Now is the perfect time of year for the waggler and that’s why Alan Scotthorne explains his latest float tactics in this week’s Angling Times. His illuminating article reveals a deadly slow-sinking approach that’s just as good for roach, rudd and skimmers as it is for carp and F1s. Drennan… Read more
Category: Alan Scotthorne
Time Spent at Worsbrough Reservoir by Alan Scotthorne
I grew up fishing this large expanse of water close to my home in Barnsley, so it holds some great memories. It was used regularly to hold some big competitions through the 80s and 90s, including the UK Championships that I won there when I was just 27. Testing equipment… Read more
Sensas Challenge, France. Part 2: Waggler Tactics by Alan Scotthorne
I have now got my feet firmly back on English soil after another trip onto the continent to sunny Spain where a second in the Saturday’s team match fishing with John Desque and three other top French internationals was the highlight of my weekend. (If you’ve not read part 1… Read more
Sensas Challenge Final in France by Alan Scotthorne
This is a competition that I have not fished before, mainly due to our very busy match calendar throughout the year and the fact that you also have to qualify. That’s a feat we have managed before but we never quite made the time to travel, so all the lads… Read more
2013 World Championships – Poland (Zeranski Canal) by Alan Scotthorne
What an event this turned out to be for the Drennan Team England outfit consisting of Steve Hemingray, William Raison, Sean Ashby, Des Ship and Steve Gardener and my good self. All the pre match talk about the Zeranski Canal was about how hard the fishing was going to be! Bleak… Read more
World Championships in Poland… Alan Scotthorne Reports
Congratulations to Drennan Team England for the team Gold, to Didier Delannoy from France the individual gold, Steve Hemingray for individual silver and Alan Scotthorne for bronze. Well what a fantastic result, few expected the fishing on the Zeranski canal in Poland to stand up to the pressure of seven… Read more