Tom Aldous had a successful end to the river season on his local River Itchen in Hampshire. He arrived at the river to find that it had a tinge of colour, perfect conditions for roach, and with the colour dropping out by the hour, he felt he would be in with a good… Read more
Mark Woodage has certainly had a winter to remember, breaking his personal best for perch – twice! Here’s his account of a breath-taking couple of months for the Swindon-based angler. The first trip was late January and with little rain and freezing conditions the River Thames was running very low, clear… Read more
Drennan’s Stewart Moss spent dawn and dusk on the River Cherwell this week in search of big Oxfordshire chub. The Cherwell is a tough proposition these days, with few but generally large fish – if you can find them! So Stew was very pleased to bag a whacking chub of 6lb 11oz, backed… Read more
A recent piking trip to Southern Ireland didn’t get off to the best start for Gary Newman when he arrived to find all the lakes were frozen! It took four days for the lakes to thaw and, even then, the fishing was still very slow with so much cold water going in, but Gary… Read more
Bobby Brookes managed to fool this pristine barbel of 14lb 3oz during a short morning session on the River Dove. On a rising river that came up 3ft during the day, the Staffordshire angler caught the fish on a large piece of garlic Spam, carefully presented under overhanging trees on the… Read more
Adam Fisher has kindly sent us a great photograph of a huge River Wye pike that he has recently caught. “I use E-Sox Super Trace Pike Wire in 34lb, it needs to be reliable when crimping and strong enough to tackle big pike on the River Wye”. E-Sox Super Trace Pike… Read more