With water temperatures on the rise after the recent cold snap and snowmelt, one bait that comes into its own is luncheon meat. With more rain due before the end of the season, the water temperatures will continue to rise and that will provide one last chance for barbel. Meat… Read more
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Martin Bowler’s Top Tips – Sliding Stop Knots
Power Gum has a multitude of uses, from bungee shock absorbers to stop-knot line markers. For most of my predator float fishing, I like to use Power Gum to create stop-knots. I find Power Gum grips far better than mono especially when using braid as a mainline. Power Gum is also… Read more
Near Miss At Winter League Final For Alan
Drennan Barnsley Blacks almost pulled off the double at the latest Winter League final fished on the drains in March and at Decoy lakes. After winning last year’s final we were all looking forward to this year with some great fishing at both venues in the run-up to the match… Read more
Close Finish At Messingham Sands For Spring League Round 4
The latest round of the Drennan Silverfish Spring League was fished on the Islands Lake and resulted in a close finish. Dave Mountford and Jamie Green battled it out at adjacent pegs to finish just 1oz apart at the end of the match. Jamie set off like a train on… Read more
Baz Wins Westwood Lakes 5K Qualifier
Drennan RAF’s Baz Bright thought he would chance his arm and with 25 fishing the winner could come from anywhere. Baz drew peg 5 on Falcon Lake and set about fishing 3 pellet lines, one at 9m in 3ft of water and two at 11.5m in 2ft of water with… Read more
Maggot Approach Wins Round 3 Of Spring League
Paul Seed opted to fish maggots at 12 metres after drawing peg 49 on the Swan Pond in the latest round of the Messingham Sands Silverfish Spring league and it paid off handsomely for him. Paul caught a variety of species which included some good sized specimens in his winning… Read more