Dan Whitfield

Dan Whitfield started fishing aged seven on the canal at the end of his road and never really stopped. He spent his twenties and thirties on the match circuit - club level rather than national - before deciding he'd rather catch one decent fish than a net of small ones. These days he mostly fishes the River Trent for barbel (personal best 14lb 2oz), the Oxford Canal for roach and skimmers in winter, and the occasional gravel pit when tench are spawning and the surface fishing is too good to miss. He's a former club secretary and still helps with junior coaching at his local angling club in Nottingham. At The River Bend, Dan writes the coarse species guides, river fishing technique articles, and the match and pole content. Covers: Barbel, bream, roach, tench, carp (coarse context), river fishing, canal fishing, feeder, float, match/pole