Bob Roberts & Stuart Walker have spent 3 years filming for their new “Caught In The Act!” DVD – which is released 1st May and available to pre-order now. The first 2-DVD set focuses on the Spring & Summer seasons and features a fantastic repertoire of coarse fish filmed at… Read more
Category: Specimen
Float-fishing for Carp with a Red Range Waggler rod and Centrepin Reel
Young Joe Ryan, aged 14 from Biggleswade, has sent us some photos of recent Carp caught at his local Carpenters Lake in Gamblingay, Bedfordshire. Joe likes to use his Red Range Carp Waggler 12ft float rod in conjunction with an Avanti Trinium centrepin reel to fish a loaded waggler at… Read more
Michael Wickens Sussex Ouse Barbel
Michael Wickens (17) has sent us details on this huge 15lb 11oz Barbel caught at the end of the season from the little Sussex Ouse. Michael hails from Sussex but is based term-time in Hampshire whilst he attends Sparsholt College, studying Fishery Management. Michael tells us the fish is a… Read more
Ian Fallows 31lb Northern Pike!
Cheshire specialist Ian Fallows with a 31lb 5oz Pike from a Northern Stillwater, winning a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times last week. The spectacular Pike is the culmination of a 40 year quest for a 30lb+ English fish – and coming after a colossal investment in time and… Read more
Neill Stephen’s Extraordinary Grayling Brace
2010/11 Drennan Cup Winner Neill Stephen with a 3lb 6oz Grayling – part of a stupendous brace of 3lbers winning a weekly Drennan Cup award! Neill has spent considerable time this Winter travelling south to fish various famous chalk streams, often enduring rubbish river & weather conditions. But it all… Read more
Theo’s 7lb 4oz Stour Chub in the Rain
Welsh ace Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald capped a memorable period trotting for specimen Chub at the end of the season with this 7lb 4oz stunner from the Dorset Stour. On a damp grey day, Theo came up with this lovely photograph helping him win a Drennan Cup weekly award in last… Read more