It’s been a fantastic winter for grayling, but the best was saved until last, after Daniel Bouskila landed this stunning 3lb 8oz fish prior to the season closing. He caught it from a small carrier stream of a southern chalk stream, having found the main river up and coloured. In… Read more
After enduring a spell of lost fish on the float, Keith Woods knew something had to change and, after making a few tweaks to his set-up, was rewarded with this 7lb 12oz chub. He’s been fishing the River Lea at Kings Weir but had ‘bumped’ lots of fish this season…. Read more
Fernando Costa hadn’t fished much over the last few seasons due to work commitments and some health issues, but early March he visited the Colne and landed this 16lb 5oz barbel. Fishing with his friend Rui Pedro (both are London-based chefs, originally from Portugal), the pair arrived on Saturday morning,… Read more
Although it was once Britain’s premier big-barbel river, we now hear of few barbel being caught from the Great Ouse. However, there are still a few fish in the waterway.. ..with some specimens included, as Hugh Trayte showed with this 17lb 3oz fish, caught on his birthday before the end… Read more
What had already been an all-time great barbel season got even better when this fish of 20lb 13oz was landed by Andy Gray towards the end of the river season. The fish was caught from the British Record-breaking King’s Weir Fishery on the River Lea and is, amazingly, the third… Read more
This winter, James Champkin has been getting to grips with Euro nymphing for big grayling, and his efforts have paid off with this 3lb 4oz specimen before the end of the river season. The tactic involves fishing weighted flies at close range and maintaining a tight connection between the rod… Read more
