Chapter 1 – Winter Masterclass ft Danny Fairbrass

Chapter 1 – Winter Masterclass ft Danny Fairbrass

Winter fishing can be very tough, but it needn’t be if you pick the right water and go about tackling it in an efficient and effective way, as Danny Fairbrass sets about proving in this Masterclass Volume 8 chapter.

Gigantica, in France, is a lake which Danny has owned for years and has fished a lot, and although it has a reputation for producing fish during the winter, including some real monsters, nothing could have prepared him for the level of action he experiences during the filming of this winter chapter in January.

The fishing just keeps on getting better and better throughout his trip once he makes a few tweaks to his hookbait – with plastic hookbaits playing a big part, either tipping dumbells with artificial maggots or fishing a couple of grains of slow sinking maize.

This session also highlights to Danny just how effective sweetcorn can be during the colder months, and his mix of corn, hemp and a little crushed boilie is something that he will be incorporating into his winter fishing back home in the UK in future as well.

Rigs also played a big part in his success and he goes into a detailed explanation as to why he favours a combi-rig fished on a running lead clip, and has complete confidence in the effectiveness of it.

All technical aspects of the session are covered in-depth, including how to fish and bait effectively at longer range, and how to make the most of your time by the water at this time of the year.

Although this chapter was filmed in France, everything that Danny shows could easily be incorporated into your winter fishing anywhere else as well.