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ABC £50k Match CANCELLED!!!!!

UKMA has learnt over the weekend that the proposed £50K match that was being organised by Willis Worms ABC club, has been cancelled.

UKMA will be speaking to Willis Worms and we will get all the facts regarding the situation and will update the ste with the facts from the organisers themselves.

Andy May joins Bag'Em

Three times Kamasan Matchman of the Year, Andy May (Ultima) has been signed by up and coming bait firm Bag'em matchbaits to help promote its range of commercial fishery groundbaits and pellets.

Click HERE to read the full press release.

The BIG ONE Show 2010 Report

UKMA were at the "Big One" tackle show at Farnborough Airfield this weekend checking out what was new and on offer from all of the manufacturers in attendance.

A full report has been written and can be read by clicking HERE.

Guru Micro Lead Clip System

Match anglers have been making do with standard specimen angling sized lead clips when they have been wanting to use them, but the specimen clips are not often exactly what the modern day commercial fishery angler needs.

The collective minds at Guru have come up with a solution to this problem, and UKMA took a good close look at them recently.

Click HERE to see what we found from them.

British Waterways Stillwater Champs 2010 UPDATED

UKMA have today been informed that the BW Stillwater Championships for 2010, which were called off towards the end of 2009, are now back on again.

Ian Maltby and British Waterways are now working in conjunction with each other to run a series of matches, concluding in a 25 peg final.

UKMA have been sent a list of current entrants into the event, and we have now got each qualifier's entrants listed on the page for your information.

For further information and booking information , please click HERE.

UKMA would like to offer their congratulations to Ian and British Waterways for putting on the event.

Dynamite Baits Frenzied Hemp

Match anglers have been using the normal Frenzied Hemp for years now, but they haven't really attched themselves to the flavoured hemp from the same range.

To read our thoughts on the range, please click HERE

GURU Square Leads

Guru Tackle sent UKMA some of their square leads designed specifically for the commercial match angler.

With the match angler being fairly limited when it comes to lead shape etc without trawling through the specimen section in the tackle shop, have Guru Tackle hit on something here?

Click HERE to read what UKMA thought of the leads.

Octoplus StrongBox

Mel Wilde kindly sent UKMA his Octoplus StrongBox for us to put through it's paces. UKMA have been using this box for 6 months or so now, and feel we have put it through enough testing to give a true impression of a long term user review.

Click HERE to find out what UKMA thought of this UK manufactured seat box.

Guru Speed Mesh PVA

Guru Tackle have been the talk of the match scene for a while now, and with forward thinking anglers Alex Bones and Steve Ringer being at the helm of the company, anglers have had high expectations of the products they release.

UKMA have recently put the Speed Mesh PVA through it's paces in cold water and have put words and pictures onto virtual paper for you to view our results.

Click HERE to find out our thoughts and findings.

Willis Worms ABC Club Goes LIVE! *UPDATED*

The much talked about Willis Worms ABC Club has now opened up for memberships, and entry into the £50,000 Winner Takes All match event.

Willis Worms have passed on a NEW Press Release (31 Jan 2010) to UKMA for immediate use,which explains further details on how the matches will be organised and also a new 6 month membership system. We have updated our article with this new information, which can be found by clicking the link below.

Click HERE to find out all the latest news about this exciting venture.

Ringers Baits Pop-Up Boilies

UKMA have been sent the new Ringers Baits 8mm and 10mm Pop-Up boilies for review.

Ringers Baits are synonymous with modern day commercial match fishing baits, and these new products for 2010 do not disappoint.

Please click HERE to read what we found with them.

BagEm Moist Feed Pellets & New Groundbaits

The Bag’Em moist feeders are now in bags for 2010.

These 2mm moist feed pellets can be used straight from the re sealable bag with no preparation required.
Moist feed pellets are excellent at attracting species of all shapes and sizes and are ideally suited to all types of fishing where regular cupping in or kidder potting is the tactic to catch well.
These pellets can also be used as a feed to wrap around a method feeder, and when used like this the results can be amazing.
There are three types: Super Natural, Super Green and Super Strawberry, all in 900g bags at £3.49.
Bag'Em have also released a new range of groundbaits for the Match angler. Please click HERE to view the PDF press release (Adobe Reader required to view).

Shimano 2010 Catalogue Available.

The new Shimano catalogue is available now in 21 languages. 180 Pages packed with new Shimano products and innovative features!
In the area of rods Shimano comes with the Ultra concept. Rods which carry this name are handcrafted, built with superior technology on high performance blanks with custom built components and are individually serial numbered. Of course they have the finest cosmetics and original “mother of pearl” decoration. Ultra rods are designed and engineered to be superior!

This year again the family of Baitrunner reels has some new members: the Baitrunner XT-RA is the worthy successor of the Baitrunner Aero GTE. Long awaited are small sizes Baitrunner reels: the Baitrunner DL FA and ST FA come in sizes 2500 and 4000. Also the USA Baitrunner has been further updated, we introduce the new generation: Baitrunner D.

For full information, please click HERE.

Pallatrax Squabs Now Available!

The Squabs are unique 10mm anti-eject hookbaits that can be hair-rigged, banded or pierced for a variety of species. The Squabs are made in-house at Pallatrax, on a top quality shelf life base mix and are available in the following popular flavours: Strawberry, Pineapple, Scopex, Bloodworm, Shellfish and Cheese Feast. They are packaged in quality resealable tubs and each pot contains 125g of Squabs plus 15 FREE pop-ups of the same flavour.

Accompanying the Squabs is a new Glug Range – a bait dip, made using our thick and super sticky Glug. The Glugs are available in the same popular flavours and can be used to further enhance the hookbait, be it the Squabs, Stick, boilies, corn, pellets or maggots.

For further information, click HERE to be taken to the UKMA review.

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