Anyone that’s targeted big bream knows that catching one can be a test of patience, and that’s exactly what Stephen Gibbons endured in the run up to catching this 17lb 3oz specimen. The Norfolk angler has spent the last 18 months fishing a low stock Nottinghamshire gravel pit, where there… Read more
Former Drennan Cup winner Richard Wilby has just landed what he reckons to be the best fish he’s ever caught, after slipping the net under this sublime 3lb 11oz roach. Fishing a midlands stillwater, Norfolk-based Richard presented a grain of corn beneath a light waggler at close range to tempt… Read more
On a trip to a large southern pit, Leicester angler Lee Snow landed his fifth different bream over 17lb when he slipped this specimen of 17lb 3oz into the net. He targeted the side of a bar 90 yards out where he found a silty area in 15ft of water…. Read more
After a run of blanks in search of rudd, Aaron Marguet managed to find a few large fish holding up by some reeds on a southern stillwater.. Often, he targets them with banded pellets or small boilies, but given his lack of success lately, he decided to try corn, to… Read more
A swim move paid off in style for former Drennan Cup champion Lee McManus, with five bream coming to the net capped by specimens of 18lb 1oz and 17lb 8oz. He was fishing a midlands pit where he’s had a good run of results since early March, landing 11 fish… Read more
Most carp anglers will have used a hinge rig at some point, but, with a little tweaking, the pop-up rig can work for smaller species too, as last season’s Drennan Cup runner up Stephen Gibbons proved in spectacular style with this 3lb 6oz rudd.. It was caught from a midlands… Read more
