. Clattercote is one of my favourite venues, however when theres a match on it then it fishes hard nine times out of ten. With the weather going colder, id opt for the method feeder at range, ie as far as you can accurately cast it and clip up so as to hit the same spot every time. Id go for a cautious start and leave the feeder out for around ten minutes at a time and try and gauge a response from there. I would then look at having another line around twenty metres out and at the start id put 8 big feeders in with groundbait and micro pellets and then leave that line to settle. Then if the method didnt produce after a couple of hours i would drop a small open end feeder with hair rigged pellet or even dead maggot on the short line. This year there has been a massive explosion of skimmers and some proper bream in there and i would be trying to catch these on a shorter line. The dam end of the lake will be the best and once you get past about peg 30 then you are going away from the fish. I would want to be 10-25 on the near bank and the same pegs opposite. You can set a pole up but if the forecast is right for the next two weeks i will be amazed if you get a bite on it. If you are down the far end then as simon says there are a lot of fish under the boards but again with the weather cooling those fish will still move back up the lake. Bagging waggler could also produce if the weather doesnt go cold but id always bank on the method for a bite or two. Mix wise i would use 50-50 Ringers bag up original and then the new Dark. Hope that helps but be prepared for it to be hard. its strange as you can empty it when you are pleasure fishing but it doesnt handle a match well.
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