Alan Scotthorne looks at the finer points of a deadly winter carp tactic – the straight lead! The warmer weather through November has been fantastic for our commercial fisheries with weights still exceeding a ton on most matches at my local fishery, Lindholme Lakes, on its famous Bonsai Lake. Now,… Read more
Category: Match Anglers
Bream Bonanza On Warrington Fur & Feather
The annual Warrington Anglers Fur & Feather match on the River Mersey was won by Derek Bibby with a fantastic 38lb catch. That impressive weight consisted of bream taken on groundbait feeder tactics. An added incentive to this year’s event was a special prize donated by Drennan International to whoever was… Read more
Two Days In Silverfish Heaven
Jon Arthur looks back on the recent two-day Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival. Last weekend I made the long trip to White Acres for the first-ever Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival. I absolutely love commercial silverfish matches so I was really looking forward to this one. I also know just how hard… Read more
Hemingray Wins On The Wye
Steve Hemingray has won the recent Riverfest practice match on the River Wye with four barbel for 26lb. With the river up and heavily coloured, all the fish were caught on the feeder with hair-rigged pellet. Substantial tackle was needed on this powerful river, so the Drennan Team England ace… Read more
Picking Up At Packington
Jon Arthur looks back on a silverfish pairs event that saw 100 brave souls battling the wind and rain at Barston Lakes and Packington Somers Fishery. Last Saturday was Round One of the Pole Fishing Preston Innovations Silverfish Pairs. This sell-out event has been created by my old chums, Tom… Read more
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