Tony Peet recently joined his friend Pete for a day grayling fishing on the River Dove, where they both caught grayling up to 2lb. Tony opted for a 13ft Acolyte Ultra Float Rod teamed with a centre pin, and Pete used a 15ft MatchPro Ultralight. “Both rods are spot on… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
River Severn Chubbing Using Gripmesh Feeders
Cheshire based Stuart Maddocks has sent in some great photographs from his recent sessions on the Upper River Severn. Over the past 6 weeks Stuart has been targeting the upper reaches the River Severn with great success. Feeding mashed bread using a Gripmesh Feeder and a big smelly hookbait mounted on a size… Read more
Great Dropshot Sport At Pitsford Reservoir
Specimen hunter and current Drennan Cup holder, Jamie Cartwright, spent a day afloat on Pitsford Reservoir and had some brilliant sport with perch and the latest E-Sox Dropshot gear. Jamie had been told that anything dirty green or brown would catch fish. His findings matched this, with dull lures outperforming the brighter colours. The Earthy Brown… Read more
In The Zone With Dropshot Bomb Weights
Here’s a super underwater photograph from Martin Bowler’s latest book, Totally Immersed! The photograph was taken during pre-production testing of the latest E-Sox Dropshot Bomb Weights. These special weights feature a bulbous base which enables them to pivot while still holding bottom. This allows you to impart even more subtle and lifelike movements into a Dropshot Lure without… Read more
Vezzalini Crowned Italian Feeder Champion
Massimo Vezzalini has won the Italian Feeder Championship after a tense match on the Fissero Canal, as our Italian correspondent, Matteo Maggi, reports. The Final of the Italian Feeder Championship could perhaps not be described as a beautiful match from a technical point of view. For four and a half hours of the competition, 85% of the competitors… Read more
Thames Tactics Revealed
This month’s issue of Match Fishing magazine has a nice head-to-head article with Paul Glenfield and Dan Varney on their local River Thames. With the sunshine one minute and torrential rain the next, the two river experts still endeavour to show you how to extract fish with a mixture of waggler, bolo, whip and pole tactics. The December issue of… Read more