Fresh from helping Drennan Barnsley Blacks clinch a long-awaited World Club Championship title in France, Alan Scotthorne revealed the role which the humble pinkie played in their success on a bloodworm and joker-dominated canal. “Roach were the key to our success. We fed joker in a groundbait and dark soil… Read more
Drennan Barnsley Blacks are the 2017 World Club Champions after a two-day performance of supreme consistency on France’s St. Quentin Canal. After a full practice week, manager Glenn Lawrence selected Alan Scotthorne, Lee Kerry, Matt Godfrey, James Dent, Frankie Gianoncelli and Sam Wildsmith were the quest to beat 23 rival nations…. Read more
Fresh from the five-day Lough Muckno July Festival in Ireland’s County Monaghan, Drennan’s Darren Davies reflects on a week of superb silver fish sport. “I’ve always loved fishing in Ireland, and right now the sport is as fair as I’ve ever known it with roach, skimmers, hybrids and perch everywhere…. Read more
Drennan Barnsley Blacks manager Glenn Lawrence has named his six-man squad for the FIPSed World Clubs Championships on the Aisne Canal at St.Quentin in northern France on the weekend of July 29/30. Five-times individual World Champion Alan Scotthorne plus fellow England internationals Lee Kerry, Matt Godfrey and James Dent plus… Read more
Dutch angler, Maurice Prijs has been using shallow tactics to catch F1’s and carp from Tom’s Creek in Holland. “According to the dictionary, ‘noise’ means a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes a disturbance. Nothing can be further from the truth targeting F1s and carp… Read more
Match ace Wayne Swinscoe reflects on the Fermoy Festival Week and proves you should never ever give up! The Fermoy Festival Week takes place on the River Blackwater on the Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a two-day event on the Garden Centre stretch of Inniscarra Resevoir on the in-between days. As we drove south towards County Cork… Read more
