A few weeks ago I finally got round to barbel fishing the mighty river Trent for the first time ever with my good friend Adam Reed. We had a couple of days planned, but wanted to spend the daylight hours sussing out likely areas via the boat and concentrate on… Read more
Simon Ashton in search of a bumper Roach! “A rig overhaul completely transformed my roach fishing” Those were the words of Simon Ashton after a recent roach session. Simon explains “I’ve got complete faith in maggot helicopter-rigs for stillwater roach, but during my latest trip all I could catch using… Read more
The Avon Roach Project The Avon Roach Project was formed by Trevor Harrop and Budgie Price in response to the catastrophic decline of roach in the Hants Avon, confirmed in the EA fish stock survey of 2005 which revealed that the species was absent in many stretches and possibly already… Read more
Drennan’s Jack Griffiths talks us through the recent White Acres festival which saw him finish 6th out of 90 anglers and meant he gained the bragging rights in the office! As White Acres Fisheries was a new venue for me I was lucky enough to get there a few days… Read more
After a very busy year on the international front I have finally managed to get back onto the commercial fisheries. Two weeks at White acres were reasonably good for me with an 8th and 11th to qualify for the Parkdean final. I drew on a peg that I did fancy… Read more
After what seems like a year of wet Sundays everyone was relieved to see a dry forecast for this 2nd round of the Angling Trust’s East Midland Winter league on the Old Nene at March. Despite recent wet weather the river held very little colour and very little flow! I… Read more
