Norfolk’s Justin Grapes caught his new personal best pike from Chew valley lake, which weighed in at a colossal 31lb 7oz! This fish was caught on a joey mackerel which was boated out 100 yards in 8ft of water. It was part of a 8 fish haul, which included a 19lb 2oz as well. Justin’s… Read more
This week’s Angling Times has an inspiring article with Stu Lennox tackling his local River Kennet, right in the centre of Newbury town centre. Urban canals and rivers are full of interesting surprises, as you’ll soon discover when you read the article! Also inside, Martin Bowler continues his entertaining series and focuses on his… Read more
A good weekend for the Drennan Bordon squad saw Justin Mabere (pictured) help his team to a third staight win in the Avon Valley Winter League. The latest round was fished on the Kennet & Avon Canal from Little Bedwyn to Great Bedwyn. Justin caught mainly skimmers and perch for 13lb… Read more
Lee Chatfield and Tony King have been enjoying some great perch fishing on the River Thames recently, landing perch just shy of the 4lb barrier! The pair enjoyed a great catch of over 30 perch, with 8 going over the 2lb mark. The biggest of the session was Tonys 3lb… Read more
On the anniversary of Frank Barlow’s untimely passing, Dean Barlow reflects on a very memorable day’s fishing with his dearly missed dad. November 2nd is the anniversary of my dad’s death 18 years ago. As well as being a little sad I look back with great pleasure as it gets… Read more
Drennan’s Stewart Moss caught this handsome chub recently while actually fishing for barbel on the River Nene. The chub weighed just under 5lb and was one of several that could not resist a CC Moore’s Meteor boilie hair-rigged to a Drennan Super Specialist Barbel hook and a standard leger setup. Despite using… Read more