We recently launched the new Ready Made Pastes for Match and Coarse Anglers alongside a smaller session tub, perfect for a few hours fishing of Method Ready Pellets and matching Method Hookbaits (Not Wafters). The paste is 100% pure milled Coppens pellets, no additives or bulk fillers. Just pure pellet (and the famous Catalyst flavour/attractants of course). This means it breaks down quickly and is designed for fishing as you would make your own paste but with the convenience of a long shelf life and quick access to a tub in your bait bag as a change bait. We make this in a particular way so that depending on how much you ‘kneed’ the paste will change the breakdown speed. Straight from tub.. quick breakdown pull through it with a hook as you would paste fishing… give it a squeeze or two in your hands… slightly firmer and longer breakdown… Just perfect. You can’t go wrong with the Catalyst as thousands of anglers will testify. See all our new products here. https://spottedfin.com/product-category/new-products/ or speak with your local stockist. Are you a Catalyst lover?! let us know in the comments section.
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 