Our own brand manager, Paul Monkman, was very keen to dispel any notion the autumn feed-up is a thing of the past when he returned to his East Yorkshire syndicate for the first time in eight months.

It’s all systems go for George Davies now, as he looks to capitalise on the autumn up on his North Yorkshire syndicate, Catterick Racecourse.

The conditions were against him and the fish just didn’t appear to be having it, but right at the end of his birthday session on Trent View Carp Fishery, Mike Globe received the present he so dearly craved: not just a carp, but a 30-pounder!