River ace Wayne Swinscoe looks back on two recent matches on a stretch of the Trent he hadn’t fished for some time. When I heard they were going to start running some Wednesday matches at Branston Golf Course I was intrigued. It’s been a long time since I fished this… Read more
Tinge Of Colour Spurs Roach Into Feeding
Southampton-based angler, Matthew Fernandez made the most of his limited time to land this impressive net of roach. Matthew had previously spotted a shoal of roach whilst walking his local river and when he eventually had time to return, they were obliging and fed confidently thanks to a tinge of colour from… Read more
Grant Albutt Catches 41lb 8oz Common
Top match angler Grant Albutt caught this immaculate looking 41lb 8oz common carp yesterday during a week-long trip to France. The fish was caught from La Saule Paquot Lake in France. It fell to a single tigernut, hair-rigged on a size 6 ESP G4 hook to 15lb Sink Link and fished over a bed of parti blend…. Read more
Eland Wins Winter League Practice Open
The practice match for the first round of the Oxford Winter League saw 41 anglers on a very patchy and windy River Thames at Abingdon and Culham. These stretches have been good all season but the fish are now showing signs of shoaling up . First place went to Drennan Oxford’s… Read more
Owen Wins The Trent Masters
Jason Owen stunned everyone on the Drennan Coors AC Trent Masters Final with a brilliant performance on the waggler and bronze maggot. Drawn on the pipe bridge below Bailey’s Weir, the Coors AC member fished three quarters of the way across the river with a 3AAA waggler, just tripping bottom in 4ft of… Read more
Russian Carp On The Method
Sergey Kuzmin has been having success with a scaled-up Method Feeder approach for specimen carp. He has been targeting Lake Revival near the town of Taldom using specimen tactics combined with an In-Line Flat Method Feeder to bag carp up to 12.93kg (28lb 8oz). A hair-rigged boilie on a size 8 Continental Boilie Hook to 12lb (5.5kg) Drennan… Read more