Thank you to James Brookes from Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire for sending us this photo of a 5lb 7oz specimen Chub caught from the River Dane in Cheshire recently. James tells us this is a massive fish for the river, which he was delighted to catch during the Christmas break. He used… Read more
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Alan Stagg’s 27lb Pit Pike
The ever consistent Alan Stagg, Media Executive at Gardner Tackle, kindly shared this super 27lb Pike with us – which he caught recently at a large gravel pit. The big pike set a new personal best and fell to a small Sardine bait cast around 25 yards to a drop-off… Read more
Roger Marlow’s Open Match Win
Drennan Leicester matchman and England Veterans international, Roger Marlow, has just won an open match at Lakeview Fisheries, Melton Mowbray, with an excellent 40lb 10oz netful! Roger used an Alan Scotthorne AS pole float to 0.11mm Supplex line and a size 20 Silverfish Maggot hook to fish two different lines at… Read more
Christian Barker’s Chub Filled 2013
Christian Barker tells us he finished 2013 with 83 Suffolk Chub over 4lb – a very consistent year! He used a variety of baits – live insects, bread and cheese pastes and likes to use the Laguna SAC flavours and uses a Drennan Matchpro Medium Feeder rod for his quivertip… Read more
Arjan’s Big Dutch Roach and Rudd
Many thanks to Arjan Snoeij of the Netherlands for sending us this great report of big Dutch Roach & Rudd he caught recently: At the moment I am fishing a big pit in the Netherlands for Roach, and I must say that things going well this year – with some quite… Read more
Dave Lambert’s Specimen Grayling
Thank you to Dave Lambert for this photo of a beautiful 2lb 12oz Grayling caught before Christmas. The ‘Lady of the Stream’ set a new personal best and was caught by trotting with a 3AA Loafer on 5lb Supplex line. The famous Loafer float has been one of our most… Read more