“Little did I know my campaign was about to reach its pinnacle..” Paul Allen had a successful start to his winter campaign on the Hampshire Avon when he landed a 16lb 4oz barbel back in November but went one better recently when he landed himself this impressive 19lb specimen. Paul… Read more

After a short session success on the Middle Thames earlier in the week which resulted in 2 barbel for Laurence Hook.. He couldn’t ignore the spot on conditions so returned and was rewarded in style with this personal best 16lb 12oz specimen. “The conditions were ideal with the mild weather… Read more

Stockport based Mark Roberts hit the jackpot on a recent session to the mighty River Trent when he landed this impressive 19lb Barbel. He told us “I arrived to find it running clean, conditions were hardly ideal for barbel so a little change of tactics were required and it certainly… Read more

Robert Bown had a session to remember on the middle trent which resulted in his best result this season! Robert fed 3ft Twitch Redemption boilies little but often and it proved the downfall for this lovely 17lb 11oz barbel! This was followed up with a 14lb 11oz barbel and 2… Read more

Over the last few years Pat Dower have been trying to focus on the better quality fish with barbel getting the most attention from him, he has been catching decent numbers of fish up to mid doubles, reasonably consistently from a variety of stretches of river, but the really big… Read more

Paul Allen has been putting the hours in on the Hampshire Avon and in early September, was rewarded with a new pb barbel weighing in at 15lb 5oz. “With the rivers on the rise, conditions were perfect so I headed back and fished a slack area just off the main… Read more