Norfolk based angler Stephen Gibbons has continued his spectacular run of form from last season with a brace of tench, weighing 11lb 13oz and 11lb 3oz. They were caught from a water in Kent, where Stephen targeted a spot 40 yards out to the right of a shallow bar, where… Read more

Matthew Clayton got off to a flying start on a recent tench session where he landing this stunning 11lb 15oz specimen. Targeting a midlands pit, Matthew found a slight plateau at around 80 yards with a light bed of weed so opted for a worm kebab rig with scalded pellets… Read more

Tench are famed for being a morning-feeding fish, and James Crosby showed exactly why when he had no fewer than 16 takes, capped by this specimen of 11lb 1oz.   James, who caught the current British Record barbel last winter, was fishing a Kent stillwater where he targeted the near… Read more

Simon Hollinshead decided to take a feeder rod down to a Cambridgeshire pit that he’d fished for pike over the winter, to see what else was in there. To his surprise, he caught several nice rudd to just under the 2lb mark, and having never caught a two-pounder, decided to… Read more

After a run of blanks in search of rudd, Aaron Marguet managed to find a few large fish holding up by some reeds on a southern stillwater.. Often, he targets them with banded pellets or small boilies, but given his lack of success lately, he decided to try corn, to… Read more

Most carp anglers will have used a hinge rig at some point, but, with a little tweaking, the pop-up rig can work for smaller species too, as last season’s Drennan Cup runner up Stephen Gibbons proved in spectacular style with this 3lb 6oz rudd.. It was caught from a midlands… Read more