5 time World Champion Alan Scotthorne recently spent another day at Drennan International HQ working on the design and development of numerous new products with Peter Drennan. Items from reels to floats were examined in detail. Of particular interest Alan had achieved significant improvements in playing and landing big carp… Read more
It’s that man again with another whacker! Phil Smith continuing his enviable 2012 with a double figure Barbel from the 22nd different river of his distinguished career! Phil has recently switched his attention to Leicestershire’s River Soar – and after an unsuccessful trip a few days previously, arrived at around… Read more
These days more and more people are fishing with larger diameter elastics. But when the elastic isn’t ‘set’ right, instead of being an excellent tool for catching large fish on the pole, using it can be very frustrating! I have watched a lot of international matches where large fish were… Read more
Thanks to Martin Bowler for this photo from the River Kennet yesterday evening, showing his Barbel rod fishing away! “River Kennet still running fast with a little colour, but this is now dropping out. I have opted to use my 1.75lb test curve barbel rod with 12lb Supplex to a… Read more
What a terrific match this was again with the team of Will Raison, Des Shipp, Steve Hemingray and myself doing a great job for Team England to win the Fish O Mania Home International at Cudmore fishery. Most of the fish were caught on the pole but on the difficult… Read more
Hertfordshire’s Dan Sales has reported a big haul of specimen Bream – capped by this 12lb 8oz sample! Dan has been fishing one of his local syndicate waters this Spring/Summer and during a recent overnight session, got everything right – bagging 35 fish for a huge haul estimated at around… Read more
