Thank you to Bournemouth, Dorset angler George Cornwell for this magical photo of his recent 12lb 6oz Hampshire Avon Barbel. The fish fell to a paste wrapped boilie presented on a large running lead, with an 18-inch 12lb Drennan Gravel Braid hooklink through to an ultra-reliable size 8 Continental Boilie… Read more

Young angler Carl Smith, 17, from Haywards Heath in Sussex, ventured out into the snow at the weekend to a small stream near his home, in search of Chub.  After walking to the venue, Carl set up an improvised leger rig incorporating a size 14 Super Specialist hook baited with dead red… Read more

Thank you to Ryan Hayden for details on an excellent catch of Chub on Hampshire’s River Itchen before the snow arrived last week – caught on a Series 7 Competition Float 13ft rod. On a very cold morning Ryan expected a struggle for bites, but having located a far bank… Read more

Drennan’s Ian Brooker was one of several astute specimen anglers to take advantage of the mild floods over the Christmas period with this 12lb 4oz River Kennet Barbel. With the river the highest he’d ever seen it, Ian stayed mobile and spent a bit of time searching out various swims,… Read more

Oxfordshire’s Steve Russell enjoyed a short afternoon session on his local little River Evenlode (a tributary of the Upper Thames) at the weekend, and has sent us this quality photo of a typical chub. Steve fished a Coldstone Angling Club stretch of the river near his home in Ascott-Under-Wychwood, and… Read more

St Neots specialist Paul Elt with a 5lb 7oz Chub in the snow from the River Ivel – practicing what he’d preached in his “A Chub Midwinter” article in the January issue of Coarse Angling Today magazine! In the article Paul discussed his approach to extreme cold weather Chub fishing… Read more