This excellent picture shows a surprise Yorkshire river Tench caught by Mike Welsh from the River Swale.  Mike has been doing very well for Barbel & Chub recently, and after catching a few small Perch, Gudgeon and some huge Bleak his Fox 1.75lb Barbel rod wrapped round as the Tench… Read more

Thank you to Tottenham’s Andrew Poole for photos of his sensational run of huge Barbel from the River Lea.  Like most of us, Andrew had experienced a disappointing start to the season, but that all changed in mid July when he recorded a new personal best Barbel in three consecutive… Read more

The winners of TIGHT LINES YOUNG ANGLER OF THE MONTH competition all assembled at Barston Lakes near Solihull on Wednesday the 8th of August. The prize for these lucky young anglers was a days coaching and fishing with some of the best anglers in the country. For details on how… Read more

We recently sent a pre-production monofilament sample to Drennan Team England’s Stu Conroy to look at, use and evaluate.  Stu provided us with the following feedback, which we thought you might all find interesting! “Last weekend I decided to put the new low diameter monofiliament to the test.  Fishing a… Read more

We featured talented Oxfordshire specimen angler Matt Micallef a few weeks ago with a superb 13lb 4oz Barbel from the Thames locally. Well, he’s bettered that fish since, and by some distance, with this jaw dropping fish of 15lb 1oz! Matt used a Perfection Groundbaits Crayfish Boilie on a Kamasan Barbel… Read more