Oxfordshire’s Matt Davies has bagged another local specimen in the shape of this 10lb 4oz Thames Barbel!

Matt is enjoying a really memorable river season to date and netted his latest big fish with the aid of a size 8 Kamasan Barbel Maxx tied to an extra-long Drennan Sink Braid hooklink,… Read more

Drennan’s Stewart Moss caught this majestic fully scaled Mirror Carp, weighing 32lb, from an Oxfordshire Lake last week using Drennan Artificial Maggots!  Stew spodded a mix of red & white maggots very tightly to a clear strip around 35 yards out, and then fished an ESP Raptor hook critically balanced… Read more

Specimen angling “Living-Legend” and 7-times Drennan Cup Winner Terry Lampard with a fabulous Chew Valley Reservoir Pike caught this Tuesday! Terry enjoyed a bank day with friend Wayne Little at the Bristol Water Pike fishing mecca, and although the fishing was generally slow – just three runs all day, the… Read more

Hatfield, Herts specialist Dan Sales has enjoyed a fine year to date, with big Perch, Zander and Carp – but this superb River Lea Chub, winning a recent weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times, possibly tops the lot! Dan has been spending some time on the river this Autumn… Read more

1999 Drennan Cup winner Dave Harman caught this magnificient 16lb 11oz Bream, winning him a weekly award in this year’s competition in Angling Times recently! In late Summer Dave put his mind to specimen Bream on a big, difficult Lea Valley Pit – and began pre-baiting a particular swim on… Read more

  Leeds, Yorkshire specimen angler Mike Hunter has been enjoying some superb barbel fishing on the River Swale, and has kindly sent us some super photos of some of his most recent captures. Fishing on various stretches, Mike has been trying some new boilies ‘the Dubby’ – which he commented… Read more