Pole elastics  EXPLAINED - Tales from the Tackle Shop S2, ep 17 Alex explains the range of Pole elastics he would use over the winter months on shallow fenland drains and rivers,. The new lakes at Rookery Waters, Lady Anglers and Environment Agency use of data are discussed.

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GROUNDBAITS EXPLAINED - Tales from the Tackle Shop S2, ep 16 Alex explains the range of GROUNDBAITS he would use over the winter months on shallow fenland drains and rivers,. The new lakes at Rookery Waters and Andy's new PB Zander are discussed.  There really is not much going on locally with all the Baltic weather conditions & lockdown 3.

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BEST pole floats - Tales from the Tackle Shop Vodcast, ep 15.

Alex explains the range of pole floats he would use over the winter months on shallow fenland drains and rivers,. The boys discuss the outcome of the Arsenal vs Newcastle game? There really is not much going on locally with all the flood water and lockdown 3.

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LOCKDOWN 3, FISHING Travel Guidelines Explained S2, episode 14. Not much has happened apart from the biggest fishing match of the year!!!! Andy explains the Angling Trust guidelines to fishing during lockdown 3.

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Special guest: Thom Hunt

I was saving this Vodcast for a special occasion.

Well we can fish again after our 1 day lockdown ban.

So to celebrate this I have decided to unleash Thom Hunt upon you.

Thom is an accomplished tournament angler. His competition wins over the last few years speak for themselves.

He has an unbeatable partnership with Kev Cox and between them they thrash us mere mortals in most boat predator competitions.

Enjoy his pearls of wisdom to competition lure fishing. Photographs courtesy of; Thom Hunt Kev Cox

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Season 2, episode 13 - Christmas Special

Alex describes his match on the Sunday's March Open, where he drew his normal peg on the allotments.

Andy thinks he is Santa!!

Merry Christmas everyone.

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In season 2, episode 12 - The guys will not be beaten!

 Alex is on form framing for the second week running, he shows us some of his rigs for use on shallow fen drains. The few local angling club matches are highlighted and Alex announces the Tackle & Bates competition winner.

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In season 2, episode 11 - We have surpassed ourselves.

In an attempt to show our adoring public footage from the Bates mansion we tried to video the podcast.

Absolutely nothing.................Alex took 630 photos of himself and Andy's phone recorded the last 3 minutes of the pod........

Good job the boys can fish.

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In season 2, episode 10 - We have absolutely nothing of note to talk about! 45 mins later we have a podcast.

Alex explains the confusion over the tier system and matches.

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Special guest Peter Beckenham.

Peter is the Conservation Officer employed by the Middle Level Commissioners.

In this podcast Peter explains his role within the Commissioners. He details his passion for the environment and how he started working in such an interesting and diverse field.

Peter is offering to help within the Fenland Guardian Scheme. He explains to listeners how they can become involved helping monitor the local wildlife and feedback data to him.

A fascinating listen with an absorbing person.

I cannot wait to visit the eel trap and see how the MLC monitor eel behaviour and numbers.

You can contact Peter via:

[email protected]

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