Top angler Ashley Sampson has been on fire recently. He has been winning matches all around the UK, and getting some good results from matches containing top class fields (even leaving one match early with victory already in the bag in order to go fish another and place 3rd!). Despite picking up four-figure sums in winnings on several occasions, the results that have given him most satisfaction are from multi-day events fished away from home such as his back-to-back individual wins in the Daiwa Pairs, and his top-3 finish at the Ramsey Angling Festival this year. Both are notoriously difficult to do well in, with success only coming to those who are consistent throughout the whole competition.
Ash talks to Steven Brennan of Irish Sport Fishing and tells him “To me this is match fishing in its purest form. Big fish do not massively affect the result, and the angler who catches the most fish generally wins”. Of course there may be others who enjoy the unpredictability and luck-element associated with our sport, but I think that most match anglers would agree with the above sentiments.
Read Steven’s article here
Compliments of:
Steven Brennan,
Irish Sport Fishing Web: www.irishsportfishing
