Matt is one of England’s rising match stars. A regular feature in the international set up, the current U17 world champion is the only person to have won the junior world title twice.
Matt began fishing at the tender age of just three years old, when he used to go and visit his grandparents who owned a caravan at Torksey in Lincolnshire. With the Fossdyke canal just a short walk from the site, it didn’t take Matt long to persuade his dad, Kevin to let him give fishing a try.
With most of his early years spent fishing venues around this area such as the Fossdyke, the Till and the Trent, it is not suprising that Matt has developed such an affinity to natural venues.
He fished his first national with the cadets aged 10 on the Bargate drain near Boston, helping the team to gold, and taking the individual bronze medal for himself.
Aged 12, he made it into cadet team yet again for the national on the River Nene in Peterborough, where he took both individual and team gold, cementing his place as one of the best up and coming anglers in the country.
The year after, the team struggled in the national, but in 2005, when Matt was 14, they bounced back yet again, taking team gold at Droitwich complex Woodlands View. This was also the year that Matt was first selected to represent his country in Serbia. The England teams did brilliantly this year, with both the juniors and intermediates taking team gold, with Matt taking the individual gold, and the intermediates also returning with an individual silver medal.
In 2007, Matt went on to secure his much documented second world title, taking the individual gold medal in the Czech republic. Other than his major success on the international stage, this year also saw Matt sign for Triana North, where he hopes to continue to hone his already brilliant skills, with the help of some of the teams other top anglers.
Talking about the future, Matt’s next major aim is to make it into the squad for this years world championships, as well as continuing with his studies at Wales High School, where he is studying A levels.
Is that Horseshoe lake. Congratulations on your SPRO sponsorship.
Hi Matt I am fishing horseshoe on sunday 9th march,what is the best way to approach it this time of year? Congrats on SPRO STEVE
Eyup steve. sorry i didn’t reply to your question about horseshoe this week! iv’e been away on a school residential trip since monday!!! just to let you know though, i find that pellets still work well at this time of year, feeding small amounts of micros and fishing a light rig with a 4mm expander or maggot over the top at about 8m. also scale everthing down to 0.08 bottoms and 20 hooks. if your ever on horseshoe again let us know and i’ll get some info for you. let us know how you got on, cheers, matt.
Did not do too well bit new to this pellet lark,peg 7 won 25+ then 10lb then 5 then not much else.Got kiveton bottom pond at end of month any ideas on that one. Thanks
Steve
question for matt,i am at horseshoe in august and am unsure how to approach it.I have been told that peg 6 is a flier but what would be good methods for the rest of the pond
thanks steve
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