‘Pre-baiting’ was done with a dozen or more balls of ground bait laced with joker, whilst poles were held in ‘pole holders’ attached to the sides of the new style continental boxes.
Spectators came and watched the two day event in their droves, and they saw a whole new world of angling. However, eventual winners were the Barnsley Blacks with some fishing the ground bait feeder and others long pole/bloodworm, with a youthful looking Alan Scotthorne winning individualy. With practice session weights to 8-9lb Mark Downes and his Starlets team, had a game plan for fishing 3-4m whips for the masses of gudgeon on bloodworm, whilst most other teams were fishing long pole/bloodworm for the prolific nets of roach. The anglers/teams on show, were at the top of their game. With Italy France and Belgium having the best bloodworm anglers, a European team was bound to win…………. Teams from both the UK and across Europe came. People like Dick Clegg OBE and Clive Branson were soon producing excellent pole floats comparable with the European imports.Īround 1989/90… the idea was to have an annual team fishing match (Supercup) at Nottingham’s Holme Pierrepont 2000 m rowing course. It didn’t take long though for home grown manufactures to start producing floats. with Ignesti, Milo and Trabucco being the front runners in this new ‘Anglais’ market.
Pole floats that were available in the UK, mainly were imported from Europe.
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