England feeder team gold medalist, Dean Barlow, explains what is needed to keep catching during the colder months. Winter is definitely here! Now more than ever it is necessary to scale everything down, not just for pole fishing but for the feeder too. Those big feeders and thick hooklengths can… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Trio Of 3lb Perch On Series 7 Avon Quiver
Stephen Stones is not only the IYCF magazine editor, but an expert specimen angler in his own right, as his latest perch captures prove. He recently made a long trip to the River Lea with a couple of mates, in the hope of landing a few big perch and managed a superb brace going… Read more
Deep Water Secrets
In this month’s Coarse Fishing Answers magazine, Drennan’s Dan Varney lifts the lid on a very clever tactic for feeder fishing in deep water. You’ll have to pick up the January edition, out in the shops now, to learn all about it. Coarse Fishing Answers is also available digitally for Android and via the… Read more
Peter Marshall Targets His First Grayling
Having never targeted grayling before, Peter Marshall decided to have a day out of the shop and do a spot of grayling fishing on the famous lower Itchen fishery. He used his old Drennan Team England Carp Waggler rod teamed with a Young’s Purist centrepin, 4lb Supplex line, a 5BB Wire Avon float… Read more
Special Award For Drennan Barnsley
Top UK team, Drennan Barnsley Blacks, have been awarded a special Triple Crown trophy in recognition of their impressive achievements this year. In just one year the talented squad has managed to win three of the most sought after titles in UK team fishing: The Division One National, the Winter League Final… Read more
Scotthorne’s Bomb Tricks
Alan Scotthorne looks at the finer points of a deadly winter carp tactic – the straight lead! The warmer weather through November has been fantastic for our commercial fisheries with weights still exceeding a ton on most matches at my local fishery, Lindholme Lakes, on its famous Bonsai Lake. Now,… Read more