Alan Scotthorne finished second in the recent Tidal Trent Championships with 16lb 8oz of roach and dace caught on the waggler. “With a low clear river and the tide running out for the full match duration, I was certain that a float approach would outscore the feeder.” Alan caught 90… Read more
Round one of the Drennan Coors Trent Masters series on the upper River Trent at Burton saw local rod Dave Kinson (Coors AC) top the scoresheet with 10lb 12oz including three chub with some dace to back-up his weight. Dave drew peg 29 on the pipe bridge below Bailey’s Weir and fished the… Read more
Round two of Feedermasters Teams series was held at Peterborough’s Ferry Meadows Lakes on Saturday and despite the hard conditions Dean Barlow managed to scoop the win with 51lb. “I drew peg 4 on Overton Lake, the smaller of the two. The venue had been fishing hard, but casting a big… Read more
A weekend double is always something special, so Stu was delighted to achieve back-to-back match wins. “Starting with Saturday success on my first ever visit to The Canneries Fishery at Eccleston, Lancashire. I drew peg 38 and despite catching 20 F1s and some silvers on shallow caster, I knew I’d… Read more
Specialist angler, Paul Elt has enjoyed some frantic sport on the River Trent since the start of the season using his 1.75 Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rods. “I’ve been targeting the River Trent for the barbel, and with lots of success recently catching 30 fish since the start of the season… Read more
The latest ODAA open was fished by 29 anglers on a very clear and very weedy Thames at Medley. Rather surprisingly the roach fed in most sections but this also meant that the pike were also very active with some anglers struggling to land any roach that put up a… Read more
