Alan Scotthorne fished two league matches over the weekend and despite the low temperatures, they both fished well. Alan reports on his weekends fishing: On the coldest of days, every point and ounce makes a huge difference to the end result. At Saturday’s match at Lindholme, the only baits that were… Read more
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Steve Hemingray Retains Top Spot In World Rankings
With the inclusion of the results from the 2017 World Cup held in Belgium, the World Performance ranking for the five-year period (2013-17) has been published. Steve closes the five-year period with a great average of 2.50 and even improves on his rating of 2.83 from the 2012-16 period. His placings consisted of four firsts, one… Read more
Close Finish For Stainforth Canal Pairs League
Alan Scotthorne reports on the penultimate round of the Stainforth Canal pairs league which he fishes with his son Oliver. After three rounds, we were leading with a little over 53lb, with Lee Kerry and Franki Gianoncelli, only ounces behind. So, we really knew we were up against it at… Read more
Whip Fishing On Rivers
Fishing to hand with long whips really has come to the forefront over the last couple of years and is a very effective and busy form of fishing. Places like the River Severn at Shrewsbury, the River Wye at Hereford, River Don near Doncaster and River Thames near Oxford have… Read more
Alan Scotthorne – Keep On Catching In Winter
This year I have qualified for the Riverfest final on the river Wye in Hereford and I wanted to get in some much-needed river fishing in the run-up to this great weekend. Travelling the three hours for one weekend match just didn’t seem the thing to do with this being… Read more
Millington’s Tackle Charity Fishing Day
Millington’s Tackle in Chorley recently held a brilliant charity fishing day for BBC Children in Need at Whitmore Fisheries in Lancashire. Ian and Stuart Humphrey, Neil Spedding and Alan Ashworth were fortunate to win an auction for a day’s fishing with England stars Alan Scotthorne and Stuart Conroy. They were soon catching fish on a mixture… Read more