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
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
Specialist angler, Paul Elt has enjoyed some frantic sport on the River Trent since the start of the season using his 1.75 Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rods. “I’ve been targeting the River Trent for the barbel, and with lots of success recently catching 30 fish since the start of the season… Read more
The latest ODAA open was fished by 29 anglers on a very clear and very weedy Thames at Medley. Rather surprisingly the roach fed in most sections but this also meant that the pike were also very active with some anglers struggling to land any roach that put up a… Read more
Large fast or flowing rivers can present their fair share of problems, one of them is how to keep your bait in place, especially when fishing over to the far bank. In this video, Martin Bowler demonstrates how can overcome the fast flow by paying out a big bow of line and… Read more
