In a warm winter flood, don’t forget about a little-used tactic nowadays, rolling meat, as barbel love it! For rolling meat, I like to use a weighted hook. I use either a size 2 or 4 Continental Boilie hook and place a piece of shrink tube on the shank which I… Read more
Alan Scotthorne reports on the penultimate round of the Stainforth Canal pairs league which he fishes with his son Oliver. After three rounds, we were leading with a little over 53lb, with Lee Kerry and Franki Gianoncelli, only ounces behind. So, we really knew we were up against it at… Read more
An opportunistic session at the famous Royalty Fishery on the Hampshire Avon saw Terry Theobald land this impressive chub of 7lb 8oz. The Cardiff-based specialist angler decided to trot maggots under a 6.4g Loafer float, on 4.4lb Float Fish, with a 4lb hooklink and size 18 Super Spade hook, which… Read more
As rivers fine down from flooding anglers across the country have cashed in on ‘perfect conditions’ landing monsters of several species including a pike of 32lb 11oz. It provided the only run of a session on the River Trent when Worksop’s Ian Wilson cast out a herring hookbait. He’s been… Read more
Making the most of mild temperatures also proved fruitful for Adam Reed after he banked this monster 7lb 15oz chub. Adam stated it was his ‘greatest capture to date’ when he feeder-fished mashed bread on an undisclosed stretch of the River Thames. He told Angling Times: “The morning’s fishing was… Read more
The River Thames barbel record has been smashed with a 19lb 8oz specimen. Barbel fishing fanatic Dave Broady made angling history and landed what he described as ‘the fish of his life’ when the only bite of a session on the famous waterway produced the fish that beats the current… Read more
