Our latest video stars England ace Steve Hemingray who shows you a simple and effective way to catch carp on the pellet feeder. Steve is a big believer in experimenting with different hook baits during a session to optimise bites and the bulging catch photo above highlights why. After an arm-aching session, Steve came… Read more
Darren Davies has experienced a great start to the year with some excellent silverfish catches. The former England international’s latest match win was last Saturday at Meadowlands Fishery near Coventry. Drawn on Peg 6 on Warren Pool he caught a 26lb 6oz bag of roach and skimmers; half at 10 metres on casters and… Read more
Middlesbrough’s James Hinley managed some quality chub just before the river close season using steak on the hook. James uses 8lb Drennan Supplex main line direct to a size 8 Wide Gape Specialist hook. Float stops hold a Gripmesh Feeder filled with mincemeat in place and a juicy piece of steak finishes the setup nicely. Over the… Read more
Here is a great photograph of Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald with his favourite trotting rod, the 15ft MatchPro Ultralight, working its magic as a River Stour chub is eased over the landing net. After three days of coloured water… Read more
Drennan’s Stewart Moss spent dawn and dusk on the River Cherwell this week in search of big Oxfordshire chub. The Cherwell is a tough proposition these days, with few but generally large fish – if you can find them! So Stew was very pleased to bag a whacking chub of 6lb 11oz, backed… Read more
A recent piking trip to Southern Ireland didn’t get off to the best start for Gary Newman when he arrived to find all the lakes were frozen! It took four days for the lakes to thaw and, even then, the fishing was still very slow with so much cold water going in, but Gary… Read more
