NAME: Dean Barlow
LIVES: Marlborough, Wiltshire
OCCUPATION: Joiner
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS:
- 2 x World Feeder Team Champions
- 2 x World Feeder Team Silver
- 2 x World Feeder Team Bronze
- European Feeder Team Champion
- European Feeder Team Silver
- 5 x Feedermasters finalist
- 2 x Wychavon Champion
- 4x Evesham Team Champs Winners
- 2x White Acres Festival winner
- 2x Erewash Valley Winter League individual winner
- 5x Winter League Final Team winners
- England Junior World Championship individual silver 1990
- Intermediate National Individual Champion 1990
- 2x Frank Barlow Memorial winner
- Maver Pairs winner
- Embassy Pairs finalist
TEAM: Drennan England Feeder Team and Mainline Match Superleague Team
BIGGEST FISH: 21lb carp
BEST MATCH WEIGHT: 202lb of Carp
FAVOURITE METHODS: Long-distance feeder fishing
FAVOURITE VENUES: The River Trent, Inniscarra Lake, Horse Island Lough Erne
ANGLING AMBITIONS: To win a World Feeder Team Gold as the England Manager
FAVOURITE ITEM OF TACKLE: 12ft Vertex Distance Feeder Rod and the 11ft Acolyte Commercial F1 & Silvers rod
ABOUT:
Dean is a well-respected angling character who continues in the footsteps of his father, the late and great Frank Barlow. He is the England Feeder Team Manager and already has multiple medals under his belt.
Although feeder fishing naturally takes up a lot of his time, Dean is still highly regarded as a top all-rounder who can turn his hand to any method. The former Essex County team man grew up fishing rivers like the Trent and has a wealth of experience from fishing all over the country and abroad. He is also a Level 2 angling coach.