Increasing water temperatures saw a change in the behaviour of the fish and the well-deserved winner Luke Harrison was the quickest to respond. After a steady start to the match, he soon realised that the fish were well up in the water and a switch to fishing casters shallow at… Read more
In situations where the tench pick at food instead of gorging, fishing at ‘dead’ depth will always be more productive but this can be tricky with a standard set up given that the depth may be fishing greater than the length of the rod. The slider is the answer to… Read more
Last weekend saw the final round of the fiercely contested Meadowlands Silverfish League draw to a close. The league is run on a point based system with the top five results of each angler counting towards their final score. “It was always going to be close with so many top anglers… Read more
Drennan Bordon’s Matt Barnett & Matt Herbert take top two in the second round of the Sensas Southern Canal League. The second round was to be fished on the Oxford Canal at the Rock of Gibraltar. Matt Barnett drew peg c12 and having never fished this canal before he didn’t… Read more
The annual Easter festival on Rolf’s Lake near Wheatley saw 21 anglers compete over the three days in far from ideal conditions. With the constantly changing weather and heavy rain, the lake was always going to fish very hard and good draws, together with making sure every fish hooked was landed,… Read more
With the weather improving, Tripp Lake fished well for the Drennan Silver Fish Spring League on Saturday. Dave Mountford made the best of the shelter from the elements afforded by his draw on peg 15 and targeted F1s and crucians by fishing 4mm and 6mm expander pellets over micros, he… Read more
