The River Test provided the stage on which Adam Reed made pike fishing history. The Trakker employee from Sussex landed the 31lb 6oz fish just 30 minutes after starting his session-to-remember. It was a smelt hookbait that he expertly worked through his swim with the help of the popular sink… Read more
Manchester’s Andy Cheetham had the best day’s fishing of his life when a trip to a midlands river saw him beat his personal best twice with the two incredible perch. “I’m still in disbelief as to catch a five ‘pounder’ is a dream, but to have two in a session… Read more
Power Gum has a multitude of uses, from bungee shock absorbers to stop-knot line markers. For most of my predator float fishing, I like to use Power Gum to create stop-knots. I find Power Gum grips far better than mono especially when using braid as a mainline. Power Gum is also… Read more
Drennan Barnsley Blacks almost pulled off the double at the latest Winter League final fished on the drains in March and at Decoy lakes. After winning last year’s final we were all looking forward to this year with some great fishing at both venues in the run-up to the match… Read more
The latest round of the Drennan Silverfish Spring League was fished on the Islands Lake and resulted in a close finish. Dave Mountford and Jamie Green battled it out at adjacent pegs to finish just 1oz apart at the end of the match. Jamie set off like a train on… Read more
Drennan RAF’s Baz Bright thought he would chance his arm and with 25 fishing the winner could come from anywhere. Baz drew peg 5 on Falcon Lake and set about fishing 3 pellet lines, one at 9m in 3ft of water and two at 11.5m in 2ft of water with… Read more
