Over the years certain things have changed my fishing, but none more so than the use of a back lead when barbel fishing. I first started using back leads for barbel back in 1996. I remember fishing one of my favourite swims on the River Great Ouse one night and… Read more
After three early bream on the feeder, Drennan Oxford’s Carl Eland produced a waggler fishing masterclass to win round two of the eight-team Oxford Summer league on the River Thames at Medley. Loose feeding three pints of hemp while presenting tares beneath a 3AAA home-made waggler set between 3.5 and… Read more
Round two of the Drennan Coors Masters series on the River Trent around Burton saw a fabulous £577 raised by the 70 contestants in aid of the Manchester terror attack victims fund. Mark Parker won the match with 15lb 8oz of roach, dace and perch on the waggler and whip… Read more
Alan Scotthorne demonstrates how he stops tangles when using a braided reel line by using Slick Lubricant.
Grant Albutt learnt a vital lesson after getting his feeding strategy wrong in round three of the 80-entry Cresta UK Championships at Shropshire’s Weston Pools. “I drew on Weir Lake where F1s were the target. My error was to feed 4mm pellets while using 6 and 8mm pellets on the… Read more
In our latest video Alan Scotthorne demonstrates how he likes to present worms when fishing at distance with the feeder.