Alan Scotthorne

NAME: Alan Scotthorne

NICKNAME: Five Times

LIVES: Rotherham

OCCUPATION: Full-time Angler

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • 5x World Champion
  • European Champion
  • Fish 4 £5k Champion
  • Fish 4 £5k Champion
  • 5x World Champion, European Champion, Individual World Club Champion

TEAM: Drennan Barnsley Blacks

BIGGEST FISH: 28lb pike

BEST MATCH WEIGHT: 379lb

FAVOURITE METHODS: Slider Fishing

FAVOURITE VENUES: The River Trent

ANGLING AMBITIONS:To just continue enjoying fishing

FAVOURITE ITEM OF TACKLE: The Acolyte ranges of rods

ABOUT: 

Alan is a master tactician and proficient at every method imaginable. He is a pioneering angler who always puts a great deal of thought and attention to detail into everything he does. Alan loves competing at the top level in all countries.

Drennan International boss Peter Drennan on Alan Scotthorne: “We’re delighted to have put together a consultancy and sponsorship deal with Alan. As a unique five-time individual World Champion, he’s the world’s most successful international angler. His encyclopaedic angling knowledge combined with our own design and engineering skills should be very interesting and productive on new tackle development.

“On top of this, Alan is a thoroughly nice bloke who is generous with his time and knowledge to other anglers, so he’ll be a great ambassador for our company.”

Alan Scotthorne on signing for Drennan International: “I was part of the England Team back in 1993, the year that Drennan began to sponsor them. Over the years the fishing for the team has been a massive part of my fishing career so joining Drennan to help produce fantastic fishing equipment is a dream come true because I’ve been part of it for so long.

“The thing about the company is they manufacture a wide range of tackle, so the opportunity to be involved in the evolution of a product, stage by stage, to fish with prototypes and fine-tune them, is a new one and really exciting. My expertise is in English methods and techniques so the chance to join the top English tackle company was too good to miss.

“Unusually for a sponsorship deal, I’m not restricted to using just Drennan brand products. I’m free to use whatever I like that helps me win matches. That frees me from recommending other products to help people catch fish.”