Essential match tackle?

[hamoodos]

The new lockdown rules have meant I've joined my local angling club for the first time, rather than travelling to other South West fisheries like viaduct etc. I'm relatively inexperienced, 23 years old, and have recently re-caught the fishing bug I had in my teens.
With this being the case, most of my gear is hand me downs, some is probably older than me!
Obviously there are none going at the moment, but when normality returns I'd be keen to get involved with some club matches, so what do you guys consider vital gear to start out?

 

[The Landlord]

Depends on the types of waters you'll be fishing & the types of fish you'll be expecting to catch really. Are their matches trips to other venues or do they have their own waters on canals, rivers or ponds?
Also - check the club's match rules, regarding numbers of keepnets needed etc.

 

[hamoodos]

Depends on the types of waters you'll be fishing & the types of fish you'll be expecting to catch really. Are their matches trips to other venues or do they have their own waters on canals, rivers or ponds?
Also - check the club's match rules, regarding numbers of keepnets needed etc.

Mix of all of it mate, looking on Facebook they travel round to viaduct, sedges, todber Manor and the like as all are only an hour away

 

[tipitinmick]

I’m enjoying hearing that a 23 year old is taking up fishing again. Well done you. .

Like what’s already been said .... what type of fishing is it you will be doing ? Naturals / commercials etc ?

 

[gingert76]

take all the gear as you cant use what you dont have, in line with the above which is type of fishing i would also add fish to your strengths/what works for you at the start and go from there

 

[Maesknoll]

Mix of all of it mate, looking on Facebook they travel round to viaduct, sedges, todber Manor and the like as all are only an hour away

To fish all of these venues effectively, you will need a pole, a waggler rod and a feeder rod as a minimum. Todber would be mainly short pole fishing, with possibly a method feeder to an island. Viaduct could be pole, bomb and pellet or waggler and pellet. Sedges, again pole, bomb, method to islands and shallow waggler works in the summer.

If you get more into it, you can expand what you carry, but I would say to be in with a chance of competing week in week out you’ll need the three in my first sentence. To go with them, some pole rigs, feeders- cage and method and wagglers, both for fishing in the deck and shallow.

You are lucky, there is some great fishing in your clubs catchment.

 

[Godber]

4 keepnets, 3 carp and 1 silvers. Landing net, from experience a 22inch is my choice when bigger carp are on the cards.

 

[Jonathan Sutcliffe-Bland]

A disgorger

 

[chefster]

To fish all of these venues effectively, you will need a pole, a waggler rod and a feeder rod as a minimum. Todber would be mainly short pole fishing, with possibly a method feeder to an island. Viaduct could be pole, bomb and pellet or waggler and pellet. Sedges, again pole, bomb, method to islands and shallow waggler works in the summer.

If you get more into it, you can expand what you carry, but I would say to be in with a chance of competing week in week out you’ll need the three in my first sentence. To go with them, some pole rigs, feeders- cage and method and wagglers, both for fishing in the deck and shallow.

You are lucky, there is some great fishing in your clubs catchment.

Excellent professional, local knowledge

 

[Total]

Excellent professional, local knowledge

Thank you Gazza....

 

[hamoodos]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, all really helpful! Thought I should run you through what I have already! Pole wise it's an old MAP CFS Supremecy, 14.5m but very wobbly at that range, 1 top 2 and 1 top 3. I also bought a maver abyss margin pole for 40 odd quid a few years back. I have an 11ft pellet waggler rod, and had a 10ft feeder until it packed it in yesterday treated myself to a matrix p25 mk2 at Christmas, have 2 keepnets and an 18" landing net on a 2m handle that weighs a tonne

 

[The Landlord]

Sounds like you may have a pretty good head start with the tackle you've got. I'm not familiar with those venues apart from reading @Maesknoll's blogs because he fishes them (they're well worth a read by the way). As I said re-keepnets......there will be weight limits per net & also a separate net required for silvers so you may need an extra one at least.

 

[Maesknoll]

4 keepnets, 3 carp and 1 silvers. Landing net, from experience a 22inch is my choice when bigger carp are on the cards.

Not at Sedges.... . They supply all nets.

 

[G0zzer2]

A pair of forceps for removing those really awkward hooks.

 

[Fugley-fisher]

I would definitely take some bait . Only being silly cos @Maesknoll know way better than me on those venues, even though todber is only 10 minutes away, never fish it lol.