BARNSLEY LADS BLAZE A TRAIL
THE Division One National has been won by the legendary Barnsley and District squad in a match that saw only one angler fail to catch.
Fished on an in-form River Trent, it was the South Yorkshiremen who once again blazed a trail in the 470-pegger.
Despite a tricky westerly wind, anglers found all key tactics scoring with feeder, pole, waggler and stickfloat taking valuable points.
Barnsley’s Southern rivals Daiwa Dorking scooped second place with local outfit Lincolnshire and District taking third.
On an individual basis, it was Preston Innovations Thatchers ace, Ian Paulley, who took the honours with a 101lb net of barbel and chub on a hemp, caster and feeder attack from Peg
E1, at East Stoke.
Big fish expert Dai Gribble has landed a 10lb
1oz tench. The two-time Drennan Cup champion slipped the net under his latest huge tinca during a session on the Linear Fisheries complex, Oxon.
He used a worm and maggot feeder attack, with maggots on the hook.
Gary Knowles caught a 3lb 14oz crucian carp in an incredible session in which the Lancashire expert banked 14 of the species in total, with 10 over the 2lb ‘specimen’ mark.
He tackled a secret Shropshire pool with pellet feeder approach and a Sonubaits Oozing Krill boilie.
Elsewhere, Kevin Sanders headed to famous crucian venue Johnson’s Lake, in Surrey, and landed a hat-trick of fish over 3lb. Kevin used a method feeder for carp to 3lb 5oz.
Neil Wayte landed a monster River Thames chub weighing 7lb 12oz with a Mad Baits Pandemic boilie over a bed of hemp.