In more down to earth terminology, he heads the Nisa Feeder League with an aggregate of 173lb 6oz, thanks to his round seven total of 28lbs 14oz from a somewhat subdued tidal River Yare on Saturday.

I’ve done my fair share of feeder fishing, from chucking a maggot feeder with a winkle picker on a canal to launching hybrids to the horizon with a distance feeder rod. I’ve learned that small changes ...