hi lads. well i was fishing at ladybower rez a few seasons back and there wasn't many fish rising at all when a bloke came down the bank set up and started fishing about 50 yards away when the fish started to rise around him. curios thing though as he moved up the bank a bit and the fish followed him. by this time he had had 5 fish and i was on my 4th bearing in mind id been there 3 hours before him. so i scanned the water for signs of his fortune when i saw floating pellet in the water. so i went up to him and asked what was his secret and he said there was an hatch on and he was matching the hatch with his damsel. i thort yes sure you are you cheating git. another time i spooned a fish to discover it full of maggots. how much of this goes on and what are your experiences of it?

Ive witnessed it first hand mate. Certain people lacing an area with sweetcorn the day before a comp. Guys bringing fish to a comp that they have caught the day before. There are plenty of cheats out there. Some more infamous than others.

They are only cheating themselves

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You name it and i have seen it.....worst thing is i reported bloke twice last season with nout done

Mill Ride Staffs. there was a bloke always did well there in,as you say no time flat soon as he toed the water examination later revealed sweetcorn in the grass

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

My only experience of competitive fishing was at loch doon. It was an inter-house school competition, for those of us that weren't sufficiently athletic to take part in the sports day (?!) so it was quite a while ago, you'll understand. Wasn't even a posh school - scummy comprehensive if you must know - but obviously enlightened in some ways. Anyway, some wee nyaff produced a fine fish at the weigh in. It was a herring. Got away with it too, the wee ****.

What colour was it!?

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

Used to happen quite a lot when I fished Ladybower. I've regularly seen old members using pellets and I once saw I guy fishing the river, up above the Gusher, hammering out trout after trout in between lacing in handfuls of maggots.

His girl-friend was landing the fish and filling a black bin liner with them. I saw him catch 4, just while I was driving past, and they were there all evening!!!

I reported them to Purnell but they were there again the following couple of weeks

We've had members at Wharncliffe using bread and sweetcorn then boasting about what they've caught. I suppose we all hold differing opinions on what constitutes fly-fishing

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i fished ladybower a lot last year ,& every time there was people spinning ,ledgering ,even sat on baskets fishing ,mainly europeans i expect ,its a joke when you pay to fish pay for a lisence & these guys do it for free every week

i have seen empty sweetcorn tins in the undergrowth at fisheries a few times, and bread floating in the water

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My only experience of competitive fishing was at loch doon. It was an inter-house school competition, for those of us that weren't sufficiently athletic to take part in the sports day (?!) so it was quite a while ago, you'll understand. Wasn't even a posh school - scummy comprehensive if you must know - but obviously enlightened in some ways. Anyway, some wee nyaff produced a fine fish at the weigh in. It was a herring. Got away with it too, the wee ****.

What colour was it!?
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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M
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