***** Drennan Cup Winner ***** In one of the most closely-fought finishes in the competition’s history, Simon Daley has won the 2020/21 Drennan Cup £2000, narrowly pipping big-eel specialist Steve Pitts to the title. Hundreds of weekly winners from the past five seasons cast their votes, and Simon and Steve… Read more
“The fish just kept taking line and took 10 minutes to land..” The long standing barbel record at the famous Throop fishery on the Dorset Stour was beaten in the final days of the season, with this 16lb 5oz fish by local angler, Keith Humphreys. He told us “After feeding… Read more
This winter had been tricky for most anglers wanting to fish the rivers. High water levels and coloured water meant fishing was difficult all round, especially for lure anglers like Mick Trillow. Thankfully towards the back end of the season, levels dropped, and he enjoyed some phenomenal sport, with this… Read more
Lifelong carp angler Daniel Stables fancied a new challenge this year, and succeeded in catching his target barbel, landing this 18lb 6oz fish three times in a week. He told us “With dreadful weather, I was held up in my mission, however when I finally got onto the banks in… Read more
It took just 2 bites after first light for Pete Cranstoun to produce this lovely brace of chub weighing in at 7lb 10oz and 7lb 15oz. He told us “I was fishing upstream to a prebaited spot behind a fallen tree on a southern river using using link-legered caster hookbaits,… Read more
“It was a stunning fish that fought like an express train..” More often than not, the River Thames throws up a few late season big barbel, and this year one fell to the rod of Dean Renouf. Fishing the middle Thames, Dean had been targeting a big barbel for the… Read more
