Matt Brown’s Guide To Spodding

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A purpose design spod rod and big pit reel will allow you to throw a fully loaded, full size spod very far indeed and with great accuracy after surprisingly little practice. I use the Daiwa Emblem Spod reel because it casts as well as anything out there but has a super fast retrieve (over 1.22 [...]

Big Pit Fishing For Bream

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When I hear anglers making out they know how to catch big bream it brings a smile to my face. Big bream are frustratingly unpredictable. For weeks I had been picking up reports from the Great North Fishery (formerly A1 Pits) suggesting that the bream were feeding really well. So well in fact that the [...]