Alan Scotthorne clinched a debut appearance in the Angling Trust Riverfest Final on Hereford’s River Wye later this year by winning a 60-peg qualifier on the River Weaver at Northwich, Cheshire. Alan drew on the point of Hulse’s Island – where the natural river and a canalised section join –… Read more
Dutch angler, Maurice Prijs has been using shallow tactics to catch F1’s and carp from Tom’s Creek in Holland. “According to the dictionary, ‘noise’ means a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes a disturbance. Nothing can be further from the truth targeting F1s and carp… Read more
Alan Scotthorne finished second in the recent Tidal Trent Championships with 16lb 8oz of roach and dace caught on the waggler. “With a low clear river and the tide running out for the full match duration, I was certain that a float approach would outscore the feeder.” Alan caught 90… Read more
Round one of the Drennan Coors Trent Masters series on the upper River Trent at Burton saw local rod Dave Kinson (Coors AC) top the scoresheet with 10lb 12oz including three chub with some dace to back-up his weight. Dave drew peg 29 on the pipe bridge below Bailey’s Weir and fished the… Read more
Round two of Feedermasters Teams series was held at Peterborough’s Ferry Meadows Lakes on Saturday and despite the hard conditions Dean Barlow managed to scoop the win with 51lb. “I drew peg 4 on Overton Lake, the smaller of the two. The venue had been fishing hard, but casting a big… Read more
A weekend double is always something special, so Stu was delighted to achieve back-to-back match wins. “Starting with Saturday success on my first ever visit to The Canneries Fishery at Eccleston, Lancashire. I drew peg 38 and despite catching 20 F1s and some silvers on shallow caster, I knew I’d… Read more
