My first double figure smoothounds caught this year, on the Lincolnshire coast. They were caught on 12lb Power Plus with a 15-50lb Powerflex tapered leader.   I use this combination of line as I have confidence in the line and knot strength it gives, which enables me to use lighter, more sporting tackle to target these hard fighting fish.   Back in May I fished the Ramsey Angling Festival on the Isle of Man, fished over three days, many anglers from the mainland go over each year to fish this event. On the first day I finished 3rd in my zone with a catch of 5 dogfish and 5 whiting. The second day I was placed 5th in my zone with 14 dogs and 1 whiting. The final day was fished in terrible weather conditions, and along with almost everyone else in my zone, I failed to catch any fish. There were fish caught in other zones, though.   The club organises a separate match on the Sunday, before the Presentation, and I was 2nd in zone with 3 dogs. In this particular match I fished using reels that I had already used during the competition matches, so although much used the line still performed like new, which I was pleased with.   Overall I managed to win a few pounds so not too bad a week!   I have been using the powerplus a bit more recently, and found this to be a tough, hardwearing line you can rely on even in the most demanding of conditions.  

The Powerflex 70lb is another favourite - this is my first choice for all my casting rigs and leaders. It ties a small and neat knot which I have found to be particularly reliable. It also doesn't kink or twist and has good abrasion resistance.   If the weather settles, I am hoping for a return visit to the Isle of Man to catch the Tope when they arrive, will email any photos etc, when I do. Hopefully I will be able to fish more matches as well in the near future.

Karl Nangle

Jamie Pickup Llandudno North Shore

I fished NWASAC Personel Members match at Llandudno North Shore. Conditions where not great for my target species of Dogfish but i decided i would fish the whole match for them with an ALL OR NOTHING approach. My plan was to fish at distance and hopefully land a couple of Dogfish knowing that almost everyone else would be targeting small Whiting and Rockling as conditions favoured.

I used 15lb POWER PLUS on my reels, 70lb POWER FLEX as my leader and rig body and 25lb MEMOR-X as hook lengths.

I had no fish for the first hour of the match and was watching other anglers land small fish, then along came my first Dogfish closely followed by another and another. My plan was paying off.

I finished the match in 1st place almost doubling 2nd places weight.

Having confidence in my lines played a massive part in my match plan and it worked, i fished at long range all through the match and never had one problem with over runs or crack offs, having this confidence in my line when casting i believe gave me the edge. POWER PLUS is now on all my distance fishing reels and my distance rigs are made of POWER FLEX rig bodys and MEMOR-X hook lengths, which i believe is the perfect distance fishing combination.        

Mike Flynn on Ultima Products

Tapered shock-leader

Although this style of product has been around for several years, the “UltimA” range leaves the other brands behind; the line is supple lies on the reel well and as with all other “UltimA” products delivers strength when needed most.

Powerflex Clear

I personally use the 70lb strength line for making up the rig bodies, the clear is my favourite product from this range, In the UK much of or angling has the need for casting extremely long distances ,when you use UltimA  products you have the confidence in the product as it need no attention

Karl Nangle a member of the Ultima/Anyfish Anywhere Sea team shares his latest results of matches he has recently fished. Also pictured right, a great Cod caught by Karl on the Lincolnshire coast.

Humber Winter Series, 4th January - placed 3rd with 2 cod
Withernsea Walk-off - 30th Dec - conditions really awful, didn't do any good in this match
Les Intress Memorial Match - 23rd Dec - finished 3rd with 1 cod (biggest fish match)
Blackpool Cod Open - 15th Dec - mixed bag of small fish but cod took the main prizes.
Humber Winter Series - 14th Dec- not placed
Ultima RNLI Open - Skegness - 8th Dec - not placed but would like to pass on the thanks of all of the participating Anglers for your sponsorship of this match.
Hornsea Walk off - 1st Dec - 4th place with 6 whiting.
Llandudno - 24th Nov - placed 3rd with bag of dogfish & whiting
Humber Cod Open - 25th Nov - not placed.
Humber Winter Series - 16th Nov - not placed.

Mark Quirk - Tope Fishing with Power Plus

This picture was taken during an open match on point west beach, Mark won the match with a catch of 4 dogfish and 5 good sized tope. Because it’s impractical to weigh them during a match all the tope caught are given a token weight of 15lb and returned to the water.

“The tope fishing on our beaches is incredible at the moment, over the last 3 days I have landed 14 all weighing between 20 to 40lb, all caught using 15lb Ultima Power Plus, in fact they have all been caught on the same reel using the same line and considering the abuse its had its showing no sign of weakening or damage. For this type of fishing where you need high knot strength and abrasion resistance it’s superb.”