Drennan fan Mario Tomatis from Italy has had a memorable day catching some impressive Siberian sturgeon. “It was a nice surprise catching these fish in the wild,” he commented. “As always, I released the fish, especially in this case because they are a species at risk of extinction!” Mario used a 70g Drennan Oval… Read more
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Vezzalini Crowned Italian Feeder Champion
Massimo Vezzalini has won the Italian Feeder Championship after a tense match on the Fissero Canal, as our Italian correspondent, Matteo Maggi, reports. The Final of the Italian Feeder Championship could perhaps not be described as a beautiful match from a technical point of view. For four and a half hours of the competition, 85% of the competitors… Read more
The Italian Feeder Champs
Italian corespondent, Matteo Maggi, reports back from the Italian Feeder Club Championship. If 2013 could be considered a year of transition for the feeder fishing scene in Italy, 2014 was the year of true validation for this technique. The Italian Feeder Championship comprised four big matches where the real values were put… Read more
Acolyte Carp Takes The Strain
Although putting any pole under this amount of pressure cannot be advised, we still feel that this striking image of Alan Scotthorne’s Acolyte Carp pole placed under immense strain shows why he rates it so highly! The fish was a foul-hooked barbel, hooked with pink Carp Bungee elastic in six metres of raging… Read more
World Champs 2014 In Pictures – Part Three
The conclusion of this three-part World Championship special looks back at the drama and celebrations from the final day. Yet more unseasonal rain hampered this event as the watercourse continued to rise! Umbrellas were out in force in the morning, but it never dampened the spirits of the watching crowd. Home… Read more
World Champs 2014 In Pictures – Part Two
Continuing our in-depth look at the 2014 World Championship, we move onto the action from Day One. Yet more heavy overnight rain meant Croatia’s Dubrava Canal had risen at least another 30cm overnight, so the anglers were sat further back up the slope, with the prospect of it rising even further during the… Read more