Thank you to Mario Edoardo Tomatis from Italy for this great photo of an Italian Barbel! Mario fished the River Po near the city of Cremona and used a Matchpro Ultralight 15ft rod and FD 4000 reel to fish a 2½ Swan Bobber float with maggots as hookbait. “The reel… Read more

Midlands specimen angler Ashley Burton, from Hinckley, has sent us details and these fab photos from his memorable recent sessions on the River Trent, catching both specimen Barbel and Chub! In the past few weeks Ash has had Barbel to 13lb 6oz (part of hat-trick of doubles), Chub to 6lb… Read more

Thank you to Mark Simmonds from St Neots for this photo of a 10lb 11oz Zander from the Great Ouse. It was actually Mark’s first Zander of the season (a fine start!) – and came just a few minutes after casting out! Mark used Drennan 7-Strand 24lb trace wire through… Read more

Yorkshire’s Stuart Walker sent us this terrific picture of a double-figure Bream caught from a big 90-acre Northern Mere. Stu spotted some rolling fish in the morning mist at around 70 yards range. After 20 minutes spodding bait he cast a Drennan 45g Flat Method Feeder baited with green Swim… Read more

Thank you to fisheries consultant Adam Fisher for sending us this magnificent photo of a specimen River Wye Barbel! Adam’s Wye Barbel best had stood for 10 years before this exceptional fish of 11lb 2oz graced his landing net – his only bite of the day in question. Adam was… Read more