Here’s another photo from Drennan’s Richard Norris, during his trip to the Thames where he took over 100lb of Chub & Bream (see previous item!) The ‘secret’ of keeping a large number of fish competing for feed is constantly spraying maggots – not huge amounts, but a non-stop spray of… Read more
What John Found…
Reading specimen angler John Found embarked on a three day trip south to fish the Hampshire Avon recently in company with Phil Smith, and after Chub of 5lb 7oz, 6lb 10oz and 6lb 1oz one day on maggot feeder, was delighted to find near 17 degrees and a light south… Read more
Phil Smith’s Super Spade Surprise
Coventry’s legendary big fish angler Phil Smith caught this quite beautiful Common Carp from a midlands canal last week – in quite extraordinary circumstances! Phil had embarked on a trip to fish for Silver Bream – a quarry which demands quite some finesse, and so set up with a Drennan… Read more
Commercial Tactics on Canals
Taking commercial tactics onto our canals is nothing new, but for me on the Stainforth canal at Thorne, its something that I have not really considered before because Bloodworm & Joker have always dominated my tactics on the venue. Due to adverse weather conditions on the continent Bloodworm & Joker have been in short… Read more
Alan’s Slick Performance at Lindholme Lakes – 24/02/2012
On a recent small midweek competition at Lindholme Lakes I had the perfect opportunity to try out a tip Drennan’s Gary Barclay had told me about concerning hollow elastics. Now to say I had been having a bit of mare with the green hollow is an under statement! I love it… Read more