Lee Klimczuk and Chris Vandervleit were in match winning form at the weekend. The former Essex County team mates both managed to win their respective winter leagues with quality bags of silverfish. Lee was on the Meadowlands Silverfish League near Coventry and won the match with a bag of roach and skimmers on Warren… Read more
Category: Chris Vandervleit
New Article: The Turn Of The Redworm
The latest addition to our Articles section stars top matchman Chris Vandervleit who explains the potent catching power of redworms. More Articles >>
Two Wins On The Bounce
Chris Vandervleit scored back-to-back wins over the Bank Holiday weekend on two different venues. The well respected southern match ace kicked things off with a level 65lb win at Hertfordshire’s Willows Lakes, consisting of 30lb of bream and 35lb of carp on the short-range feeder. “I threw 10 balls of Bait-Tech F1 groundbait 20 yards out,… Read more
Rib Valley Angling Open Day
Chris Vandervleit reports back from a fun and friendly Open Day at Rib Valley Angling at Ware in Hertfordshire. I was recently asked to represent Drennan and Bait-Tech at the Rib Valley Angling Open Day to stand in for my old mate Dickie Carr, as he was away in Ireland. I actually thought I was… Read more
Chris Vandervleit Through To £50,000 Final
Chris Vandervleit is through to the Maver Match This Final after winning the latest qualifier at Barston Lakes. On a tough day where most of the 97-strong field struggled, the Drennan and Bait-Tech ace managed an impressive 116lb 10oz using his trademark ‘tea bag’ tactics. Chris relied on casting a… Read more
Four Colossal F1s For 26lb!
In-form Chris Vandervleit has recently won a match with a 141lb 11oz catch that included four massive F1s for 26lb! These selectively bred hybrids rarely reach such large sizes in commercial fisheries, but they seem to have thrived at Cross Drove, near Thetford in Norfolk. These are mature fish and the biggest… Read more