Several new faces join an extremely talented England Veterans squad heading to Portugal this year. The 2015 FIPSed Veterans and Disabled World Coarse Angling Championships are to be jointly held on the River Sorraia near the village of Cabecao, Portugal on 5th/6th June. It is a challenging venue with both barbel and bleak… Read more
Category: Match Fishing
Crystal Dibbers – Not Just For Commercials!
Top river tactician, Wayne Swinscoe, has been in winning form with the help of some cleverly adapted pole floats. A few months ago I decided to adapt some Drennan Crystal Dibbers so that I could use them on a particular stretch of narrow river that I match fish midweek throughout the… Read more
Beating The Freeze
After a well-earned holiday, Alan Scotthorne has returned to the UK in match-winning form! Here’s his account of an impressive win on his local Stainforth & Keadby Canal: I always take a short break in January overseas for a few days and stepping off the plane at Manchester airport to be… Read more
Midweek Win For Marlow
Roger Marlow braved the conditions to win the latest midweek open contest at Leicestershire’s Lakeview Fishery with an impressive 72lb bag of carp and F1s. The England Veteran and Drennan Leicester team man caught all of his fish on red maggot at six and 11 metres. A fine 0.08mm Double Strength hooklength matched to a size… Read more
34lb Win On Close-Range Feeder Tactics
England ace Steve Hemingray won Round One of the Meadowlands Silverfish League at the weekend with a fine 34lb catch of skimmers. On a day that saw the entire country hit hard by gale-force winds, the former European Champion opted for close-range feeder tactics to amass the winning bag. In fact, he… Read more
A New Year Trio
It’s been a great start to 2015 for Jon Arthur after a successful hat-trick of events on his local commercial fishery circuit. Three matches on the bounce was a real treat for me last week and I really made the most of it with three nice pegs and three nice results! A Friday Flyer! The… Read more