONE man can be said to have infl uenced modern fl oat fi shing more than anyone else then the name Peter Drennan must surely top the list.

As head of the company bearing his name he’s responsible for the design and manufacture of millions of fl oats.

But having over 40 years experience at the forefront of fl oat making has helped Peter develop an acute understanding of how his creations should be used.

Not for him are ‘o� -the-shelf’ fl oats made by someone who’s never seen a roach, his fl oats are designed to perform a certain job and catch fi sh in a particular situation.

There’s nobody better to explain how to get the best out of the leading fl oat patterns.

In the new 48-page ‘Tips & Tactics’ supplement that’s FREE with the redesigned IYCF, Peter starts an in-depth series and

fl oat can give you great bite registration with winter silverfi sh



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Four times World Champ Bob Nudd gives you the defi nitive guide to pole elastication

pole angler.To kick-o� this exclusive series in

style you can also win one of Bob’s own poles, autographed and already elasticated by the man himself.

It’s a unique prize for a unique feature and it’s only found in the new issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing, out on February 23.

FOUR times World Champion Bob Nudd, a fi sherman who’s probably forgotten more than most of us

will ever know and the owner of the most famous fl at cap in fi shing, is back in ‘Improve’.

Starting the defi nitive series on how to pole fi sh like a champion, Bob reveals how to elasticate a pole like a professional.

Explaining all the little edges that he’s developed, his new ‘Pole School’ series will build into a must-have guide for anyone picking up a pole.

Whether you’re a newcomer or an expert he’ll explain his ideas, reveal his secrets and divulge the little tricks of the trade that have made him one of history’s best anglers.

Found every month in the new ‘Tips & Tactics’ supplement Bob’s feature will give you the building blocks needed to become a great

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IF YOU think the fl at Method feeder is a ‘summer only’ tactic Alex Bones believes you need to think again.

In the fi rst of a two-part feature on this

brilliant tactic the top matchman reveals how to prepare the perfect coldwater packing for a fl at feeder – softened micro pellets.

He also details a step-by-step guide to tying the perfect short hooklink to use with the Method. Every step is covered in minute detail to ensure that you have every bit of information you need.

Found inside the 48-page Tips & Tactics supplement Alex reveals a host of suggestions that will have you catching when others around are blanking.


SNIFFING OUT BIG CHUB

MICROPELLETMETHOD

CHEESEPASTE is well known as one of winter’s very best chub baits but what do you do if it’s

losing its e ectiveness?According to top specialist

Darran Goulder you liven it up with a jar of crab paste and garlic granules.

Kicking o a brand new monthly series where he reveals his favourite tactics for catching big fi sh of all species, Darran spills the beans on his radical paste recipe.

He shows you how to make his paste, how to use a coil to keep it on the hook and how to make a wonderfully versatile link leger rig that is a doddle to tie.

Found in the brilliant new ‘Tips & Tactics’ supplement this is a series you will want to keep on fi le as you collect the best FREE part-work ever published on fi shing.

favourite tactics for catching big fi sh of all species, Darran spills the beans on his radical paste recipe.

paste, how to use a coil to keep it on the hook and how to make a wonderfully versatile link leger rig that is a doddle to tie.

& Tactics’ supplement this is a series you will want to keep on fi le as you collect the best FREE part-work ever published on fi shing.

Chub are suckers for both natural and smelly baits presented on the simplest tackle

Flat Method feeders work brilliantly in cold water if you know the subtle bait tweaks that'll get you bites, says Alex Bones

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Deliberately fi shing for 'line' bites is a great tactic for locating the fi sh you want to catch


GO FOR LINERS

THE NEW Improve Your Coarse Fishing pushes the boundaries of fi shing magazines to

such an extent that we’ve hired a scuba diver to reveal what happens to baits and tackle beneath the surface.

In a hugely revealing feature the like of which you won’t fi nd in any other fi shing publication, top angler Stuart Morgan dons his breathing apparatus and heads below the waterline.

Aided by fi sh scientist and top angler Dr Paul Garner, the lads investigate what really happens below the surface in their great ‘Underwater Angling’ series.

Found in every issue of the Tips & Tactics supplement, in this issue Paul and Stuart look at what happens when you feed a chub swim with mashed bread.

Bread is one of the most successful baits of all time especially for coldwater fi shing. Here's how it works

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A SIMPLE yet brilliant new pop-up rig is one of the highlights of the Thinking Carp feature

compiled for Tips & Tactics by the experts at Korda.

In this issue they show you how to tie this great new rig and the lads supply a host of bright ideas that could help you beat the winter blues and land a specimen carp or two.

This time of year is acknowledged

to be one of the toughest times in the calendar to catch carp but to give you some help we also detail how to fi sh for line bites.

Using lightweight indicators and semi-slack lines the Korda team explain how you can pinpoint carp location by watching for subtle movements of the line.


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