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MFS - Tunnel Barn Farm, 21st September 2014 with MAP

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A surprise text message from Herbie on Friday night just before I was heading out for the night and a quick call to Colin (BNF) I found out that I was invited to the MAP Day out at Tunnel Barn Farm match with Andy May and Tony Curd.  I jumped at the chance especially as the day before I was fishing there with Paul Holland. Another early start from London, but this time with no traffic issues that I had the previous day.  On arrival Colin was there with a couple of the lads.  Herbie kindly got my breakfast in, thanks Pops! ;-) Today we would be on the New Pool which was behind Extension Pool that I had fished on Saturday. The Draw We everyone gathered it was a quick and simple draw.  My peg for the day was 35 which was on the corner with Herbie and Craig for neighbours. The Set-Up No rods with me today, so I set up three lines, 2 of which would compliment each other. Shallow rig on top 2 + 2 Full depth rig on top 2 + 2 Rig for the far bank on the top shelf Bait was rea

MFS - Tunnel Barn Farm, 20th September 2015 with Paul Holland

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Winning a Match Fishing Scene competition where you get a day out with a fishing star it really doesn't get any better...  So I was over the moon when I found out that I had won a day with Paul Holland.  I'd be sharing the day with Neil Dudsbury. I have to start with thanking Neil as he did all the leg work with Paul to organise the day.  We selected a venue that was midway between Derby and London.  After discussing what we wanted to target we decided on paste and margin fishing. My day didn't get off to the best of starts as I headed up the M40 towards Tunnel Barn Farm and a tasty breakfast... The traffic simply stopped and my satnav flashed up that the M40 was closed!  Problem was, I was on it and not moving anywhere! 30 minutes later I was on the move again and I arrived at Tunnel Barn at 9am to meet Paul and Neil who had finished their breakfast by this time... We had a quick chat with Les who runs the tackle shop at Tunnel Barn Farm and grabbed a bag of 4m

Tunnel Barn Farm, Little Shrewley, 17th April 2011

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The sunday we decided to fish Top Pool at Tunnel Barn Farm Fisheries .  Again, Les from the tackle shop gave us some great advice and told us to fish at Pegs 1 through 7 as there was a match on the rest of Top Pool. I selected Peg 1 and Mark, Peg 2.  Mark's aim for the day was to further his pole fishing and he was planning on sticking with the pole for most of the day... well, it didn't quite go to that plan, but more later. Peg 1 was a lovely looking Peg with reeds in front reachable at 13 metres, a large margin swim on the right and open water straight ahead.  Plenty of options here and the weather was going to play a part in the days fishing. So, my tactics where to get the pole across to the reeds as tight as possible, also have a swim a metre from the reeds and a margin swim.  It was also an opportunity, should the fish play ball to get the pellet waggler rod out for the first time. Starting the session off I took an early F1 from my 12 metre reed swim and then st

Tunnel Barn Farm, Little Shrewley, 16th April 2011

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After signing up for a match through the Matchfishing Scene web forum  at Tunnel Barn Farm Fisheries  and having never been to Tunnel Barn Farm I decided that I needed to have some practise there. So I booked in for the weekend of April 16th and 17th, gave Mark a call to see if he wanted come along too. We both arrived on Saturday morning at around 6:45am and had a stroll around House Pool, the first pool you come across when you arrive. The complex at first seemed smaller than I first imagined.  So off to the tackle shop where we met Les.  He recommended that we fish House Pool of Pegs 29, 30 or 31.  So we selected Pegs 30 and 31. Bait consisted of Tunnel Barn Farm own feed pellets, red and white maggots, corn, hemp, luncheon meat and the trusty worm, together with hooker jelly pellets. This weekend was a chance for Mark to really try out Pole fishing. The Saturday Session I selected a long line in front of a patch of lush reeds, a 5m line in the channel and a margin li