A weekend’s barbel fishing on the River Severn turned into a perch session of a lifetime for Chris Hunter. After spotting small prey fish scattering on the surface in the margins Chris decided to change his approach. Using his drop shot rod to work a small shad pattern in 9ft… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
This Month’s Pole Fishing Magazine
The December issue of Pole Fishing hits the newsagent shelves this Friday and has some great articles to get stuck into. Alan Scotthorne continues his illuminating Ask Alan series by solving problems on subjects as vast as margin fishing, feed quantities and coping with clear venues. There is also a frank post-match analysis with Drennan Team England… Read more
Number 83 And Counting…
Christian Barker is enjoying a superb season, with his 83rd chub over 4lb this calendar year! “Successful tactics at this time of year have been ‘posh’ cheese paste (Laguna Blue Cheese SAC juice, incorporated into Hook Bait Company Big Cheese base mix and more cheese). My choice of rod is the… Read more
Huge 31lb 7oz Pike For Justin Grapes
Norfolk’s Justin Grapes caught his new personal best pike from Chew valley lake, which weighed in at a colossal 31lb 7oz! This fish was caught on a joey mackerel which was boated out 100 yards in 8ft of water. It was part of a 8 fish haul, which included a 19lb 2oz as well. Justin’s… Read more
Hit The Town For Untapped River Sport
This week’s Angling Times has an inspiring article with Stu Lennox tackling his local River Kennet, right in the centre of Newbury town centre. Urban canals and rivers are full of interesting surprises, as you’ll soon discover when you read the article! Also inside, Martin Bowler continues his entertaining series and focuses on his… Read more
Drennan Bordon In Good Form
A good weekend for the Drennan Bordon squad saw Justin Mabere (pictured) help his team to a third staight win in the Avon Valley Winter League. The latest round was fished on the Kennet & Avon Canal from Little Bedwyn to Great Bedwyn. Justin caught mainly skimmers and perch for 13lb… Read more