Angling Times | 12th September 2017
RIGS THAT WON £70,000
Watchman Rob Wootton has scooped £70,000 thanks to a last-gasp carp he landed in the Maver Match This Final at Yorkshire’s Hayfield Lakes. The Leicester angler claimed competition fishing’s biggest prize in the most dramatic fashion, netting the valuable fish seconds after the final whistle,
after crucially hooking into it just before the all-out. The fish helped him to a total weight of 42.175 kilos, just two kilos ahead of runner-up Chris Cameron. But for Dynamite Baits man Rob, there were no fancy rigs and secret baits involved. Instead he relied on simple bomb and pellet tactics for his bumper payday, after catching a few early carp on the pole and later on a Method feeder.
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Below is a selection of articles in Angling Times 12th September 2017.