Matthew Fernandez from Southampton managed to squeeze in a short two-hour session after work on the River Itchen and managed to land several roach to 1lb 4oz. Matthew traveled light, taking only a net, a pint of maggots, a pocket full of tackle and his 13ft Acolyte Ultra float rod… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Huge Pike Brace For Steve Rowley
After a two week spell of freezing cold weather, E-Sox consultant Steve Rowley took advantage of a rise in temperature by bagging a superb brace of pike weighing 28lb 10oz and 27lb 12oz. Both fish fell to simple legered sardine dead baits with the first fish coming mid-morning and the… Read more
Chub On The Kennet
Stu Lennox has been having some great sport targeting chub on a local stretch of the River Kennet. The fish were all taken on bread flake, trotted down the swim under a 1 Swan Loafer with a size 10 Super Specialist hook tied to 0.17mm Supplex Fluorocarbon. “I fed a couple of balls… Read more
Roberts In Winning Form
Joe Roberts has had an exceptionally good start to 2016 with a number of framing weights on both natural waters and commercial fisheries. The Veterans World Champ’s latest victory was on the recent Starlets Veterans event at Packington Fisheries. The anglers were greeted with a frozen Molands lake in the morning making bites extremely hard to tempt but, once… Read more
How To Fish The Pole Feeder
River ace Wayne Swinscoe demonstrates how he tackles a flooded venue with pole feeder tactics in the latest issue of Coarse Fishing Answers. Wayne is a master on rivers and proves that even when conditions are tough there are fish to be caught. Check out the March edition of Coarse Fishing Answers magazine (out now) for an… Read more
Grayling In The Snow
David Turnbull from Edinburgh christened his new Acolyte Ultra 14ft float rod by catching this quality 2lb (42cm) grayling in the snow. “The rod was great and I felt confident playing them in fast water with a 2lb hooklength,” he explained. “The tip cushioned the lunges but it had plenty… Read more