The World Club Classic Qualifier on the River Trent was another great success, and a massive thank-you to Preston Innovations for sponsoring the event, Preston make a huge contribution to this event which allows the winning team to go and fish the World Club Championships in Italy next year. Last year we won this qualifier and then fished the World Club...
This Thursdays match was completely different to last weeks, all the heavy rain from the beginning of the week had coloured up the whole of the docks system and with no wind the water was dead still, the heavily coloured water meant that the better quality fish fed with quite a few decent bream and the odd quality roach coming...
This thursday match was met with clear water and a low water level, work on the dock gates saw the level 6 inches lower than normal, but Bathurst Basin fished consistently, no bream were caught, probably due to clear water, but plenty of skimmers and roach fed.Top rod on the night was Pete Ellis with10lb 11oz of roach and skimmers...
Last weekend I ran the bank for Drennan Team England on the river Moravia in the Czech Republic at Uherske Hradiste, I havent got a clue how you say it, but it was a nice place. The weather was variable and the fishing was difficult, on the Wednesday it was glorious sunshine and 37 degrees, the next day it was...
Thursday evening match was the last in the current series, fished at Baltic Wharf. The water was typically clear for this time of year and with no wind it was a very pleasant evening to be fishing the docks.Top rod on the night was Andy Curry with 19lb 5oz of bream and skimmers, caught on the pole with groundbait and...
Saturday was an amazing day for all the finalists and spectators, the atmosphere was electric, with £50,000 up for grabs I could sense the nerves when I spoke to the competitors. A large crowd added to the excitement and with Phil Briscoe and Andy Kinder on the PA system, it all added to a great day, even though you needed...
Thursday night match was hampered by the water level going up and down all night long, it was also very coloured making it very hard to present the bait correctly on the pole. The constantly changing level was probably due to water entering the dock from the river frome after all the rain we have had in the last few...
Thursdays evening match showed more promise than it produced, with overcast skies and no flow everybody was expecting the bream to feed, the weights looked good but the bream didnt feed until late into the evening, the anglers put their lights on around 8.15pm, yet some anglers couldnt catch untill after 9.30pm, which didnt leave a lot of time left...
Saturdays Division One was a match I had mixed feelings about, whilst it was on my doorstep and have fished it for years I knew how patchy and moody this piece of water can be. My first 3 matches of the season I averaged over 60lb per match, the next 5, I never broke 7lb. The walks can be horrendous...
A new venue for this years final was met with a little uncertainty amongst my Dorking team mates, we didnt know what to expect, the weights looked good in the papers, but with a 3 hour drive to the venue and lots of other commitments our practice time was kept to minimum.I had never seen the venue until the thursday...
